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Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:29

The father of Gibeon, i.e. the chief or ruler of the Benjamites dwelling there. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

CRITICAL NOTES.] Benjamin, son of Bilhan (1 Chronicles 7:10), great-grandson of son of Jacob. Posterity given on account of history of Saul. This tribe remained faithful during the revolt of the ten, and returned with Judah from Babylon.1 Chronicles 8:3-5.—The nine sons of this Bela are all different in name from the five sons of the earlier Bela (1 Chronicles 7:7). The names Gera, Naaman, and Shephuphan (Numbers 26:39) are heirlooms from the household of the former Benjamin (Judges 3:15)... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

Chapter 8In chapter eight, we come back to the tribe of Benjamin. And in the tribe of Benjamin, we come down to the family of Kish from which, of course, Saul was born, who became the first king over Israel, verse thirty-three,Ner begat Kish, Kish begat Saul, Saul begat Jonathan ( 1 Chronicles 8:33 ),And so you have Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. " read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

1 Chronicles 8:1 . Benjamin, whose posterity are here copiously recorded, because of Saul’s family; because they remained in the kingdom of Judah after the secession of the ten tribes, and because they returned with Judah from Babylon. 1 Chronicles 8:7 . He removed them; that is, Gera removed them. When in grammar there are many antecedents, the verb is governed by that which immediately presedes. 1 Chronicles 8:29 . The father of Gibeon, the prince of the city of his birthright. 1... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

1 Chronicles 8:1-40Now Benjamin begat Bela his first-born Readings between the linesI.That alliances often end in entanglements and entail unconsidered consequences. Shaharaim went into Moab and there married a Moabitess, having children of her (1 Chronicles 8:8). The names of his sons (1 Chronicles 8:9) were Moabitish--Mezha (see 2 Kings 3:4), Maleham (an idol of Moab; see 1 Kings 11:33 and Jeremiah 49:1-2). This fact points clearly to the evil influence under which his children came through... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:29

1Ch 8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name [was] Maachah: Ver. 29. Whose wife’s name was Maachah.] Who was surely an honour to her husband, with whom she is therefore once and again memorised. See 1 Chronicles 7:15-16 . read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Chronicles 8:29

the father: 1 Chronicles 9:35, 1 Chronicles 9:36, Jehiel Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 2:42 - the father of Hebron read more

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