1 Chronicles 8:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

these are the: or, "and these are they the".

Geba. Near Gibeah of Saul (Joshua 18:24; 1 Samuel 10:26; 1 Samuel 13:3). Compare Judges 19:12.

and. Read: "but they were carried away to Mana-hath".

they (the Gebaites) removed. were carried away, (same word as in 1 Chronicles 5:26). The occasion is not known, but probably after they returned from captivity, as Geba is mentioned in Ezra 2:26. Lod and Ono in 1 Chronicles 8:12 are named in Ezra 2:33, and "the sons of Gibeon" in Nehemiah 7:25. Compare Ezra 2:20.

Gera.. third Gera. Compare verses: 1Ch 8:3, 1 Chronicles 8:6.

Ahihud. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis: "and Ahihud [and Shaharaim]. And Shaharaim begat", &c.

1 Chronicles 8:6

6 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: