1 Chronicles 8:1
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, Ver. 1. _Aharah._] _Alias_ Ahiram, Num 26:38 and Ehi. Gen 46:21... [ Continue Reading ]
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, Ver. 1. _Aharah._] _Alias_ Ahiram, Num 26:38 and Ehi. Gen 46:21... [ Continue Reading ]
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Ver. 2. _Rapha._] _Alias_ Rosh. Gen 46:21... [ Continue Reading ]
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. Ver. 5. _And Gera._] Who haply was the son of the former Gera; or the former might die soon, and this be called after his name.... [ Continue Reading ]
And these [are] the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath: Ver. 6. _And these are the sons of Ehud._] Haply of that famous Ehud. Jdg 3:15 _ And they removed them._] The governors did; but when, how, or wherefore, we find not.... [ Continue Reading ]
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. Ver. 7. _He removed them._] _Ut de haereditate singulis ante obitum prospiceret,_ saith Junius: that he might provide inheritances for them before his death. Abraham did the like. Gen 25:5-6... [ Continue Reading ]
And Shaharaim begat [children] in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara [were] his wives. Ver. 8. _And begat children in the country of Moab._] Where he sojourned, haply - as did Elimelech Rth 1:1 - because of the famine. _ After he had sent them away._] Or, After he h... [ Continue Reading ]
Beriah also, and Shema, who [were] heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath: Ver. 13. _Who drove away the inhabitants of Gath._] See 1 Chronicles 7:21 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, Ver. 14. Here we have a list of the chieftains of the Benjamites who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity.... [ Continue Reading ]
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name [was] Maachah: Ver. 29. Whose wife's name was Maachah.] Who was surely an honour to her husband, with whom she is therefore once and again memorised. See 1 Chronicles 7:15,16 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. Ver. 33. _And Ner begat Kish._] This Ner is also called Abiel. 1Sa 9:1 The Hebrews tell us that his proper name was Abiel; and that he was called Ner - that is, a lamp or torch - because he... [ Continue Reading ]
And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah. Ver. 34. _And Meribbaal begat Micah._] From hence to the end of this chapter is a catalogue of Jonathan's progeny. Of the rest of Saul's children we read not that they had any posterity. That old verse is well known and daily verif... [ Continue Reading ]