1 Chronicles 8:3-13

3 And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abi'hud,

4 Abishu'a, Na'aman, Aho'ah,

5 Gera, Shephu'phan, and Huram.

6 These are the sons of Ehud (they were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried into exile to Mana'hath):

7 Na'aman, Ahi'jah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahi'hud.

8 And Shahara'im had sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Ba'ara his wives.

9 He had sons by Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zib'i-a, Mesha, Malcam,

10 Je'uz, Sachi'a, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses.

11 He also had sons by Hushim: Abi'tub and Elpa'al.

12 The sons of Elpa'al: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,

13 and Beri'ah and Shema (they were heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Ai'jalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath);

1 Chronicles 8:3-13 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.