Aijalon . A similar kind of history belongs to this place. It was assigned to Dan ( Joshua 19:40-48 ). Unsubdued by them ( 1:34-36 ), the Ephraimites possessed it awhile ( 1 Chronicles 6:47-49 ), until it came to be more like the common property or care of Benjamin and Judah, situated as it was on their boundary line ( 1 Samuel 14:31 ; 2 Chronicles 11:10 ; 2 Chronicles 28:18 ). read more
Genealogies of the remaining tribes (7:1-8:40)Although the lists here are incomplete and in places difficult to follow, it seems that the tribes dealt with are Issachar (7:1-5), parts of Benjamin and Dan (6-12), Naphtali (13), the portion of Manasseh not listed earlier (14-19; cf. 5:23-24), Ephraim (20-29) and Asher (30-40).Benjamin is given in greater detail, possibly because it included Jerusalem in its tribal territory. Also this was the only tribe that joined Judah in the southern kingdom,... read more
Shamed. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "Shemer". Compare 1 Chronicles 7:34 . Ono . . . Lod. Mentioned only after the exile (Ezra 2:33 .Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 7:37 ). See note on 1 Chronicles 8:6 . read more
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 a 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. A reprisal later than 1 Chronicles 7:21 . See notes on 1 Chronicles 7:23 , 1 Chronicles 7:30 . read more
Ishmerai = Ishmar-yah. The Yod = y, being the abbreviation for Yah = Jehovah. read more
C. The Lineage of Saul chs. 8-9This list obviously parallels to some extent David’s genealogy (chs. 1-3). Saul came from the tribe of Benjamin, not from the tribe of Judah that God had promised leadership of the nation. One reason the writer had an interest in the tribe of Benjamin (ch. 8) was that it was the only tribe other than Judah to remain loyal to the Davidic line. The tribe of Benjamin "ranked second only to Judah in postexilic society." [Note: Payne, "1, 2 Chronicles," p. 360.]... read more
Genealogies (continued)This chapter contains a second account of the descendants of Benjamin, and traces the ancestors and descendants of Saul.1. Now Benjamin, etc.] The names of Benjamin’s descendants are repeated (with some variants) from 1 Chronicles 7:7., in order to lead up to the mention of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:33), the predecessor of David (1 Chronicles 10:14), whose history forms the chief subject of this book.3. And Abihud] perhaps to be corrected to ’father (Heb. Abi) of Ehud’: see 1... read more
(11) And of Hushim he begat . . .—The offspring of Shaharaim by Hushim before her divorce; in other words, two offshoots of the clan Shaharaim settled in the vicinity of Lod or Lydda (1 Chronicles 8:12), which took no part in the emigration to Moab. read more
(12) Shamer, or Shemer, occurred in 1 Chronicles 7:34 as a clan of Asher.Who built.Ono and Lod. . . .—Literally, he built Ono and Lod and her daughters. The clause is a parenthesis referring to Shemer.Ono, now Kefr Auna, recurs in Ezra 2:33, Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35, but is not found elsewhere in the Old Testament. It is always coupled with Lod, and must have been near it.Lod, the Lydda of Acts 9:32, is now the village of Ludd, north of Ramleh, between Jaffa and Jerusalem. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:12-28
One of the sons of this last-named wife, Hushim, was named Elpaal. From 1 Chronicles 8:12 to 1 Chronicles 8:28 we have a numerous list of his descendants, evidently in different degrees of relationship, but with the thread picked up apparently several times, in the persons of the first-mentioned "sons," viz. the five, Eber , Misham , Shamed , Beriah , Shema (see 1 Chronicles 8:16 , 1 Chronicles 8:18 , 1 Chronicles 8:21 , 1 Chronicles 8:25 , 1 Chronicles 8:27 ). read more