1 Chronicles 8:12

_AND HE BEGAT OF HODESH HIS WIFE, JOBAB, AND ZIBIA, AND MESHA, AND MALCHAM,_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

Verse 1 Chronicles 8:12. _WHO BUILT ONO, AND LOD_] The Targum adds, "Which the children of Israel ravaged and burnt with fire, when they made war on the tribe of Benjamin in Gibeah....

EXPOSITION This chapter carries us back to the tribe of Benjamin, partly dealt with already (1 Chronicles 7:6). The tribe is reverted to for the same kind of reason that called for our 1 Chronicles 3:1. David was so important a character in the Judah tribe. And Saul, with whom the _resume _of Chronicle-history begins (1Ch 8:33; 1 Chronicles 9:39; 1 Chronicles 10:1.), belongs to the Benjamin tribe. Thus the genealogy of this tribe forms the perch to the history contained in this work, and the forty verses of this chapter rehearse the sons and chief men of Benjamin, with a view t

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 Shamed, but Elpaal his father, so the Targum; and the Talmudists say o, these were walled cities from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, and were destroyed in the days of the concubine in Gibea, and Elpaal came and rebuilt them; they were inhabited by the Benjaminites, upon their return from the Babylonish captivity, Ne 11:35 they were near to each other; according to a Jewish chronologer p, it was three miles from the one to the other; Lod is the same with Lydda, in Acts 9:32. o T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. T. Bab Megillah, fol. 4. 1. So the Targum. p Juchasin, fol. 39. 2....

6. BENJAMIN CHAPTER 8 _ 1. The genealogies of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:1)_ 2. The house of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:29) In comparing this list with Genesis 46:21 we find some differences. The names of Benjamites include many who were born in the captivity and who returned to the land and dwelt in Jerusalem. Twice we read “those dwelt in Jerusalem” (verses 28, 32). Some of the names are found in the list of restored exiles in Ezra (chapter 2). Benjamin being brought back from the exile, their loyalty to Judah and the temple was rewarded by God. The following passages will give further light on Benjamin's connection with Judah and sharing the blessing of the return from Babylon

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

SHAMED. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Shemer". Compare 1 Chronicles 7:34. ONO... LOD. Mentioned only after the exile (Ezra 2:33.Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 7:37). See note on 1 Chronicles 8:6....

_Ono, and Lod_ Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35. The two places were evidently well-known in post-exilic times, and were doubtless near together. _Lod_is the _Lydda_of the N.T. (Acts 9:32). Targ. adds, _which the sons of Israel laid waste and burnt with fire, when they made war in Gibeah with the tribe of Benjamin_....

15. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN (1 Chronicles 8:1-40) TEXT 1 Chronicles 8:1. And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2. Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3. And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4. and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5. and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 6. And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers-' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath; 7. and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud. 8. And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9. And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam, 10. and Jeu

8:12 Lod (a-15) Possibly Lydda. Acts 9:32 ....