1 Chronicles 9:35-44

35 In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah:

36 and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,

37 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

38 Mikloth became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.

39 Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

40 The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.

41 The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, [and Ahaz].

42 Ahaz became the father of Jarah; and Jarah became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza;

43 and Moza became the father of Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

44 Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, 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.