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1 Chronicles 9:35 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 9 · verse 35
And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah,1 Chronicles 9:35 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 9:35 in context
33And these are the singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and night.
34These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah,
36And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
37And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- MaachahMaʻăkâhMaakah , the name of a place in Syria, also of a Mesopotamian, of three Israelites, and…H4601 →
- GibeonGibʻôwnGibon, a place in PalestineH1391 →
- fatherʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- GibeonʼĂbîy GibʻôwnAbi-Gibon, perhaps an IsraeliteH25 →
- JehielYᵉʻîyʼêlJeiel, the name of six IsraelitesH3273 →
- wife'sʼishshâha womanH802 →
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These verses are the very same with Ch1 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;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 35-44