1 Chronicles 8:13

13 Beriah and Shema were family chiefs who lived at Aijalon. They drove out the citizens 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 From his earlier wife Hushim he had Abitub and Elpaal.

12 Elpaal's sons were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with all their villages.

13 Beriah and Shema were family chiefs who lived at Aijalon. They drove out the citizens of Gath.

14 Their brothers were Shashak and Jeremoth.

15 The sons of Beriah were Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,