1 Chronicles 8:1-40 NIV
The Genealogy of Saul the
Benjamite
1Benjamin
was the father of Bela his firstborn,
Ashbel the second son, Aharah
the third,
2Nohah
the fourth and Rapha the fifth.
3The
sons of Bela were:
6These
were the descendants of Ehud, who were heads of families of those living in
Geba and were deported to Manahath:
7Naaman,
Ahijah, and Gera, who deported them and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
8Sons
were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and
Baara. 9By his
wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 10Jeuz,
Sakia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families. 11By
Hushim he had Abitub and Elpaal.
12The
sons of Elpaal:
Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built
Ono and Lod with its surrounding villages), 13and
Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon and who
drove out the inhabitants of Gath.
14Ahio,
Shashak, Jeremoth, 15Zebadiah,
Arad, Eder, 16Michael,
Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
19Jakim,
Zikri, Zabdi, 20Elienai,
Zillethai, Eliel, 21Adaiah,
Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
22Ishpan,
Eber, Eliel, 23Abdon,
Zikri, Hanan, 24Hananiah,
Elam, Anthothijah, 25Iphdeiah
and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
28All
these were heads of families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they
lived in Jerusalem.
His wife’s name was Maakah, 30and his
firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,d Nadab, 31Gedor,
Ahio, Zeker 32and
Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived near their relatives in
Jerusalem.
33Ner was
the father of Kish, Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan,
Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.e
34The son
of Jonathan:
35The
sons of Micah:
Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz.
36Ahaz
was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and
Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. 37Moza
was the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.
38Azel
had six sons, and these were their names:
Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael,
Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39The
sons of his brother Eshek:
Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the
second son and Eliphelet the third. 40The
sons of Ulam were brave warriors who could handle the bow. They had many sons
and grandsons—150 in all.
All these were the descendants
of Benjamin.
Saul the Benjaminite Monarch
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.
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