1Ch 8:31-40 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Chronicles 8:31-40 (NET)

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8:31 Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth. 8:32 Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem. 8:33 Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 8:34 The son of Jonathan: Meribbaal. Meribbaal was the father of Micah. 8:35 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. 8:36 Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, 8:37 and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Raphah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel. 8:38 Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 8:39 The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. 8:40 The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers. They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

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Names, People and Places:

· Abinadab the Levite who received the ark back from the Philistines,the son of Jesse, David's brother,the son of Saul of Benjami

· Ahaz a son of Jotham; listed as an ancestor of Jesus,son and successor of King Jotham of Judah,son of Micah of Benjamin

· Ahio son of the Levite Abinadab in David's time,son of Beriah of Benjamin,son of Jeiel of Benjamin

· Alemeth a town of Benjamin 2 km NE of Anathoth (OS),son of Beker son of Benjamin,son of Jehoaddah (Micah Jonathan Saul Benjamin)

· Azel son of Eleasah of Benjamin

· Azmaveth a town of Benjamin 7 km NNW of Jerusalem

· Azrikam son of Neariah, the descendent of Solomon,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Hashabiah (Merari Levi),the commander of the palace under King Ahaz

· Benjaminites the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Binea son of Moza of Benjamin

· Bocheru son of Azel of Benjamin

· Eleasah son of Helez of Judah,son of Rapha of Benjamin

· Eshbaal son of Saul whom Abner set up as King after Saul's death

· Eshek son of Eleasah of Benjamin

· Gedor a town in Judah 11 km north of Hebron and 7 km east of Keilah (SMM),a town in Benjamin,son of Jeiel of Benjamin,son of Penuel, a descendant of Hur of Judah,son of Jered son of Mered of Judah,a town taken over by the Simeonites in Hezekiah's time

· Hanan son of Shashak of Benjamin,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Maacah; one of David's military elite,a Levite; head of a group of temple servants in Ezra's time,a Levite who helped Ezra explain the reading of the law,son of Henadad, a Levite who signed the pledge to obey the law,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to keep God's law,a man of God who had a room in the temple; son of Igdaliah

· Ishmael son of Abraham and Hagar,father of Zebadiah, governor of Judah under Jehoshaphat,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Jehohanan,a priest of the Pashur clan who put away his heathen wife,son of Nethaniah; a militia leader who assasinated Gedaliah

· Jehoaddah son of Ahaz great-great grandson of Jonathan (Saul Benjamin)

· Jerusalem the capital city of Israel,a town; the capital of Israel near the southern border of Benjamin

· Jeush son of Esau and Oholibamah,son of Bilhan, great grandson of Benjamin son of Israel,son of Eshek of Benjamin,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Shimei, son of Gershon, under King David,son of Rehoboam

· Jonathan a man who was a descendant of Gershom son of Moses,son of Saul of Benjamin,son of the high priest Abiathar in David's time,the son of Shime-i, David's brother,son of Shammah/Shagee; one of David's military elite,son of Jada of Judah,son of Uzziah; overseer of the country treasuries for King David,a man who was uncle and counselor of King David,father of Ebed who accompanied Ezra leading the clan of Adin back from exile,a man who opposed Ezra's reforms; son of Asahel,a chief priest; son of Joiada,priest and head of the house of Malluchi under High Priest Joiakim in the time of Nehemiah,son of Shemaiah of Asaph of Levi; father of Zechariah,a man who was secretary and dungeon keeper for King Zedekiah; son of Kareah

· Kish the father of King Saul,son of Abiel of Benjamin; father of Saul,son of Jeiel of Benjamin; uncle of Kish the father of Saul,second son of Mahli (Merari Levi); recognized by King David as the only son through whom Mahli's clan was built,son of Abdi; one of the Levites of Merari that King Hezekiah assigned to supervise the cleansing of the temple,a man who was an ancestor of Mordecai; the father of Shimei

· Malchishua son of Saul of Benjamin

· Melech son of Micah of Benjamin

· Merib-baal son of Jonathan of Benjamin

· Merib-Baal son of Jonathan of Benjamin

· Micah a man of Ephraim who made an ephod,son of Shime-i of Reuben,son of Merib-Baal of Benjamin,first born son of Uzziel son of Kohath,father of Abdon/Achbor whom King Josiah used as a messenger,the prophet of Moresheth under Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah

· Mikloth son of Jeiel of Benjamin

· Moza a town of Benjamin

· Ner a man of Benjamin; father of Kish, the father of King Saul

· Obadiah a man who was in charge of king Ahab's household,son of Arnan, a descendant of Hananiah, Zerubbabel and David,son of Izrahiah of Issachar,son of Azel of Benjamin,son of Shemaiah; a Levite leader of a group of returned exiles,a Gadite officer who defected to David in the wilderness,a man of Zebulun in Saul and David's time,a prince King Jehoshaphat sent to teach the law around Judah,son of Jehiel; head of the Joab Clan group of returnees,a priest who signed the covenant to keep God's law,a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah

· Pithon son of Micah of Benjamin

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NET Notes: 1Ch 8:31 The Hebrew text omits the name “Mikloth,” but it may have fallen out accidentally by haplography. Note that the name immediately follows a...

NET Notes: 1Ch 8:32 Heb “and also they, opposite their brothers, lived in Jerusalem with their brothers.” This redundancy has been removed in the translation.

NET Notes: 1Ch 8:33 Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.

NET Notes: 1Ch 8:34 Meribbaal is called “Mephibosheth” in 2 Sam 4:4.

NET Notes: 1Ch 8:38 The Lucianic recension of the LXX inserts another name here, καὶ Ἀζαριας (kai Azarias, “and ...

NET Notes: 1Ch 8:40 Heb “and the sons of Ulam were men, warriors and treaders of a bow.”

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