Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Chronicles 8:29
THE FAMILIES OF GIBEON, ESPECIALLY THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAUL (1 Chronicles 8:29-40).1 Chronicles 8:29-38 recur at 1 Chronicles 9:35-44.(29) At Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon.—His name (Jehiel) has been accidentally omitted. (See 1 Chronicles 9:35.) The verb dwelt is plural, “they dwelt;” a sufficient indication that the “father of Gibeon” merely represents the original population of that place under a collective name. Maachah would be a place in the neighbourhood.Gibeon.—Now el-Jib, about... read more
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:1-40
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