Chronicles I 8:12

12 And the sons of Alphaal; Obed, Misaal, Semmer: he built Ona, and Lod, and its towns:

Chronicles I 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.

Chronicles I 8:12 In-Context

10 and Jebus, and Zabia, and Marma: these heads of families.

11 And of Osin he begot Abitol, and Alphaal.

12 And the sons of Alphaal; Obed, Misaal, Semmer: he built Ona, and Lod, and its towns:

13 and Beria, and Sama; these heads of families among the dwellers in Elam, and they drove out the inhabitants of Geth.

14 And his brethren Sosec, and Arimoth,