1 Chronicles 7:8

8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, ¹Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

1 Chronicles 7:8 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:8

And the sons of Becher
Another son of Benjamin, ( 1 Chronicles 7:6 ) ,

Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth,
and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth;
the two last of these, according to Kimchi, gave names to two cities in Benjamin, built by them; Anathoth, the native place of Jeremiah the prophet, and Alameth, the same with Bahurim, ( 2 Samuel 16:5 )

all these are the sons of Becher;
before named.

1 Chronicles 7:8 In-Context

6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three.

7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034.

8 The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

9 And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200.

10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

Cross References

• 1. 7:8 [ch. 6:60]