1 Chronicles 8:2-12

2 Nohah (his fourth son), and Rapha (his fifth son).

3 Bela's sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud,

4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

6 These were Ehud's sons, who were heads of the families living in Geba and who were taken away as captives to Manahath:

7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera led the rest of them away as captives. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

8 Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. But later in Moab,

9 he and his wife Hodesh had the following sons: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

10 Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. All of Shaharaim's sons became heads of families.

11 He and Hushim were the parents of Abitub and Elpaal.

12 Elpaal's sons were Eber, Misham, and Shemed (who built Ono, Lod, and Lod's villages).

1 Chronicles 8:2-12 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.