Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads ... of the inhabitants of Aijalon - now Yalo about two miles cast of Emmaus (Nicopolis), now 'Amwas, on a height overlooking the plain of Merj Ibn 'Omein.
Who drove away the inhabitants of Gath - (see the notes at 1 Chronicles 7:21-22.) The explanation is this-He had probably been driven to take refuge in that foreign land on the same calamitous occasion that forced Elimelech to emigrate there (Ruth 1:1). But, destitute of natural affection, he forsook or divorced his two wives, and in the land of his sojourn married a third, by whom he has several sons. But there is another explanation given of the conduct of this Benjamite polygamist. His children by Hushim are mentioned, 1 Chronicles 8:11, while his other wife is unnoticed. Hence, it has been thought probable that it is Baara who is mentioned under the name of Hodesh (new, recent), so called because her husband, after long desertion, returned and cohabited with her as before.