1 Chronicles 8:13

13 and Beriah and ¹Shema (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of ²Aijalon, who caused the inhabitants of Gath to flee);

1 Chronicles 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 8:13

Beriah also, and Shema
These were sons of Elpaal:

who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon;
which, though in the tribe of Dan, ( Joshua 19:42 ) might afterwards come into the possession of Benjamin; or this may be another place of the same name in Benjamin; or, however, might be inhabited by Benjaminites, upon the return from captivity, who descended from those men:

who drove away the inhabitants of Gath;
dispossessed them of their city, in revenge for what they had done to the Ephraimites, ( 1 Chronicles 7:21 ) .

1 Chronicles 8:13 In-Context

11 He also fathered sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

12 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,

13 and Beriah and Shema (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who caused the inhabitants of Gath to flee);

14 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.

15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

Cross References

• 1. 8:13 [ver. 21]
• 2. 8:13 Josh. 10:12