and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
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 the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. The last but one is called Tahrea, Ch1 9:41, where Ahaz is left out, though supplied in our version. , where Ahaz is left out, though supplied in our version. 1 Chronicles 8:36 ch1 8:36 ch1 8:36 ch1 8:36And Ahaz begat Jehoadah,.... Called Jarah, Ch1 9:42.
1Ch 8:29 - 1Ch 8:29-38 recur in 1Ch 9:35-44 (see on that passage). 1Ch 8:29-32 The ancestors of Saul. They dwelt mainly in Gibeon, but a branch of them were settled in Jerusalem, 1Ch 8:32.f. In Gibeon, now El Jib, two hours north-west from Jerusalem (see on Jos 9:3), dwelt the father of Gibeon, with his wife and his sons.
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 8:29-32