1 Chronicles 8:34

_AND THE SON OF JONATHAN WAS MERIBBAAL; AND MERIBBAAL BEGAT MICAH._ And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal (contender against Baal) (cf. 1 Chronicles 9:40) - popularly changed into Mephihosheth, the destroyer of shame, or, according to Gesenius, exterminator of idols....

Verse 34. _MERIB-BAAL_] The same as _Mephibosheth_, for, as the Israelites detested _Baal_, which signifies _lord_, they changed it into _bosheth_, which signifies _shame_ or _reproach_....

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 THE SON OF JONATHAN WAS MERIBBAAL,.... The same with Mephibosheth, 2 Samuel 4:4 so Jerubbaal is called Jerubbesheth, Judges 6:32 AND MERIBBAAL BEGAT MICAH; called his young son in David's time, 2 Samuel 9:12....

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 ...

MERIB-BAAL. Another name by which Mephi-bosheth was known. Compare 2 Samuel 2:8; 2 Samuel 4:4. See note on 1 Chronicles 8:33 above. The addition "bosheth" (= shame) came to be substituted for "Baal" as the latter word became associated with idolatry. Compare Judges 6:32 with 2 Samuel 11:21....

_Merib-baal_ A name meaning "Baal pleadeth"; in ch. 1 Chronicles 9:40 _b_(Heb.) it is written _Meri-baal_, i.e. "Man of Baal." The person meant seems to be _Mephibosheth_(2 Samuel 9:6; 2 Samuel 9:12)....

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....