CHAPTER VIII _The genealogy of Benjamin down to Saul_, 1-32. _The children and descendants of Saul_, 33-40. NOTES ON CHAP. VIII Verse 1 Chronicles 8:1. _NOW BENJAMIN BEGAT, C._] See what has been said on the preceding chapter, see 1 Chronicles 7:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 8:9. _HE BEGAT OF HODESH HIS WIFE_] In the preceding verse it is said that _Hushim and Baara_ were _his wives_; and here it is said _he begat of Hodesh his wife, c_. And then his children by _Hushim_ are mentioned, but not a word of _Baara_! It is likely therefore that _Hodesh_ wa... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 8:28. _THESE_ WERE _HEADS OF THE FATHERS_] On the following verses Dr. Kennicott has laboured hard to restore the true reading. See his detailed _comparison_ of these and their parallel passages in his Hebrew Bible, vol. ii., p. 667.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 8:29. _AND AT GIBEON_] This passage to the end of the 38th verse is found with a little variety in the names, 1 Chronicles 9:35-13. The rabbins say that Ezra, having found _two books_ that had these passages with a variety in the names, as they agreed in general, he thought best... [ Continue Reading ]
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_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 1 Chronicles 8:40. _THE SONS OF ULAM WERE MIGHTY MEN OF VALOUR_] The Targum speaks honourably of them: "The sons of Ulam were mighty and strong men, subduing by wisdom their evil concupiscence, as men bend a bow; therefore they had many sons and grandsons." Of the six sons of Azel, mentioned... [ Continue Reading ]