1 Chronicles 8:1-32
1599 Geneva Bible
8 1 The sons of Benjamin. 33 And race of Saul.
1 Benjamin also [a]begat Bela his eldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
3 And the sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 ¶ And these are the sons of Ehud: these were the chief fathers of those that inhabited Geba: and [b]they were carried away captives to Manahath,
7 And Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he carried them away captives: and [c]he begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begat certain in the country of Moab, after he had sent [d]away Hushim and Baara his wives.
9 He begat, I say, of Hodesh his wife, Jobab and Zibia, and Mesha and Malcam,
10 And Jeuz and Sachiah and Mirmah: these were his sons, and chief fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.
12 And the sons of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham and Shemed (which built Ono and Lod, and the villages thereof.)
13 And Beriah and Shema (which were the chief fathers among the inhabitants of Aijalon: they drave away the inhabitants of Gath.)
14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder,
16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah,
17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
18 And Ishmerai, and Jizliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal,
19 Jakim also, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
20 And Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,
21 And [e]Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath the sons of Shimei,
22 And Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,
23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25 Iphdeiah and Penuel the sons of Shashak,
26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
27 And Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were the chief [f]fathers according to their generations, even princes, which dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 And at (A)Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maacah.
30 And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher,
32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah: these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, even by their brethren.
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- 1 Chronicles 8:1 He continueth in the description of the tribe of Benjamin, because his purpose is to set forth the genealogy of Saul.
- 1 Chronicles 8:6 Meaning, the inhabitants of the city of Geba.
- 1 Chronicles 8:7 To wit, Ehud.
- 1 Chronicles 8:8 After he had put away his two wives.
- 1 Chronicles 8:21 Or, Araiah.
- 1 Chronicles 8:28 The chief of the tribe of Benjamin, that dwelt in Jerusalem.
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