1 Chronicles 8 - Introduction
_A.M. 2604. B.C. 1400._ Some of the heads of the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 8:1. The family of Saul, 1 Chronicles 8:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
_A.M. 2604. B.C. 1400._ Some of the heads of the tribe of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 8:1. The family of Saul, 1 Chronicles 8:33.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Now Benjamin begat Bela_ He had spoken something of this tribe before, chap. 1 Chronicles 7:6; but now he treats of it again, and that more fully and exactly: partly for Saul's sake, who was of this tribe; and partly because this tribe adhered to David, and the kingdom of Judah, and went with Judah... [ Continue Reading ]
_These are the sons of Ehud_ These following, 1 Chronicles 8:7, because he here speaks of them who were _removed._ He describes the sons of Benjamin by the places of their habitation, without an exact account of their parents; because their genealogies were broken by that almost total extirpation of... [ Continue Reading ]
_Heads of the fathers, &c: these dwelt at Jerusalem_ All these named from 1Ch 8:14 to this place. Particular notice is taken of these, that others, at their return from captivity, might be induced to settle there too, which it seems few were willing to do, because it was the post of danger. Many gre... [ Continue Reading ]
_These also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem_ With those other Benjamites spoken of 1 Chronicles 8:28; _over against them_ In some street or part of Jerusalem, which was over against that where their brethren dwelt.... [ Continue Reading ]
_Archers_ Hebrew, _that tread the bow:_ for the bows of steel, which these used, required great strength to bend them; which therefore they did by treading the bow with their feet, and pulling the string with both their hands.... [ Continue Reading ]