1 Chronicles 8:13

_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.) 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 B

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

BERIAH ALSO, AND SHEMA,.... These were sons of Elpaal: WHO WERE HEADS OF THE FATHERS OF THE INHABITANTS OF AIJALON; which, though in the tribe of Dan, Joshua 19:42 might afterwards come into the possession of Benjamin; or this may be another place of the same name in Benjamin; or, however, might be inhabited by Benjaminites, upon the return from captivity, who descended from those men: WHO DROVE AWAY THE INHABITANTS OF GATH; dispossessed them of their city, in revenge for what they had done to the Ephraimites, 1 Chronicles 7:21....

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 ...

BERIAH. See notes on 1 Chronicles 7:23; 1 Chronicles 7:30. AIJALON. In Joshua 19:42, it was in Dan. In Joshua 21:24 it was. Levitical city. In 2 Chronicles 28:18 it was occupied by Philistines, under Ahaz. But here occupied by Benjamites, because (1) of Dan's idolatry (see note on Genesis 49:17), and (2) of different distribution after the exile. DROVE AWAY.. reprisal later than...

_of the fathers_ R.V. OF FATHERS " houses, as in 1 Chronicles 8:10. _drove away_ R.V. PUT TO FLIGHT. Probably an allusion to some fight the memory of which was kept alive in local song. Cp. 1 Chronicles 7:21-22. _Aijalon_ Jos 10:12; 1 Samuel 14:31....

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

GENEALOGIES (CONTINUED) This chapter contains a second account of the descendants of Benjamin, and traces the ancestors and descendants of Saul....

THE BOOK OF 1 CHRONICLES GOD RULES HISTORY 1 CHRONICLES _Ian Mackervoy_ CHAPTER 8 BENJAMIN TO SAUL – 1 CHRONICLES 8:1-40 THE *TRIBE OF BENJAMIN – 1 CHRONICLES 8:1-28 V1 Benjamin was the father of Bela, his first son. Ashbel was his second son and Aharah was his third son. V2 Nohah was his 4th son, and Rapha was his 5th son. v3-5