1 Chronicles 8:1-9

1 And Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

3 And Bela had sons, Addar and Gera, the father of Ehud,

4 And Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah

5 And Gera and Shephuphan and Huram.

6 And these are the sons of Ehud, heads of families of those living in Geba: Iglaam and Alemeth

7 And Naaman and Ahijah and Gera; and Iglaam was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

8 And Shaharaim became the father of children in the country of the Moabites after driving out Hushim and Beerah his wives;

9 And by Hodesh his wife he became the father of Jobab and Zibia and Mesha and Malcam.

1 Chronicles 8:1-9 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.