And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab. Who was Shaharaim? his name has not previously occurred. [The words in the original are Shachªrayim (H7842) howliyd (H3205), and Shaharaim he begot bisdeeh (H7704) Mow'aab (H4124), in the field - i:e., the pasture or grain district of Moab, on the uplands, as distinct from Araboth, the plains (deserts of Moab, the arid lowlying Ghor).] Shaharaim had three wives, Hushim, Baara, and Hudesh (unless Hodesh is another name of one of these two. [The Septuagint has: Oosin, Baada, kai Ada), and nine children. But there are other circumstances to be taken into account in considering the details of this chapter-namely, first, that the genealogies of the Benjamites were disordered or destroyed by the almost total extermination of this tribe (Judges 20:1-48); secondly, that a great number of Benjamites, born in Assyria, are mentioned here, who returned from the long captivity in Babylon, and established themselves some in Jerusalem, others in different parts of Judea. There were more returned from Babylon of the families belonging to this tribe than to any other, except Judah; and hence, many strange names are here introduced, some of which will be found in the list of the restored exiles, (cf. Ezra 2:1-70.)