1 Chronicles 8:1-10:14 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:1-32

There is little or nothing of history in all these verses; we have not therefore much to observe. 1. As to the difficulties that occur in this and the foregoing genealogies we need not perplex ourselves. I presume Ezra took them as he found them in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah (1 Chron. 9:1), according as they were given in by the several tribes, each observing what method they thought fit. Hence some ascend, others desecnd; some have numbers affixed, others places; some have... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:1

Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn ,.... See 1 Chronicles 7:6 . The genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is reviewed, because it joined and kept close with Judah in the worship of God, went into captivity, and returned out of it with it; and this review is made chiefly for the sake of Saul, and his posterity, the first king of Israel, who was of it, and in whose posterity this genealogy ends: Ashbel the second ; supposed to be the same with Jediael, 1 Chronicles 7:6 , see Genesis... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:1

Now Benjamin begat , etc. - See what has been said on the preceding chapter, 1 Chronicles 7:6 ; (note). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:1-2

EXPOSITION This chapter carries us back to the tribe of Benjamin, partly dealt with already ( 1 Chronicles 7:6-12 ). The tribe is reverted to for the same kind of reason that called for our 1 Chronicles 3:1-24 . David was so important a character in the Judah tribe. And Saul, with whom the resume of Chronicle-history begins ( 1 Chronicles 8:33 ; 1 Chronicles 9:39 ; 1 Chronicles 10:1-14 .), belongs to the Benjamin tribe. Thus the genealogy of this tribe forms the perch to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:1

The reason of this return to the genealogy of the Benjamites seems to be the desire to connect the genealogical introduction with the historical body of the work. As the history is to begin with Saul, the genealogical portion is made to end with an account of the family of this Benjamite monarch. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 8:1

1 Chronicles 8:1. Now Benjamin begat Bela He had spoken something of this tribe before, chap. 1 Chronicles 7:6; but now he treats of it again, and that more fully and exactly: partly for Saul’s sake, who was of this tribe; and partly because this tribe adhered to David, and the kingdom of Judah, and went with Judah into Babylon; and now were returned from thence in greater numbers than the other tribes, except Judah. Bela his firstborn So called by Moses: but the names of the rest vary... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

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

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Chronicles 8:1

Benjamin. This tribe is now dealt with, and brought down to Saul and Jonathan. The date of writing is Post-Exilic. See 1 Chronicles 8:28 ; 1 Chronicles 9:3 , 1 Chronicles 9:27 , and compare with Ezr 2 and Nehemiah 10:0 , which show that Benjamin was brought back to the Land after being nearly extinguished in Judges 20:0 . Loyalty to Judah and the house of God had been rewarded. Note the passages which connect Benjamin with Judah and with the blessings of the return from Babylon: Ezra 1:8 ;... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:1

"And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah. and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath: and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them captive; and he begat Uzza, and Ahihud. And Shaharaim begat... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:1

1. Now Benjamin begat, c.—This chapter contains some supplementary particulars in addition to what has been already said regarding the tribe of Benjamin (see on :-). The names of many of the persons mentioned are different from those given by Moses—a diversity which may be accounted for in part on grounds formerly stated, namely, either that the persons had more than one name, or that the word "sons" is used in a loose sense for grandsons or descendants. But there are other circumstances to be... read more