1 Chronicles 8:40

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:33-40

It is observable that among all the genealogies of the tribes there is no mention of any of the kings of Israel after the defection from the house of David, much less of their families; not a word of Jeroboam's house or Baasha?s, of Umri's or Jehu?s; for they were all idolaters. But of the family of Saul, which was the royal family before the elevation of David, we have here a particular account. 1. Before Saul, Kish and Ner only are named, his father and grandfather, 1 Chron. 8:33. His... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:40

And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour ,.... Men of great fortitude and courage, though their names are not expressed: archers ; skilful in the use of the bow and arrows, as the Benjaminites formerly were famous for slinging stones: and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and fifty ; so that the posterity of Jonathan, whose genealogy is drawn down from 1 Chronicles 8:34 hither, were very great; and greater still, according to the Vulgate Latin version, in which the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:40

The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor - The Targum speaks honourably of them: "The sons of Ulam were mighty and strong men, subduing by wisdom their evil concupiscence, as men bend a bow; therefore they had many sons and grandsons." Of the six sons of Azel, mentioned 1 Chronicles 8:38 , R. S. Jarchi says that their allegorical expositions were sufficient to load thirteen thousand camels! No doubt these were reputed to be deeply learned men. There was a time when the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:29-40

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 8:38-40

The genealogy runs on from Micah to Ulam with nothing special to remark upon. Ulam is twelfth from Saul, while his "sons and sons' sons" (verse 40) are spoken of. The time of Hezekiah must be reached, therefore, who was thirteenth from David. The table of next chapter stops with the name Azel ( 1 Chronicles 9:44 ), and wears the appearance of having just missed the last two verses of this chapter. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:40

Sons, and sons’ sons - This genealogy of the house of Saul appears by the number of the generations to belong probably to the time of Hezekiah (compare 1 Chronicles 4:41). Ulam’s “sons’ sons” are in the 13th generation from Jonathan, as Hezekiah is in the 13th generation from David. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Chronicles 8:40

1 Chronicles 8:40. Archers Hebrew, that tread the bow: for the bows of steel, which these used, required great strength to bend them; which therefore they did by treading the bow with their feet, and pulling the string with both their hands. 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 8:40

were = became. mighty men. Hebrew. gibbor. App-14 . archers. Compare 2 Chronicles 14:8 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Chronicles 8:40

1 Chronicles 8:40. Archers— קשׁת דרכי dorkei kesheth; those who tread the bow. Hebrew. For their steel bows were so strong, says Bishop Patrick, that they could not bend them with their arms, but sat down, and pressing them with their feet, drew the arrow with both hands, that it might fly with the greater force. See Psalms 37:14. REFLECTIONS.—1st, The names of some of Benjamin's descendants vary a little from those in Genesis 46:0.; but what seems variety and intricacy to us, was, at the time... read more

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