1 Chronicles 8:18-28

18 and Ishmerai, and Yizli'ah, and Yovav, the sons of Elpa`al,

19 and Yakim, and Zikhri, and Zavdi,

20 and Eli`esenai, and Tzilletai, and Eli'el,

21 and `Adayah, and Berayah, and Shimrat, the sons of Shim`i,

22 and Yishpan, and `Ever, and Eli'el,

23 and `Avdon, and Zikhri, and Hanan,

24 and Hananyah, and `Elam, and `Antotiyah,

25 and Yifdeyah, and Penu'el, the sons of Shashak,

26 and Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and `Atalyah,

27 and Ya`areshyah, and Eliyah, and Zikhri, the sons of Yerocham.

28 These were heads of fathers' [houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Yerushalayim.

1 Chronicles 8:18-28 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.