These are the sons of Ehud. These are the heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba, who were carried captive to Manahath:
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These are the sons of Ehud. These are the heads of fathers’ households of the inhabitants of Geba, who were carried captive to Manahath:
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And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
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And these are the sons of Ehud — these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried captive to Manahath;
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Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 8:6 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Judges 3:20-30 Ehud came to him; and he was sitting by himself alone in the cool upper room. Ehud said, “I have a message from God to you.” He arose out of his seat. Ehud put out his left hand, and took the sword from his right thigh, and thrust it into his body. The handle also went in after the blade; and the fat closed on the blade, for he didn’t draw the sword out of his body; and it came out behind. Then Ehud went out onto the porch, and shut the doors of the upper room on him, and locked them. After he had gone, his servants came and saw that the doors of the upper room were locked. They said, “Surely he is covering his feet in the upper room.” They waited until they were ashamed; and behold, he didn’t open the doors of the upper room. Therefore they took the key and opened them, and behold, their lord had fallen down dead on the floor. Ehud escaped while they waited, passed beyond the stone idols, and escaped to Seirah. When he had come, he blew a trumpet in the hill country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel went down with him from the hill country, and he led them. He said to them, “Follow me; for Yahweh has delivered your enemies the Moabites into your hand.” They followed him, and took the fords of the Jordan against the Moabites, and didn’t allow any man to pass over. They struck at that time about ten thousand men of Moab, every strong man and every man of valor. No man escaped. So Moab was subdued that day under the hand of Israel. Then the land had rest eighty years.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
- Genesis 46:21 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- Judges 4:1 The children of Israel again did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, when Ehud was dead.
- 1 Chronicles 2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
- 1 Chronicles 2:52 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
- 1 Chronicles 6:60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin, Geba with its pasture lands, Allemeth with its pasture lands, and Anathoth with its pasture lands. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.
- 1 Chronicles 7:10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Meaning, the inhabitants of the city of Geba.
Meaning, the inhabitants of the city of Geba.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 8:6 And these [are] the sons of Ehud:…
1Ch 8:6 And these [are] the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
Ver. 6. And these are the sons of Ehud.] Haply of that famous Ehud. {Jdg 3:15}
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And they removed them.] The governors did; but when, how, or wherefore, we find not.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain These are the sons; either those three last mentioned;…
These are the sons; either those three last mentioned; or rather these following, 1Ch 8:7, because he here speaks of them who were removed, and they are said to be removed, 1Ch 8:7
He describes the sons of Benjamin by the places of their habitation, without an exact account of their parents, because their genealogies were broken by that almost total extirpation of this tribe, Jdg 20.
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They removed them; either their fathers, or their heads and superiors, removed them; or they removed themselves; either because they were too numerous for that place, or because they desired to change their habitation, and hoped it would be for the better, and judged Manahath a more convenient place.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And Shaharaim,.... Who was either a son of Ahihud,…
And Shaharaim,.... Who was either a son of Ahihud, or rather a brother of his, another son of Ehud:
begat children in the country of Moab; whither he might go on account of the famine, as Elimelech did, Rut 1:1, after he had sent them away; which some understand of those that were removed from Geba to Manahath, Ch1 8:6, but a different word is here used; and besides Shaharaim seems to be one of those that were removed. Kimchi takes Shilhootham, we render "had sent them away", to be the name of his first wife, of whom he begat children in Moab; but it seems best to render and interpret the words in connection with what follows: he begat children in Moab:
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after he had sent them away; even Hushim and Baara his wives; after he had divorced them, for some reasons he had, he begat children of another wife, later mentioned.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain These - These following, ver. 7, because he here…
