1 Chronicles 8:30-40

30 and his firstborn son 'Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba'al, Nadav,

31 G'dor, Achyo and Zekher.

32 Miklot fathered Shim'ah. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.

33 Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha'ul; and Sha'ul fathered Y'honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba'al.

34 The son of Y'honatan was M'riv-Ba'al, and M'riv-Ba'al fathered Mikhah.

35 The sons of Mikhah: Piton, Melekh, Ta'rea and Achaz.

36 Achaz fathered Y'ho'adah; Y'ho'adah fathered 'Alemet, 'Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza;

37 and Motza fathered Bin'a. His son was Rafah, his son was El'asah and his son was Atzel.

38 Atzel had six sons, whose names were: 'Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma'el, Sh'aryah, 'Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel.

39 The sons of his brother 'Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Ye'ush the second and Elifelet the third.

40 The sons of Ulam were strong, brave men, archers; they had many children and grandchildren, a hundred and fifty. All these were descendants of Binyamin.

1 Chronicles 8:30-40 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.