1 Chronicles 8:30-33

30 and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,^[a] Nadab,

31 Gedor, Ahio, Zeker

32 and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

33 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.^[b]

1 Chronicles 8:30-33 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 8

In this chapter the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is reconsidered, and several of the principal men and families in it are taken notice of, which were not before; or a further account is given of them, as of the sons and grandsons of Benjamin, 1Ch 8:1-5, of Ehud, 1Ch 8:5-7, of Shaharaim, 1Ch 8:8-11, of Elpaal and Beriah, 1Ch 8:12-18 of Shimhi, 1Ch 8:19-21, of Shashak, 1Ch 8:22-25, of Jeroham, 1Ch 8:26,27, of Jehiel the father of Gibeon, 1Ch 8:28-32, of Ner, and particularly Saul, 1Ch 8:33 and of Jonathan, and his posterity, 1Ch 8:34-40.

Cross References

• 1. S 1 Samuel 28:19
• 2. S 1 Samuel 9:1
• 3. 1 Samuel 14:49
• 4. S 2 Samuel 2:8

Footnotes

• [a]. Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:36); Hebrew does not have "Ner."
• [b]. Also known as "Ish-Bosheth"