The reason of this return to the genealogy of the Benjamites seems to be the desire to connect the genealogical introduction with the historical body of the work. As the history is to begin with Saul, the genealogical portion is made to end with an account of the family of this Benjamite monarch.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THEY REMOVED THEM TO MANAHATH - “They” has no antecedent; and it is difficult to supply one. Almost all commentators suppose that there has been some corruption here, from which, however, we may gather that the “sons of Ehud” (or, perhaps, of Ahoah, 1 Chronicles 8:4) were originally settled at G... [ Continue Reading ]
AFTER HE HAD SENT THEM AWAY - Translate it: “after he had divorced his wives, Hushim and Baara.”... [ Continue Reading ]
THESE DWELT IN JERUSALEM - Jerusalem was partly within the limits of the tribe of Benjamin Joshua 18:28; but we do not hear of Benjamites inhabiting it until after the return from the captivity 1 Chronicles 9:3; Nehemiah 11:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse combined with 1 Chronicles 9:35, seems to show that the genealogy of Saul was: Abiel (= Jehiel?)... [ Continue Reading ]
SONS, AND SONS’ SONS - This genealogy of the house of Saul appears by the number of the generations to belong probably to the time of Hezekiah (compare 1 Chronicles 4:41). Ulam’s “sons’ sons” are in the 13th generation from Jonathan, as Hezekiah is in the 13th generation from David.... [ Continue Reading ]