Tree of Life Version
1 Chronicles 8:34
34Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
1 Chronicles 8:34 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And the son of Jonathan was Merib–baal; and Merib–baal begat Micah.
- New International Version (NIV)The son of Jonathan: Merib-Baal, who was the father of Micah.
- English Standard Version (ESV)and the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal, and Merib-Baal begot Micah.
Context of 1 Chronicles 8:34
32and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. They lived with their relatives in Jerusalem, opposite their relatives. 33Ner fathered Kish and Kish fathered Saul. Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal. Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal and Merib-baal fathered Micah. 35Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Taarea and Ahaz. 36Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza,
Read all of 1 Chronicles 81 Chronicles 8:34 word by word
וּבֶן־יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן מְרִ֣יב בָּ֑עַל וּמְרִ֥יב בַּ֖עַל הוֹלִ֥יד אֶת־מִיכָֽה׃ סRead the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 8:34
- 2 Samuel 4:4(Saul’s son Jonathan had a son whose legs were crippled. He was five years old when the news about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel, and his nurse picked him up and fled. It came about, as she was hurrying to flee, that he fell and was crippled. His name was Mephibosheth.)
- 2 Samuel 9:6Then Mephibosheth, son of Jonathan son of Saul, came to David, fell on his face and prostrated himself. “Mephibosheth!” David said. “Behold your servant!” he answered. “Don’t be afraid,”
- 2 Samuel 19:24Then the king said to Shimei, “You shall not die,” and the king swore it to him.
- 2 Samuel 9:12Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Mica. All the members of Ziba’s household were servants to Mephibosheth.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 8:34
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34Merib-baal - The same as Mephibosheth, for, as the Israelites detested Baal, which signifies lord, they changed it into bosheth, which signifies shame or reproach.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 33-40The Chronicler ends his account of Benjamin's history with Saul's family tree. It starts two generations before Saul and goes through Merib-baal (also known as Mephibosheth; see study note on 2 Samuel 4:4) and continues to the families of Azel and Eshek (1 Chronicles 8:38–40). Micah (1 Chronicles 8:35) lived during Solomon's time, and Ulam (8:39) lived near the end of Judah's kingdom before Jerusalem's destruction. This connects Saul to his broader tribal…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3434. Merib-baal--that is, Mephibosheth.Read the comment
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- 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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