35And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
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And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah: …
These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim, …
And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. …
And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 35-44)1 Chron. 9:35-44 are the very same with 1 Chron. 8:29-38, giving an account of the ancestors of Saul and the posterity of Jonathan. There it is the conclusion of the genealogy of Benjamin; here it is an introduction to the story of Saul. We take the repetition as we find it; but if we admit that there are in the originals, especially in these books, some errors of the transcribers, I should be tem…
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