And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon ,.... The builder of the city, and prince of the inhabitants of it, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, Joshua 18:25 whose name was Jehiel, 1 Chronicles 9:35 , (whose wife's name was Maachah;) of which name were many, see 1 Chronicles 2:48 . read more
And his firstborn son Abdon ,.... That is, Jehiel's, the father or prince of Gibeon; other sons follow: Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher ; called Zechariah, 1 Chronicles 9:37 and between Baal and Nadab, Ner is placed, 1 Chronicles 9:36 and another son is added at the end of 1 Chronicles 9:37 , Mikloth next mentioned. read more
And at Gibeon - This passage to the end of the 38th verse is found with a little variety in the names, 1 Chronicles 9:35-44 . The rabbins say that Ezra, having found two books that had these passages with a variety in the names, as they agreed in general, he thought best to insert them both, not being able to discern which was the best. His general plan was to collate all the copies he had, and to follow the greater number when he found them to agree; those which disagreed from the... read more
The father — i.e , the chief— of Gibeon . (For Gibeon , see Joshua 9:3 , Joshua 9:7-18 ; Joshua 10:2 ; Joshua 11:19 ; Nehemiah 7:25 ; Nehemiah 3:7 .) The father of Gibeon ( 1 Chronicles 9:35 ) was Jehiel ( יְעִיאֵל ; Chethiv spells with vau ; not יְחִיאֵל , 1 Chronicles 15:24 ). Of Jehiel by this name we do not elsewhere read. And even if it were on other grounds possible to identify the person with the Abiel of 1 Samuel 9:1 and 1 Samuel 14:51 , it is... read more
These verses are occupied with the immediate ancestors and posterity of Saul. And apparently the same account, minus some of its deficiencies, is repeated in the next chapter, 1 Chronicles 8:35 -44. The two may be taken together here, and the latter will help the interpretation of the former. read more
These verses contain the names of eight sons of Jehiel instead of the ten of 1 Chronicles 9:36 , 1 Chronicles 9:37 . Both of the missing names, however (viz. Ner after Baal , and Mikloth after Zacher ), are introduced in verses immediately succeeding, where their sons are spoken of. One name, Zacher , also is spelt as Zechariah in 1 Chronicles 9:37 . Both these passages agree in representing Net as the grandfather of Saul. Not so the two passages in Samuel ( 1 Samuel 9:1 ; ... 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
at Gibson. Repeated in 1 Chronicles 9:35-44 . father = lord, chief, or ruler. Compare 1 Chronicles 9:35 . Called Jehiel there. read more
Zacher. Supply Ellipsis thus: "and Zacher [and Mikloth]. And Mikloth", &c. read more
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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