1 Chronicles 8:28-38

28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father^[a] of Gibeon*; whose wife's name was Maachah:

30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.^[b]

32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah.^[c] And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab,^[d] and Eshbaal.

34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal;^[e] and Meribbaal begat Micah.

35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea,^[f] and Ahaz.

36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah;^[g] and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,

37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha^[h] was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:

38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 8:28-38 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. father...: also called Jehiel
• [b]. Zacher: or, Zechariah
• [c]. Shimeah: or, Shimeam
• [d]. Abinadab: also called, Ishui
• [e]. Meribbaal: or, Mephibosheth
• [f]. Tarea: or, Tahrea
• [g]. Jehoadah: also called, Jarah
• [h]. Rapha: also called, Rephaiah