1 Chronicles 8:32

_AND AT GIBEON DWELT THE FATHER OF GIBEON; WHOSE WIFE'S NAME WAS MAACHAH:_ No JFB commentary on these verses....

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

AND MIKLOTH BEGAT SHIMEAH,.... Called Shimeam, 1 Chronicles 9:38 AND THESE ALSO DWELT WITH THEIR BRETHREN IN JERUSALEM, OVER AGAINST THEM; in another part of the city, right beside them....

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 ...

_with their brethren_etc.] i.e. with some of their brethren in Jerusalem over against other of their brethren in Gibeon and other places. 1 Chronicles 8:32 _b_. looks like the heading of a list which has been lost. _over against them_ R.V. OVER AGAINST THEIR BRETHREN....

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

SHIMEAH is essentially the same word as _Shimeam_ (1 Chronicles 9:38). The latter is a _mimmated_ form (_i.e.,_ a more ancient form of the noun, with the original ending m). AND THESE ALSO DWELT WITH THEIR BRETHREN IN JERUSALEM, OVER AGAINST THEM. — Literally, _And they also, before their brethren, dwelt in Jerusalem with their brethren._ The verse seems to tell us that of all the stock of Gibeon only the branch of Mikloth-Shimeah settled in Jerusalem. _When,_ we are not informed. Some think the reference is to the repeopling of Jerusalem after the Restoration (Nehemiah 11:1). “Before their brethren.” — _Before_ in Heb. means east, as _behind_ means west. The clans in question dwelt in Jerusalem, to the east of their fellow-tribesmen in Gibeon....