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
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