Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 8:1-32
There is little or nothing of history in all these verses; we have not therefore much to observe. 1. As to the difficulties that occur in this and the foregoing genealogies we need not perplex ourselves. I presume Ezra took them as he found them in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah (Ezr 9:1), according as they were given in by the several tribes, each observing what method they thought fit. Hence some ascend, others desecnd; some have numbers affixed, others places; some have historical remarks intermixed, others have not; some are shorter, others longer; some agree with other records, others differ; some, it is likely, were torn, erased, and blotted, others more legible. Those of D…
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Now Benjamin begat, etc. - See what has been said on the preceding chapter, Ch1 7:6 (note).
John Gill on 1 Chronicles 8:2
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Nohah is supposed by some to be the same with Becher, 1 Chronicles 7:6 and by others with Naaman, Genesis 46:21, as Rapha, the same with Rosh there.
Keil & Delitzsch on 1 Chronicles 8:2
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. Nohah is supposed by some to be the same with Becher, Ch1 7:6 and by others with Naaman, Gen 46:21, as Rapha, the same with Rosh there.
, as Rapha, the same with Rosh there.
1 Chronicles 8:3
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ch1 8:3The sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud. The first of these is thought to be the same with Ard, mentioned among the sons of Benjamin, Gen 46:21 but was one of his grandsons, see Num 26:40 as Gera also was.
Tyndale Open Study Notes on 1 Chronicles 8:1-40
The genealogy of Benjamin’s descendants brings the genealogies to a close. The record began with Judah, the tribe of David; it ends with Benjamin, the tribe of Saul.
