1 Chronicles8
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1 And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4 and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5 and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:
7 and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam,
10 and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.
12 And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;
13 and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
14 and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15 and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
16 and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
17 and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
18 and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
19 and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20 and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
21 and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei,
22 and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
23 and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24 and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
25 and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak,
26 and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27 and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were heads of fathers’ houses throughout their generations, chief men: these dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife’s name was Maacah;
30 and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31 and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.
32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
33 And Ner begat Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
35 And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
36 And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza.
37 And Moza begat Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39 And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
People in this chapter — 114
All people →- Saul
- Benjamin
- Jonathan
- Elijah
- Ishmael
- Ahaz
- Hananiah
- Shimei
- Micah
- Meshullam
- Ahijah
- Nadab
- Kish
- Obadiah
- Athaliah
- Naaman
- Eber
- Ner
- Michael
- Zichri
- Bela
- Abinadab
- Mephibosheth
- Zimri
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- Jeiel
- Beriah
- Heber
- Hanan
- Eliel
- Jeroham
- Uzza
- Melech
- Moab
- Baal
- Elam
- Maacah
- Ehud
- Jobab
- Shimeah
- Jeush
- Zebadiah
- Adaiah
- Gera
- Abdon
- Gedor
- Eliphelet
- Ahoah
- Hushim
- Shema
- Ahio
- Zabdi
- Azmaveth
- Azrikam
- Huppim
- Manahath
- Jeremoth
- Arad
- Zur
- Abiel
- Moza
- Eleasah
- Ahiah
- Eder
- Mikloth
- Alemeth
- Azel
- Ulam
- Ahiram
- Ashbel
- Muppim
- Mesha
- Elpaal
- Rosh
- Addar
- Abishua
- Ahihud
- Shashak
- Joha
- Jakim
- Penuel
- Zecher
- Pithon
- Tarea
- Jehoaddah
- Binea
- Raphah
- Bocheru
- Sheariah
- Abihud
- Baara
- Shaharaim
- Hodesh
- Malcam
- Zibia
- Jeuz
- Mirmah
- Sachia
- Abitub
- Misham
- Shemed
- Ishpah
- Hizki
- Ishmerai
- Izliah
- Elienai
- Zillethai
- Beraiah
- Shimrath
- Ishpan
- Anthothijah
- Iphdeiah
- Shamsherai
- Shehariah
- Jaareshiah
Study
1 Chronicles 8Public-domain commentary and original-language notes for 1 Chronicles 8. The full AI study guide (summary, themes, context) has its own page.
Chapter Summary
In this chapter: Genealogies. (1-40).
vv1-40
Here is a larger list of Benjamin's tribe. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies, which to us seem difficult, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy at that time, and fully answered the intention for which they were published. Many great and mighty nations then were in being upon earth, and many illustrious men, whose names are now wholly forgotten; while the names of multitudes of the Israel of God are here kept in everlasting remembrance. The memory of the just is blessed.
Key Words
בִּנְיָמִין: Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
יָלַד: to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage
בֶּלַע: Bela, the name of a place, also of an Edomite and of two Israelites
בְּכוֹר: firstborn; hence, chief
אַשְׁבֵּל: Ashbel, an Israelite
שֵׁנִי: properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
אַחְרַח: Achrach, an Israelite
שְׁלִישִׁי: third; feminine athird (part); by extension, a third (day, year or time); specifically, a third-story cell)
נוֹחָה: Nochah, an Israelite
רְבִיעִי: fourth; also (fractionally) a fourth
Cross References
1 Chronicles 8Parallel genealogy identifying Jehiel as the father of Gibeon, supplementing this chapter's account.
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Identifies Saul's sons, confirming Abinadab is the same as Ishui.
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Lists Lod and Ono with returning exiles, confirming post-exilic resettlement details.
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Direct parallel text repeating Saul's immediate lineage of Ner, Kish, and his sons.
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Parallel genealogy of Jonathan's line through Merib-baal (Mephibosheth).
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The shorter primary genealogy of Benjamin, which this chapter expands in detail.
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Ajalon was originally Danite territory, later occupied by Benjamites after the exile.
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Mentions Kish's parentage, helping reconcile the names Abiel and Ner.
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Identifies Merib-baal as Jonathan's lame son, elsewhere named Mephibosheth.
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Moses' original list of Benjamin's sons, showing name variations over time.
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Confirms Benjamin's post-exilic resettlement of Lod and Ono.
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Lists Benjamite chiefs who chose to dwell in Jerusalem after the captivity.
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Describes Benjamite archers who could use both right and left hands.
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Verbatim parallel statement concerning the ancestral heads who dwelt in Jerusalem.
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