1 Chronicles 8:29

THE FAMILIES OF GIBEON, ESPECIALLY THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAUL

(1Ch_8:29-40).

1Ch_8:29-38 recur at 1Ch_9:35-44.

(29) At Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon.—His name (Jehiel) has been accidentally omitted. (See 1Ch_9:35.) The verb dwelt is plural, “they dwelt;” a sufficient indication that the “father of Gibeon” merely represents the original population of that place under a collective name. Maachah would be a place in the neighbourhood.

Gibeon.—Now el-Jib, about eight miles north-west of Jerusalem.

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1Ch 8:29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name [was] Maachah:

Ver. 29. Whose wife’s name was Maachah.] Who was surely an honour to her husband, with whom she is therefore once and again memorised. See 1Ch 7:15-16.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

8:29-32 This list gives the militia that resided at Gibeon, although some of them had moved to Jerusalem.

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Verse 29. And at Gibeon] This passage to the end of the 38th verse is found with a little variety in the names, 1Ch 9:35-44.

The rabbins say that Ezra, having found two books that had these passages with a variety in the names, as they agreed in general, he thought best to insert them both, not being able to discern which was the best.

His general plan was to collate all the copies he had, and to follow the greater number when he found them to agree; those which disagreed from the majority were thrown aside as spurious; and yet, in many cases, probably the rejected copies contained the true text.

If Ezra proceeded as R. Sol. Jarchi says, he had a very imperfect notion of the rules of true criticism; and it is no wonder that he has left so many faults in his text.

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible (1810–1826) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.

29–32 (= ch. 1Ch_9:35-38). The Genealogy of Jeiel

29. the father of Gibeon] R.V. the father of Giboon Jeiel; cp. 1Ch_9:35, R.V.

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And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal,.... The same with Mephibosheth, Sa2 4:4 so Jerubbaal is called Jerubbesheth, Jdg 6:32.

and Meribbaal begat Micah; called his young son in David's time, Sa2 9:12.

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Dwelt. Literally, "they dwelt." But Hebrew and Septuagint, "in Gabaon, dwelt the father of Gaboan," (Haydock) who was called Jehiel, (chap. ix. 35.) or Abiel, 1 Kings ix. 1. (Calmet) --- The following verses are repeated in the next chapter, (Haydock) and seem to have been originally the same; though now many variations occur, which shew that "every Hebrew letter" has not been preserved. (Kennicott)

George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).

The father of Gibeon, i.e. the chief or ruler of the Benjamites dwelling there.

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Vers. 29-40. These verses are occupied with the immediate ancestors and posterity of Saul. And apparently the same account, minus some of its deficiencies, is repeated in the next chapter, vers. 35-44. The two may be taken together here, and the latter will help the interpretation of the former. The fatheri.e, the chiefof Gibeon. (For Gibeon, see Jos_9:3, 7-18 10:2 11:19; Neh_7:25 Neh_3:7) The father of Gibeon (1Ch_9:35) was Jehiel (laeyiy) Chethiv spells with vau; not laeyjiy. (1Ch_15:24) Of Jehiel by this name we do not elsewhere read. And even if it were on other grounds possible to identify the person with the Abiel of 1Sa_9:1 and 1Sa_14:51, it is not possible to identify the names. Compare the similar remarkable omission of the name of the "father of Gibea", (1Ch_2:49) an omission to be filled very possibly by this same name Jehiel.

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And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal,.... The same with Mephibosheth, Sa2 4:4 so Jerubbaal is called Jerubbesheth, Jdg 6:32.

and Meribbaal begat Micah; called his young son in David's time, Sa2 9:12.

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General Information:

All of the names here except Maakah and Gibeon are the names of men. Maakah is the name of a woman, and Gibeon is the name of a town. (See: How to Translate Names)

The father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maakah, lived in Gibeon

Here "father of" refers to Jeiel's status as the leading person in the city of Gibeon. AT: "Jeiel, the leader of Gibeon, lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maakah" (See: Idiom)

His firstborn

"Jeiel's first son"

translationWords

Gibeon

firstborn

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And in Gibeon dwelt the leader of Gibeon This section until (verse 38): “...all these were the sons of Azel,” is written twice in this Book. Also the section (9:2): “And the first settlers, who were in their inheritance in their cities,” and the section (9:10): “And of the priests: Jedaiah and Jehoirib” are likewise in the Book of Nehemiah, as it is written (11: 3): “And these are the heads of the province.” This is what is explained at the end of Megillath Yerushalmi. Ezra found scrolls: the scroll of מְעוֹנִים, the scroll of זַאַטוּטֵי and the scrolls of הָאַחִים, and they rejected the words of the one and accepted the words of the two. Likewise, they found many genealogical records. When they found three or five, they rejected the minority and accepted the majority. When they found an even number, e.g. “And in Gibeon dwelt the leader of Gibeon,” he had to write it twice because the order of their genealogy is not uniform, and likewise, [in] “the first settlers,” he found an even number, which differed one from the other. [Therefore], it was written twice: here and in his [Ezra’s] book. Now why did he not write both of them here, including those that are in Ezra: “And these are the heads of the province, etc.”? Because he traced the genealogy there until, “And these are the priests and the Levites,” and he traced the genealogy here until Jedaiah, who was after Ezra. Now what purpose would it have to explain and to trace the genealogy here in Chronicles, the generations and the genealogy after Ezra, except for those who were alive during the First Temple period?

Rashi on the Tanakh — English translations: “The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg” (CC BY 4.0); “Pentateuch with Rashi's commentary by M. Rosenbaum and A.M. Silbermann, 1929-1934” (public domain); “The Metsudah Tanach series, Lakewood, N.J” (CC BY 4.0); and “The Book of Joshua, Metsudah Publications, 1997” (CC BY 4.0). Text via Sefaria.