1 Chronicles 8:13

13 Beriah and Shema were heads of families that settled in the city of Aijalon and drove out the people who lived in the city of Gath.

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 had two sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

12 Elpaal had three sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed. It was Shemed who built the cities of Ono and Lod and the surrounding villages.

13 Beriah and Shema were heads of families that settled in the city of Aijalon and drove out the people who lived in the city of Gath.

14 Beriah's descendants included Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,