1 Chronicles 8:8 Ulasan

We had some account given us of Benjamin in the foregoing chapter; here we have a larger catalogue of the great men of that tribe. 1. Because of that tribe Saul came, the first king of Israel, to the story of whom the sacred writer is hastening, Ch1 10:1. 2. Because that tribe clave to Judah, inhabited much of Jerusalem, was one of the two tribes that went into captivity, and returned back; and that story also he has an eye to, Ch1 9:1. Here is, I. Some of the heads of that tribe named (v. 1-32). II. A more particular account of the family of Saul (Ch1 8:33-40).

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 8 In this chapter the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is reconsidered, and several of the principal men and families in it are taken notice of, which were not before; or a further account is given of them, as of the sons and grandsons of Benjamin, Ch1 8:1, of Ehud, Ch1 8:5, of Shaharaim, Ch1 8:8, of Elpaal and Beriah, Ch1 8:12 of Shimhi, Ch1 8:19, of Shashak, Ch1 8:22, of Jeroham, Ch1 8:26, of Jehiel the father of Gibeon, Ch1 8:28, of Ner, and particularly Saul, Ch1 8:33 and of Jonathan, and his posterity, Ch1 8:34.

And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. Before he sent her away, or divorced her, Ch1 8:8. . 1 Chronicles 8:12 ch1 8:12 ch1 8:12 ch1 8:12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,.... Besides those in Ch1 8:14. who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof; not Shamed, but Elpaal his father, so the Targum; and the Talmudists say (o), these were walled cities from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, and were destroyed in the days of the concubine in Gibea, and Elpaal came and rebuilt them; they were inhabited by the Benjaminites, upon their return from the Babylonish captivity, Neh 11:35 they were near to each other; according to a Jewish chronologer (p), it was three miles from the one to the other; Lod is the same with Lydda, in Act 9:32. (o) T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. & T. Bab Megillah, fol. 4. 1. So the Targum. (p) Juchasin, fol. 39. 2.

The genealogy of Benjamin down to Saul, vv. 1-32. The children and descendants of Saul, Ch1 8:33-40.

SONS AND CHIEF MEN OF BENJAMIN. (1Ch. 8:1-32) 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 Ch1 7:6). 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 taken into account in considering the details of this chapter; namely, first, that the genealogies of the Benjamites were disordered or destroyed by the almost total extermination of this tribe (Jdg. 20:11-48); secondly, that a great number of Benjamites, born in Assyria, are mentioned here, who returned from the long captivity in Babylon, and established themselves--some in Jerusalem, others in different parts of Judea. There were more returned from Babylon of the families belonging to this tribe than to any other except Judah; and hence many strange names are here introduced; some of which will be found in the list of the restored exiles (compare Ezra 2:1-70).

Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab--He had probably been driven to take refuge in that foreign land on the same calamitous occasion that forced Elimelech to emigrate thither (Rut 1:1). But, destitute of natural affection, he forsook or divorced his two wives, and in the land of his sojourn married a third, by whom he had several sons. But there is another explanation given of the conduct of this Benjamite polygamist. His children by Hushim are mentioned (Ch1 8:11), while his other wife is unnoticed. Hence it has been thought probable that it is Baara who is mentioned under the name of Hodesh, so called because her husband, after long desertion, returned and cohabited with her as before.

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 8 In this chapter the genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is reconsidered, and several of the principal men and families in it are taken notice of, which were not before; or a further account is given of them, as of the sons and grandsons of Benjamin, Ch1 8:1, of Ehud, Ch1 8:5, of Shaharaim, Ch1 8:8, of Elpaal and Beriah, Ch1 8:12 of Shimhi, Ch1 8:19, of Shashak, Ch1 8:22, of Jeroham, Ch1 8:26, of Jehiel the father of Gibeon, Ch1 8:28, of Ner, and particularly Saul, Ch1 8:33 and of Jonathan, and his posterity, Ch1 8:34.

And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. Before he sent her away, or divorced her, Ch1 8:8. . 1 Chronicles 8:12 ch1 8:12 ch1 8:12 ch1 8:12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,.... Besides those in Ch1 8:14. who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof; not Shamed, but Elpaal his father, so the Targum; and the Talmudists say (o), these were walled cities from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, and were destroyed in the days of the concubine in Gibea, and Elpaal came and rebuilt them; they were inhabited by the Benjaminites, upon their return from the Babylonish captivity, Neh 11:35 they were near to each other; according to a Jewish chronologer (p), it was three miles from the one to the other; Lod is the same with Lydda, in Act 9:32. (o) T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. & T. Bab Megillah, fol. 4. 1. So the Targum. (p) Juchasin, fol. 39. 2.