Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
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
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Nohah is supposed by some to be the same with Becher, Ch1 7:6 and by others with Naaman, Gen 46:21, as Rapha, the same with Rosh there. , as Rapha, the same with Rosh there. 1 Chronicles 8:3 ch1 8:3 ch1 8:3 ch1 8:3The sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud.
1Ch 8:1-2 The sons of Benjamin and Bela. - The manner in which the five sons begotten by Benjamin are enumerated is remarkable, “Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second,” etc., since, according to Gen 46:21, after the first-born Bela, Becher follows as the second son, and Ashbel is the third; while Aharah, Nohah, and Rapha are not met with there, quite other names occupying their place.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 8:1-2