1 Chronicles 8:12

12 And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he was the builder of Ono and Lod and their daughter-towns);

1 Chronicles 8:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 8:12

The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed
Besides those in ( 1 Chronicles 8:14 1 Chronicles 8:17 1 Chronicles 8:18 )

who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof;
not Shamed, but Elpaal his father, so the Targum; and the Talmudists say ^F15, these were walled cities from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, and were destroyed in the days of the concubine in Gibea, and Elpaal came and rebuilt them; they were inhabited by the Benjaminites, upon their return from the Babylonish captivity, ( Nehemiah 11:35 ) they were near to each other; according to a Jewish chronologer ^F16, it was three miles from the one to the other; Lod is the same with Lydda, in ( Acts 9:32 Acts 9:35 Acts 9:38 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. & T. Bab Megillah, fol. 4. 1. So the Targum.
F16 Juchasin, fol. 39. 2.

1 Chronicles 8:12 In-Context

10 And Jeuz and Shachia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

11 And Hushim became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.

12 And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he was the builder of Ono and Lod and their daughter-towns);

13 And Beriah and Shema, who were heads of the families of those who were living in Aijalon, who put to flight the people living in Gath;

14 And their brothers Shashak and Jeremoth.