1 Chronicles 8:13

13 and Beriah and Shema were princes of [the] kindreds dwelling in Aijalon; these drove away the dwellers of Gath; (and Beriah and Shema were the leaders of the kindreds, or of the families, living in Aijalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath;)

1 Chronicles 8:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 8:13

Beriah also, and Shema
These were sons of Elpaal:

who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon;
which, though in the tribe of Dan, ( Joshua 19:42 ) might afterwards come into the possession of Benjamin; or this may be another place of the same name in Benjamin; or, however, might be inhabited by Benjaminites, upon the return from captivity, who descended from those men:

who drove away the inhabitants of Gath;
dispossessed them of their city, in revenge for what they had done to the Ephraimites, ( 1 Chronicles 7:21 ) .

1 Chronicles 8:13 In-Context

11 And Hushim begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

12 And the sons of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham, and Shamed; he builded Ono, and Lod, and his villages; (And the sons of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham, and Shamed; it was Shamed who built Ono, and Lod, and their villages;)

13 and Beriah and Shema were princes of [the] kindreds dwelling in Aijalon; these drove away the dwellers of Gath; (and Beriah and Shema were the leaders of the kindreds, or of the families, living in Aijalon; they drove away the inhabitants of Gath;)

14 and Ahio, and Shashak, and Jeremoth,

15 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,