These were heads of fathers’ households throughout their generations, chief men. These lived in Jerusalem.
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These were heads of fathers’ households throughout their generations, chief men. These lived in Jerusalem.
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These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
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These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men; these dwelt in Jerusalem.
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 8:28 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 1:21 The children of Benjamin didn’t drive out the Jebusites who inhabited Jerusalem, but the Jebusites dwell with the children of Benjamin in Jerusalem to this day.
- Joshua 15:63 As for the Jebusites, the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the children of Judah couldn’t drive them out; but the Jebusites live with the children of Judah at Jerusalem to this day.
- Joshua 18:28 Zelah, Eleph, the Jebusite (also called Jerusalem), Gibeath, and Kiriath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.
- Nehemiah 11:1 The princes of the people lived in Jerusalem. The rest of the people also cast lots, to bring one of ten to dwell in Jerusalem the holy city, and nine parts in the other cities.
- Nehemiah 11:7-9 These are the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Joed, the son of Pedaiah, the son of Kolaiah, the son of Maaseiah, the son of Ithiel, the son of Jeshaiah. After him Gabbai, Sallai, nine hundred twenty-eight. Joel the son of Zichri was their overseer; and Judah the son of Hassenuah was second over the city.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain The chief of the tribe of Benjamin, that dwelt…
The chief of the tribe of Benjamin, that dwelt in Jerusalem.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain All these named from 1Ch 8:14, to this place.
All these named from 1Ch 8:14, to this place.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Ner begat Kish,.... Who also is called Abiel,…
And Ner begat Kish,.... Who also is called Abiel, as the Targum here adds; for Ner had two names, as other Jewish writers likewise say (r), see Sa1 9:1,
and Kish begat Saul; the first king of Israel, for whose sake chiefly the genealogy of Benjamin is revised and enlarged in this chapter:
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and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal, see Sa1 31:2. Abinadab is called Ishui, Sa1 14:49 and Eshbaal is the same with Ishbosheth, Sa2 2:8, so Baal and Bosheth are used of the same idol of which they are names, Hos 9:10.
(r) Vajikra Rabba, sect. 9. fol. 152. 4.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Heads of the fathers, &c. - Particular notice is…
Heads of the fathers, &c. - Particular notice is taken of these, that others, at their return from captivity, might be induced to settle there too, which it seems few were willing to do, because it was the post of danger. Many great and mighty nations were then upon earth, and many illustrious men in them, whose names are buried in perpetual oblivion, while the names of multitudes of the Israel of God, are here carefully preserved in everlasting remembrance: a figure of God's writing the names of his spiritual Israel, in the Lamb's book of life.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 28. These were heads of the fathers] On…
Verse 28. These were heads of the fathers] On the following verses Dr. Kennicott has laboured hard to restore the true reading. See his detailed comparison of these and their parallel passages in his Hebrew Bible, vol. ii., p. 667.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 8:28. Heads of the fathers, &c: these dwelt…
1Ch 8:28. Heads of the fathers, &c: these dwelt at Jerusalem — All these named from 1Ch 8:14 to this place. Particular notice is taken of these, that others, at their return from captivity, might be induced to settle there too, which it seems few were willing to do, because it was the post of danger. Many great and mighty nations were then upon earth, and many illustrious men in them, whose names are buried in perpetual oblivion, while the names of multitudes of the Israel of God are here carefully preserved in everlasting remembrance: a figure of God’s writing the names of his spiritual Israel in the Lamb’s book of life.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain These dwelt in Jerusalem - Jerusalem was partly within…
These dwelt in Jerusalem - Jerusalem was partly within the limits of the tribe of Benjamin Jos 18:28; but we do not hear of Benjamites inhabiting it until after the return from the captivity 1Ch 9:3; Neh 11:4.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Families. Hebrew, "These were heads of the fathers by…
Families. Hebrew, "These were heads of the fathers by their generations, chief men." (Protestants) (Haydock) --- Jerusalem, probably after the captivity. We find none of these names from ver. 14, in the days of Josue; and it was not easy for people to establish themselves at Jerusalem, till David had expelled the Jebusites. (Calmet) --- Yet we find that the tribes of Juda and Benjamin had seized the lower city long before, Josue xviii. 28. (Haydock)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain These dwelt in Jerusalem--The ordinary and stated inhabitants of…
These dwelt in Jerusalem--The ordinary and stated inhabitants of Jerusalem were Judahites, Benjamites, and Levites. But at the time referred to here, the chiefs or heads of the principal families who are enumerated (Ch1 8:14-27) established themselves in the city after their return from the captivity.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 28. of the fathers, by their generations] R.V. of…
28. of the fathers, by their generations] R.V. of fathers’ houses throughout their generations.
These dwelt in Jerusalem] i.e. in the writer’s day the heads of families enumerated in 1Ch_8:15-27 dwelt in Jerusalem. Cp. 1Ch_9:2-3; Neh_11:1-8. But the words may be a gloss brought in from 1Ch_9:34.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (28) These were . . . chief men.—These were:…
(28) These were . . . chief men.—These were: chiefs of clans; according to their birth-rolls, chiefs. All the names from 1Ch_8:14 to 1Ch_8:27 are included in this summation. The repetition of the word “chiefs” (Heb., heads) is peculiar. The writer can hardly have meant other than to warn his readers against the idea that the preceding names represent individual members of single families, whereas, in truth, they are “heads of clans.” (“Heads” in Hebrew may denote “companies,” or “divisions,” as at Jdg_7:16, “And he divided the three hundred men into three heads.”)
These dwelt in Jerusalem.—This statement contrasts the five branches of Benjamin, whose sub-divisions have just been enumerated, with the clans that dwelt in Geba and Manahath (1Ch_8:6), in Moab (1Ch_8:9-10), in Lod and Ono (1Ch_8:12), and in Ajalon (1Ch_8:13), as well as with those who dwelt in Gibeou. (1Ch_8:29).
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain These dwelt in Jerusalem (Jos_18:28; 1 Chronicles. Neh_11:1-4)
These dwelt in Jerusalem (Jos_18:28; 1 Chronicles. Neh_11:1-4)
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