1 Chronicles 9:35-44

35 In Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Je-i'el, and the name of his wife was Ma'acah,

36 and his first-born son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Ba'al, Ner, Nadab,

37 Gedor, Ahi'o, Zech-ari'ah and Mikloth;

38 and Mikloth was the father of Shim'e-am; and these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen.

39 Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Mal'chishu'a, Abin'adab, and Eshba'al;

40 and the son of Jonathan was Mer'ib-ba'al; and Mer'ib-ba'al was the father of Micah.

41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahr'e-a, and Ahaz;

42 and Ahaz was the father of Jarah, and Jarah of Al'emeth, Az'maveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

43 Moza was the father of Bin'e-a; and Rephai'ah was his son, Ele-a'sah his son, Azel his son.

44 Azel had six sons and these are their names: Azri'kam, Bo'cheru, Ish'mael, She-ari'ah, Obadi'ah, and Hanan; these were the sons of Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:35-44 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 9

The genealogies of the several tribes being given, according as they were written in the books of the kings of Israel, 1Ch 9:1, an account follows of those who first settled in Jerusalem after their return from the Babylonish captivity; of the Israelites, 1Ch 9:2-9, of the priests, 1Ch 9:10-13 of the Levites, and of the charge and offices of several of the priests and Levites, 1Ch 9:14-34, and the chapter is concluded with a repetition of the genealogy of the ancestors and posterity of Saul king of Israel, 1Ch 9:35-44.