“ And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, ”
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogi...
Hodesh: i.e. his Moabitish wife.
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, He begat of Hodesh his wife - In the preceding verse it is said that Hushim and Baara were his wives; and here it is said he...
And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, No JFB commentary on these verses.
Genealogies (continued) This chapter contains a second account of the descendants of Benjamin, and traces the ancestors and descendants of Saul.
Hodesh his wife. — The new Moabite wife or settlement of Shaharaim. The names of two of the sons begotten in Moab have a Moabite cast — viz., Mesha’, comp. Mesha’ king of Moab, 2 Kings 3:4 ; and...
This whole chapter constitutes a fuller account of the house of Benjamin. It seems to be a collection of names and very little more. Among them, however, after the name of the founder, Benjamin, two...
I see no cause for interruption in the catalogue of the Benjamites, from the beginning of the chapter to the end, and therefore have made none. One of two general observations are all that seem to pr...
Ver. 9,10. And he begat of Hodesh his wife ,.... That is, he, I say, begat, namely, Shaharaim; the Targum makes this Hodesh to be the same with Baara, called so because she was newly espoused; but w...
Genealogies. B. C. 1660. 1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Ah...
No text from Poole on this verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] Benjamin , son of Bilhan ( 1 Chronicles 7:10 ), great-grandson of son of Jacob. Posterity given on account of history of Saul. This tribe remained faithful during the revolt of the...
1 Chronicles 8:1 . Benjamin, whose posterity are here copiously recorded, because of Saul's family; because they remained in the kingdom of Judah after the secession of the ten tribes, and because...
Now Benjamin begat Bela his first-born Readings between the lines I. That alliances often end in entanglements and entail unconsidered consequences. Shaharaim went into Moab and there married...
EXPOSITION This chapter carries us back to the tribe of Benjamin, partly dealt with already ( 1 Chronicles 7:6-13 ). The tribe is reverted to for the same kind of reason that called for our 1 C...
The Line of the Tribe of Benjamin
1 Chronicles 2:42 ; 1 Chronicles 8:9 ; 2 Kings 3:4 ; Genesis 10:29