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8:1 Benjamin <01144> was the father <03205> of Bela <01106>, his firstborn <01060>; Ashbel <0788> was born second <08145>, Aharah <0315> third <07992>, 8:2 Nohah <05119> fourth <07243>, and Rapha <07498> fifth <02549>. 8:3 Bela’s <01106> sons <01121> were <01961> Addar <0146>, Gera <01617>, Abihud <031>, 8:4 Abishua <050>, Naaman <05283>, Ahoah <0265>, 8:5 Gera <01617>, Shephuphan <08197>, and Huram <02361>. 8:6 These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Ehud <0261> who <01992> were leaders <07218> of the families <01> living in <03427> Geba <01387> who were forced to move <01540> to <0413> Manahath <04506>: 8:7 Naaman <05283>, Ahijah <0281>, and Gera <01617>, who <01931> moved <01540> them. Gera was the father <03205> of Uzzah <05798> and Ahihud <0284>. 8:8 Shaharaim <07842> fathered <03205> sons in Moab <04124> after <04480> he divorced <07971> his wives <0802> Hushim <02366> and Baara <01199>. 8:9 By his wife <0802> Hodesh <02321> he fathered <03205> Jobab <03103>, Zibia <06644>, Mesha <04331>, Malkam <04445>, 8:10 Jeuz <03263>, Sakia <07634>, and Mirmah <04821>. These <0428> were his sons <01121>; they were family <01> leaders <07218>. 8:11 By Hushim <02366> he fathered <03205> Abitub <036> and Elpaal <0508>. 8:12 The sons <01121> of Elpaal <0508>: Eber <05677>, Misham <04936>, Shemed <08106> (who <01931> built <01129> Ono <0207> and Lod <03850>, as well as its surrounding towns <01323>), 8:13 Beriah <01283>, and Shema <08087>. They <01992> were leaders <07218> of the families <01> living <03427> in Aijalon <0357> and chased out <01272> the inhabitants <03427> of Gath <01661>. 8:14 Ahio <0283>, Shashak <08349>, Jeremoth <03406>, 8:15 Zebadiah <02069>, Arad <06166>, Eder <05738>, 8:16 Michael <04317>, Ishpah <03472>, and Joha <03109> were the sons <01121> of Beriah <01283>. 8:17 Zebadiah <02069>, Meshullam <04918>, Hizki <02395>, Heber <02268>, 8:18 Ishmerai <03461>, Izliah <03152>, and Jobab <03103> were the sons <01121> of Elpaal <0508>. 8:19 Jakim <03356>, Zikri <02147>, Zabdi <02067>, 8:20 Elienai <0462>, Zillethai <06769>, Eliel <0447>, 8:21 Adaiah <05718>, Beraiah <01256>, and Shimrath <08119> were the sons <01121> of Shimei <08096>. 8:22 Ishpan <03473>, Eber <05677>, Eliel <0447>, 8:23 Abdon <05658>, Zikri <02147>, Hanan <02605>, 8:24 Hananiah <02608>, Elam <05867>, Anthothijah <06070>, 8:25 Iphdeiah <03301>, and Penuel <06439> were the sons <01121> of Shashak <08349>. 8:26 Shamsherai <08125>, Shechariah <07841>, Athaliah <06271>, 8:27 Jaareshiah <03298>, Elijah <0452>, and Zikri <02147> were the sons <01121> of Jeroham <03395>. 8:28 These <0428> were the family <01> leaders <07218> listed in the genealogical records <08435>; they <0428> lived <03427> in Jerusalem <03389>. 8:29 The father <01> of Gibeon <01391> lived <03427> in Gibeon <01391>; his wife’s <0802> name <08034> was Maacah <04601>. 8:30 His firstborn <01060> son <01121> was Abdon <05658>, followed by Zur <06698>, Kish <07027>, Baal <01168>, Nadab <05070>, 8:31 Gedor <01446>, Ahio <0283>, Zeker <02144>, and Mikloth. 8:32 Mikloth <04732> was the father <03205> of Shimeah <08039>. They <01992> also <0637> lived <03427> near <05048> their relatives <0251> in Jerusalem <03389>. 8:33 Ner <05369> was the father <03205> of Kish <07027>, and Kish <07027> was the father <03205> of Saul <07586>. Saul <07586> was the father <03205> of Jonathan <03083>, Malki-Shua <04444>, Abinadab <041>, and Eshbaal <0792>. 8:34 The son <01121> of Jonathan <03083>: Meribbaal <04807>. Meribbaal <04807> was the father <03205> of Micah <04318>. 8:35 The sons <01121> of Micah <04318>: Pithon <06377>, Melech <04429>, Tarea <08390>, and Ahaz <0271>. 8:36 Ahaz <0271> was the father <03205> of Jehoaddah <03085>, and Jehoaddah <03085> was the father <03205> of Alemeth <05964>, Azmaveth <05820>, and Zimri <02174>. Zimri <02174> was the father <03205> of Moza <04162>, 8:37 and Moza <04162> was the father <03205> of Binea <01150>. His son was Raphah <07498>, whose son <01121> was Eleasah <0501>, whose son <01121> <01121> was Azel <0682>. 8:38 Azel <0682> had six <08337> sons <01121>: Azrikam <05840> his firstborn <01074>, followed by Ishmael <03458>, Sheariah <08187>, Obadiah <05662>, and Hanan <02605>. All <03605> these <0428> were the sons <01121> of Azel <0682>.

