1 Chronicles 8:1
And Benjamin begat Bela' his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Achrach the third,
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
In Context
2Nochah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Cross References
Genesis 46:21And the sons of Benjamin: Bela', and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Echi, and Rosh, Muppim and Chuppim, and Ard.
1 Chronicles 7:6Of Benjamin: Bela', and Becher, and Jedi'ael, three.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 8:1
We had some account given us of Benjamin in the foregoing chapter; here we have a larger catalogue of the great men of that tribe. 1. Because of that tribe Saul came, the first king of Israel, to the story of whom the sacred writer is hastening, ch. x. 1 . 2. Because that tribe clave to Judah, inhabited much of Jerusalem, was one of the two tribes that went into captivity, and returned back; and that story also he has an eye to, ch. ix. 1 . Here is, I. Some of the heads of that tribe named, ver. 1-32 . II. A more… Read the whole commentary →