1 Chronicles 8:8

1 Chronicles 8:8 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Shaharaim fathered sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Also Shaharaim had children in the country of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.
• New Living Translation (NLT)After Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara, he had children in the land of Moab.

Context of 1 Chronicles 8:8

6And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: 7And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.

1 Chronicles 8:8 word by word

וְשַׁחֲרַ֗יִם הוֹלִיד֙ בִּשְׂדֵ֣ה מוֹאָ֔ב מִן־שִׁלְח֖וֹ אֹתָ֑ם חוּשִׁ֥ים וְאֶֽת־בַּעֲרָ֖א נָשָֽׁיו׃Read the interlinear

• And Shaharaimשַׁחֲרַ֫יִםshachărayim · ShaharaimH7842
• begatיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• in the countryשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• of Moabמוֹאָבmô'âb · MoabH4124
• afterמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• he had sent them awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• Hushimחוּשִׁיםchûshîym chûshîym chûshim · HushimH2366
• and Baaraבַּעֲרָאbâ‛ărâ' · BaaraH1199
• his wivesאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 8:8

• Ruth 1:1Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
• Genesis 25:6But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 8:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8After he had sent them away - Translate it: “after he had divorced his wives, Hushim and Baara.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-28This list shows the militia from the clans of Ehud (1 Chronicles 8:6–7) and Shaharaim (8:8–28). They lived near Jerusalem.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab--He had probably been driven to take refuge in that foreign land on the same calamitous occasion that forced Elimelech to emigrate thither (Ru 1:1). But, destitute of natural affection, he forsook or divorced his two wives, and in the land of his sojourn married a third, by whom he had several sons. But there is another explanation given of the conduct of this Benjamite polygamist. His children by Hushim…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 8:8

• Baara
• Hushim
• Moabites
• Shaharaim

In the dictionaries

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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