• 1Ch 8:1-40 -- Benjamin's Descendants (Continued)

• Jaresiah

  [smith] (whom Jehovah nourishes),a Benjamite, one of the Bene-Jehoram. (1 Chronicles 8:17)
  [nave] JARESIAH, son of Jeroham, 1 Chr. 8;27.
  

• Benjamin

  [nave] BENJAMIN 1. Son of Jacob by Rachel, Gen. 35:18, 24; 46:19. Taken into Egypt, Gen. 42-45. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:27. Descendants of, Gen. 46:21; Num. 26:38-41. Tribe of Census of, at Sinai, Num. 1:37; in the plain ...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Polygamy

  [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
  

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• Zichri

  [ebd] remembered; illustrious. (1.) A Benjamite chief (1 Chr. 8:19). (2.) Another of the same tribe (1 Chr. 8:23).
  [isbe] ZICHRI - zik'-ri (zikhri, meaning uncertain): (1) Levites: (a) grandson of Kohath (Ex 6:21, where some the King James Version editions read wrongly, "Zithri"); (b) an Asaphite (1 Ch 9:15), called "Zabdi" in Neh 11:17, where ...
  [smith] (memorable). Son of Ishar the son of Kohath. (Exodus 6:21) (B.C. 1401.) A Benjamite of the sons of Shimhi. (1 Chronicles 8:19) (B.C. 1440.) A Benjamite of the sons of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23) A Benjamite of the son...
  [nave] ZICHRI 1. Son of Izhar, Ex. 6:21. 2. Three Benjamites, 1 Chr. 8:19, 23, 27. 3. A Levite, 1 Chr. 9:15. 4. Two chiefs in the days of David, 1 Chr. 26:25; 27:16. 5. Father of Amasiah, 2 Chr. 17:16. 6. Father of Elishaphat,...
  

• Ahio

  [ebd] brotherly. (1.) One of the sons of Beriah (1 Chr. 8:14). (2.) One of the sons of Jehiel the Gibeonite (1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37). (3.) One of the sons of Abinadab the Levite. While Uzzah went by the side of the ark, he walked befor...
  [isbe] AHIO - a-hi'-o ('achyo, variously explained as "his brother," "brotherly," "brother of Yahweh," "my brother is Yah"): Proper names containing a similar form of the name of Yahweh are found on the ostraca recently exhumed at ...
  [smith] (brotherly). Son of Abinadab, who accompanied the ark when it was brought out of his father?s house. (2 Samuel 6:3,4; 1 Chronicles 13:7) (B.C.1043.) A Benjamite, one of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:14) A Benj...
  [nave] AHIO 1. A Levite, who drove the cart bearing the ark, 2 Sam. 6:3, 4; 1 Chr. 13:7. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:14. 3. Son of Jehiel, 1 Chr. 8:31; 9:37.
  

• Gera

  [ebd] grain. (1.) The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:3, 5,7). (2.) The father of Ehud the judge (Judg. 3:15). (3.) The father of Shimei, who so grossly abused David (2 Sam. 16:5; 19:16, 18).
  [isbe] GERA - ge'-ra (gera', "grain"): A family name of the tribe of Benjamin, hence, not necessarily a separate individual in (3) and (4) below: (1) A son of Benjamin (Gen 46:21). (2) According to 1 Ch 8:3,5,7, son of Bela and gra...
  [nave] GERA Possibly the name of three men; more probably of one. The son of Bela, Gen. 46:21; Judg. 3:15; 2 Sam. 16:5; 19:16, 18; 1 Kin. 2:8; 1 Chr. 8:3, 5, 7.
  

