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1 Chronicles 8:1 open_in_new
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
Ver. 1. Aharah.] Alias Ahiram, Num 26:38 and Ehi. Gen 46:21
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1 Chronicles 8:2 open_in_new
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Ver. 2. Rapha.] Alias Rosh. Gen 46:21
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1 Chronicles 8:5 open_in_new
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
Ver. 5. And Gera.] Who haply was the son of the former Gera; or the former might die soon, and this be called after his name.
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1 Chronicles 8:6 open_in_new
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:
Ver. 6. And these are the sons of Ehud.] Haply of that famous Ehud. Jdg 3:15
And they removed them.] The governors did; but when, how, or wherefore, we find not.
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1 Chronicles 8:7 open_in_new
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
Ver. 7. He removed them.] Ut de haereditate singulis ante obitum prospiceret, saith Junius: that he might provide inheritances for them before his death. Abraham did the like. Gen 25:5-6
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1 Chronicles 8:8 open_in_new
And Shaharaim begat [children] in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara [were] his wives.
Ver. 8. And begat children in the country of Moab.] Where he sojourned, haply - as did Elimelech Rth 1:1 - because of the famine.
After he had sent them away.] Or, After he had sent away Hushim and Basra, his wives, quas repudiavit propter causas quae tacentur, saith Vatablus.
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1 Chronicles 8:13 open_in_new
Beriah also, and Shema, who [were] heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
Ver. 13. Who drove away the inhabitants of Gath.] See 1 Chronicles 7:21 .
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1 Chronicles 8:14 open_in_new
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
Ver. 14. Here we have a list of the chieftains of the Benjamites who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity.
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1 Chronicles 8:29 open_in_new
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name [was] Maachah:
Ver. 29. Whose wife's name was Maachah.] Who was surely an honour to her husband, with whom she is therefore once and again memorised. See 1 Chronicles 7:15,16 .
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1 Chronicles 8:33 open_in_new
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
Ver. 33. And Ner begat Kish.] This Ner is also called Abiel. 1Sa 9:1 The Hebrews tell us that his proper name was Abiel; and that he was called Ner - that is, a lamp or torch - because he outshone others in holiness. He had another son besides Kish, the father of Saul, viz., Ner, the father of Abner. 1Sa 14:50-51
And Saul begat Jonathan.] Who was - as the Romans once said of Pompey - a most amiable son of an odious father. a
And Eshbaal.] Alias Ishbosheth; so 1 Chronicles 8:34. Meribbaal, alias Mephibosheth. Baal is by Hosea called "That shame."
a εχθρου πατρος φιλτατον τεκνον .
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1 Chronicles 8:34 open_in_new
And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
Ver. 34. And Meribbaal begat Micah.] From hence to the end of this chapter is a catalogue of Jonathan's progeny. Of the rest of Saul's children we read not that they had any posterity. That old verse is well known and daily verified,
“ Eυσεβεων παιδεαυι τα λωια, δυαυεβεων δ ου. ”