These - These following, ver. 7, because he here speaks of them who were removed. He describes the sons of Benjamin by the places of their habitation, without an exact account of their parents; because their genealogies were broken by that almost total extirpation of this tribe, Judg. xx, 29-48.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 8:6. These are the sons of Ehud —…
1Ch 8:6. These are the sons of Ehud — These following, 1Ch 8:7, because he here speaks of them who were removed. He describes the sons of Benjamin by the places of their habitation, without an exact account of their parents; because their genealogies were broken by that almost total extirpation of this tribe, Judges 20.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain And they removed them to Manahath - “They” has…
And they removed them to Manahath - “They” has no antecedent; and it is difficult to supply one. Almost all commentators suppose that there has been some corruption here, from which, however, we may gather that the “sons of Ehud” (or, perhaps, of Ahoah, 1Ch 8:4) were originally settled at Geba (Jos 18:24 note), but afterward removed to a place called Manahath, probably a town in the vicinity. Gera 1Ch 8:7 directed the movement.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Ahod, the judge, Judges iii. 15. --- Manahath; the…
Ahod, the judge, Judges iii. 15. --- Manahath; the Menuchat, in the tribe of Juda, (chap. ii. 54.) after the captivity. (Calmet) --- Abulensis thinks Manahath was in Moab, ver. 8. (Menochius)
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain these are the sons of Ehud--most probably the judge…
these are the sons of Ehud--most probably the judge of Israel (Jdg 3:15). His descendants, who had at first been established in Geba in Benjamin, emigrated in a body under the direction of Gera (Ch1 8:7) to Manahath, where their increased numbers would find more ample accommodation. Manahath was within the territory of Judah.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 6. And these are the sons of Ehud] Ehud…
6. And these are the sons of Ehud] Ehud (the deliverer of Israel from Moab) was descended from Gera (1Ch_8:5; Jdg_3:15). His genealogy is given somewhat fully.
they ramoved them] R.V. they carried them captive. Probably some words have fallen out; we cannot say who carried whom captive.
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to Manahath] Targ. to Manahath to the land of the house of Esau.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (6) And these are the sons of Ehud.—The Authorised…
(6) And these are the sons of Ehud.—The Authorised Version makes no distinction between this Ehud and Ehud son of Gera, the famous Benjamite judge (Jdg_3:15). The difference in the Heb. is so slight, that perhaps we may assume an original identity of the two names. In that case we get a link between the sons of Ehud and the house of Gera, 1Ch_8:5. Others identify the present Ehud with the Abihud of 1Ch_8:3, which is possibly correct: (Comp. Nadab-Abinadab, Dan and Abidan, Num_1:11.)
These are the heads of the fathers.—Heads of father-houses, i.e., of groups of kindred families or clans. The Hebrew text of the rest of this verse, and 1Ch_8:7-8, is unusually obscure, partly owing to the construction, but chiefly because of the historical allusions which are no longer explicable with any certainty. Most interpreters assume a parenthesis after the words “and these are the sons of Ehud,” extending to the words “he removed them,” in 1Ch_8:7.
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Uzza and Ahihud are then “the sons of Ehud” referred to in 1Ch_8:6.
Removed them.—Rather, carried them captive, or transported them. The same expression denotes the Babylonian exile or transportation, and was used in 1Ch_5:26 of the Assyrian removal of the trans-jordanic tribes.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 6, 7. Ehud. We are brought to a…
Vers. 6, 7. Ehud. We are brought to a halt again by the sudden introduction of this name. Even if it stand for Abihud (ver. 3) or for Ahoah (ver. 4), why is it changed in so short an interval? It is impossible to establish order in these verses except by most gratuitous conjecture. But it may be supposed that the verses say that Ehud"s people once belonged to Manahath, that the heads of them removed them to Geba (Jos_18:24), and that he himself (query, Ehud? but commonly read Gera) removed them, and also Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera (which look very much like the Naaman, Ahoah, and Gera of vers. 4, 5); and finally that after the removing "he" had two fresh sons, Uzza and Ahihud.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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All of the names here except Geba and Manahath are the names of men. Geba and Manahath are the names of towns. (See: How to Translate Names)
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fathers' houses
extended families, people related to each other who usually lived in different houses, what the UDB calls "clans"
were compelled to move
"needed to move" or "had to move"
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descend
head
clan
Naaman
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 8:6-28 This list reports the militia from the clans…
8:6-28 This list reports the militia from the clans of Ehud (8:6-7) and Shaharaim (8:8-28), who lived in the vicinity of Jerusalem.
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