• Moza

  [ebd] a going forth. (1.) One of the sons of Caleb (1 Chr. 2:46). (2.) The son of Zimri, of the posterity of Saul (1 Chr. 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43).
  [isbe] MOZA - mo'-za (motsah): (1) Son of Caleb and Ephah (1 Ch 2:46). (2) A descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:36,37; 9:42,43).
  [smith] (fountain). Son of Caleb the son of Hezron. (1 Chronicles 2:46) Son of Zimri and descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:36,37; 9:42,43)
  [nave] MOZA 1. A son of Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:46. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:36, 37; 9:42, 43.
  

• Hanan

  [ebd] merciful. (1.) A Benjamite (1 Chr. 8:23). (2.) One of David's heroes (1 Chr. 11:43). (3.) Jer. 35:4. (4.) A descendant of Saul (1 Chr. 8:38). (5.) One of the Nethinim (Ezra 2:46). (6.) One of the Levites who assisted Ezra (N...
  [isbe] HANAN - ha'-nan (chanan, "gracious"): (1) A chief of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:23). (2) The youngest son of Azel, a descendant of Saul (1 Ch 8:38; 9:44). (3) One of David's mighty men of valor (1 Ch 11:43). (4) The head ...
  [smith] (merciful). One of the chief people of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:23) The last of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:38; 9:44) (B.C. 588.) "Son of Maachah," i.e. possibly a Syrian o...
  [nave] HANAN 1. Son of Shashak, 1 Chr. 8:23. 2. Son of Azel, 1 Chr. 8:38; 9:44. 3. One of David's mighty men, 1 Chr. 11:43. 4. One of the Nethinim, Ezra 2:46; Neh. 7:49. 5. A Levite, Neh. 8:7; 10:10. Probably identical with th...
  

• Ahoah

  [ebd] brotherly, one of the sons of Bela, the son of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:4). He is also called Ahiah (ver. 7) and Iri (1 Chr. 7:7). His descendants were called Ahohites (2 Sam. 23:9, 28).
  [isbe] AHOAH - a-ho'-a ('achoah, "brotherly"(?)): A son of Bela of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:4).
  [smith] (brothely), son of Bela the son of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 8:4) In (1 Chronicles 8:7) he is called AHIAH, OR AHIJAH. The patronymic, AHOHITE, is found in (2 Samuel 23:9,28; 1 Chronicles 11:12,29; 27:4)
  [nave] AHOAH, son of Bela, 1 Chr. 8:4. Called also Ahiah, 1 Chr. 8:7, and Ira, 1 Chr. 7:7.
  

• Elpaal

  [isbe] ELPAAL - el-pa'-al ('elpa`al, "God has wrought" (compare el`asah, Jer 29:3)): The name of a descendant of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:11,12,18).
  [smith] (God his wages), a Benjamite, son of Hushim and brother of Abitub. (1 Chronicles 8:11) He was the founder of numerous family.
  [nave] ELPAAL, a Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:11, 12, 18.
  

• Heber

  [ebd] passing over. (1.) Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32). (2.) The Kenite (Judg. 4:11, 17; 5:24), a descendant of Hobab. His wife Jael received Sisera (q.v.) into her tent and then killed him. (3....
  [isbe] HEBER - he'-ber (chebher, "associate" or, possibly, "enchanter"; Eber): A name occurring several times in the Old Testament as the name of an individual or of a clan. (1) A member of the tribe of Asher and son of Beraiah (Ge...
  [smith] (alliance). Grandson of the patriarch Asher, (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31) from whom came the Heberites. (Numbers 26:45) The patriarch Eber. (Luke 3:35) [EBER] The father of Socho; a Judite. (1 Chro...
  [nave] HEBER 1. Head of a family in the tribe of Gad, 1 Chr. 5:13. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:22. 3. A son of Beriah, Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:45; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32; Luke 3:35. 4. Husband of Jael, Judg. 4:11, 17, 21; 5:24. 5. Son of Ezr...
  

