Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 11:35; Nehemiah 6:2; Nehemiah 7:37
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes. These Chapter s form a general introduction to th...
Shamed. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Shemer". Compare 1 Chronicles 7:34 . Ono... Lod. Mentioned only after the exile ( Ezra...
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: Who built Ono, and Lod - The Targum adds, "Which th...
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.
Ono and Lod ] These towns elsewhere are mentioned only in post-exilic times ( Ezra 2:33 ), so that the personal or family names in these vv. probabl...
Shamer, or Shemer, occurred in 1 Chronicles 7:34 as a clan of Asher. Who built.Ono and Lod .... — Literally, he built Ono and Lod and her da...
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, howe...
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 o...
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed ,.... Besides those in 1 Chronicles 8:14 who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof ; not S...
Genealogies. B. C. 1660. 1 Now Benjamin b...
Of which see Ezra 2:33 Nehemiah 7:37 , Nehemiah 11:35 .
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...
1 Chronicles 8:1 . Benjamin, whose posterity are here copiously recorded, because of Saul's family; because they remained in the kingdom of Judah...
Now Benjamin begat Bela his first-born Readings between the lines I. That alliances often end in entanglements and entail unconsidered consequ...
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 fo...
The Line of the Tribe of Benjamin
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono and Lod with the towns thereof, these being cities on the extreme western boundary of...
12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: