Benjamin. This tribe is now dealt with, and brought down to Saul and Jonathan. The date of writing is Post-Exilic. See 1 Chronicles 8:28; 1 Chronicles 9:3; 1 Chronicles 9:27, and compare with Ezr. and Nehemiah 10, which show that Benjamin was brought back to the Land after being nearly extinguished in Judges 20. Loyalty to Judah and the house of God had been rewarded. Note the passages which connect Benjamin with Judah and with the blessings of the return from Babylon: Ezra 1:8; Ezra 2; Ezra 4:1.Nehemiah 7; Nehemiah 11:4; Nehemiah 11:7; Nehemiah 11:31; Nehemiah 12:34. The genealogy of Saul leads up to the subject of the book. begat. The former genealogy (1 Chronicles 7:6-12) is not full, but specifies only the families to be dealt with later.
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1 Chronicles 8:1
1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,