and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).
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 (Ezr 9:1), according as they were given in by the...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 8:1-32
And Jakim,.... With all the rest in these verses, namely: Zichri, Zabdi, Elienai, Zilthai, Eliel, Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath, were the sons of Shimhi, the same with Shema brother of Beriah, and son of Elpaal, Ch1 8:13.
1Ch 8:13-14 Heads of fathers'-houses of the tribe of Benjamin, who dwelt partly in Aijalon (1Ch 8:13) and partly in Jerusalem. - Their connection with the heads of fathers'-houses already mentioned is not clear. The names ושׁמע בּריעה might be taken fore a fuller enumeration of the sons of Elpaal (1Ch 8:12), were it not that the names enumerated from 1Ch 8:14 or 15 onwards...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 8:13-14