1 Chronicles 9:35 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:

And in Gibson dwelt the father of Gibeon - chief man of Gibeon (cf. 1 Chronicles 8:21, where the same thing is mentioned without any individual's name).

Jehial, х Yª`iy'eel (H3273). The Kethib has y-`-w-'-l, Jeuel; Septuagint, Vatican, Ieeel; Alexandrine, Ieieel]. Jehiel is supposed to be another name for Abiel (1 Samuel 9:1); although the letter ain in the former creates a difficulty.

Whose wife's name was Maachah, [Septuagint, Vatican, Mooocha]. Her husband's name and hers are recorded as being prominent ancestors in the genealogy of Saul.

1 Chronicles 9:35

35 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah: