Berean Standard Bible
1 Chronicles 8:29-40
29Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived1 in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah, 30and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal,2 Nadab, 31Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,3 32and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah.4 They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.
33Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.5
34The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal,6 and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.7 35The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea,8 and Ahaz. 36Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah9 was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. 37Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah10 was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son. 38Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39The sons of his brother Eshek: 40Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all.
All these were the descendants of Benjamin.
Notes
- 1. 1 Chronicles 8:29 Some LXX manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles 9:35); Hebrew The father of Gibeon lived ↩
- 2. 1 Chronicles 8:30 Some LXX manuscripts include Ner; see 1 Chronicles 9:36. ↩
- 3. 1 Chronicles 8:31 Zecher is likely a variant of Zechariah; see 1 Chronicles 9:37. ↩
- 4. 1 Chronicles 8:32 Shimeah is a variant of Shimeam; see 1 Chronicles 9:38. ↩
- 5. 1 Chronicles 8:33 Esh-baal is also called Ish-bosheth; see 2 Samuel 2:8. ↩
- 6. 1 Chronicles 8:34 Merib-baal is also called Mephibosheth; see 2 Samuel 4:4. ↩
- 7. 1 Chronicles 8:34 Micah is a variant of Mica; see 2 Samuel 9:12. ↩
- 8. 1 Chronicles 8:35 Tarea is a variant of Tahrea; see 1 Chronicles 9:41. ↩
- 9. 1 Chronicles 8:36 Jehoaddah is a variant of Jarah or Jadah; see 1 Chronicles 9:42. ↩
- 10. 1 Chronicles 8:37 Raphah is a variant of Rephaiah; see 1 Chronicles 9:43. ↩
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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