• Eber

  [ebd] beyond. (1.). The third post-duluvian patriach after Shem (Gen. 10:24; 11:14). He is regarded as the founder of the Hebrew race (10:21; Num. 24:24). In Luke 3:35 he is called Heber. (2.) One of the seven heads of the familie...
  [isbe] EBER - e'-ber (`ebher; Eber, in Gen; Obed, in Ch): (1) Occurs in the genealogies (Gen 10:21,25; 11:14 ff) as the great-grandson of Shem and father of Peleg and Joktan. The word means "the other side," "across," and the form ...
  [smith] (the region beyond). Son of Salah, and great-grandson of Shem. (Genesis 10:24; 1 Chronicles 1:19) (B.C. 2277-1813.) [For confusion between Eber and Heber see HEBER] Son of Elpaal and descendant of Sharahaim of the tribe o...
  [nave] EBER, called also Heber. 1. The probable founder of the Hebrew race, Gen. 10:21-25; 11:14; 1 Chr. 1:19, 25; Luke 3:35. Prophecy concerning, Num. 24:24. 2. A Gadite, called Heber, 1 Chr. 5:13. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:12. ...
  

• Zebadiah

  [ebd] gift of Jehovah. (1.) A son of Asahel, Joab's brother (1 Chr. 27:7). (2.) A Levite who took part as one of the teachers in the system of national education instituted by Jehoshaphat (2 Chr. 17:7, 8). (3.) The son of Ishmael,...
  [isbe] ZEBADIAH - zeb-a-di'-a ((1) zebhadhyaha, (2) zebhadhyah, "Yah has bestowed"; the form (1) is the Hebrew name in (1), (a), (b), (2), below; the form (2) in the rest. Some manuscripts have Zechariah in (1), (a), (b), (3)). Com...
  [smith] A Benjamite of the sons of Beriah. (1 Chronicles 8:15) A Benjamite of the sons of Elpaal. (1 Chronicles 8:17) One of the sons of Jeroham of Gedor. (1 Chronicles 12:7) Son of Asahel, the brother of Joab. (1 Chroni...
  [nave] ZEBADIAH 1. Two Benjamites, 1 Chr. 8:15, 17. 2. An Israelite who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:7. 3. A Korhite porter in the temple, 1 Chr. 26:2. 4. Son of Asahel, 1 Chr. 27:7. 5. An itinerant Levite teacher, 2 Chr. ...
  

• Rapha

  [ebd] tall. (1.) A Benjamite, the son of Binea (1 Chr. 8:2, 37), a descendant of Saul. (2.) Margin of 1 Chr. 20:4, 6, where "giant" is given in the text.
  [smith] (tall). Son of Binea, among the descendants of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:37) One of Benjamin?s descendants. (1 Chronicles 8:2)
  [nave] RAPHA 1. Son of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8:2. 2. Called also Rephaiah. A descendant of Jonathan, 1 Chr. 8:37; 9:43. 3. An ancestor of certain Philistine warriors, 2 Sam. 21:16, 20, 22; 1 Chr. 20:4, 6, 8.
  

• Eliel

  [isbe] ELIEL - e-li'-el, el'-i-el ('eli'el, "El is God," or "my God is God"): (1, 2, 3) Mighty men of David (1 Ch 11:46,47; 12:11). (4) A chief of Manasseh, east of the Jordan (1 Ch 5:24). (5, 6) Two chiefs of Benjamin (1 Ch 8:20,2...
  [smith] (to whom God is strength). One of the heads of the tribe of Manasseh on the east of Jordan. (1 Chronicles 5:24) A forefather of Samuel the prophet. (1 Chronicles 6:34) A chief man in the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chroni...
  [nave] ELIEL 1. A chief of Manasseh, 1 Chr. 5:24. 2. Son of Toah, 1 Chr. 6:34. 3. Two Benjamite chiefs, 1 Chr. 8:20, 22. 4. Three of David's heroes, bearing the same name, 1 Chr. 11:46, 47; 12:11. 5. Chief of Levites, 1 Chr. 15...
  

• Abdon

  [ebd] servile. (1.) The son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, the tenth judge of Israel (Judg. 12:13-15). He is probably the Bedan of 1 Sam. 12:11. (2.) The first-born of Gibeon of the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36). (3.) The son o...
  [smith] (servile). A judge of Israel, (Judges 12:13,15) perhaps the same person as Bedan, in (1 Samuel 12:11) (B.C. 1233-1225). Son of Shashak. (1 Chronicles 8:23) First-born son of Jehiel, son of Gideon. (1 Chronicles 8:30...
  [nave] ABDON 1. A judge of Israel, in the time of the judges, Judg. 12:13-15. 2. A Levitical city, Josh. 21:30; 1 Chr. 6:74. 3. A Benjamite chief, 1 Chr. 8:23. 4. Son of Gibeon, 1 Chr. 8:30; 9:36. 5. Son of Micah, 2 Chr. 34:20....
  

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