1 Chronicles 8:6 BSB

1 Chronicles 8:6

These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:

BSB

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ASV

And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:

KJV

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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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֵ֖לֶּה	ve.'E.leh	and these	H428 →
בְּנֵ֣י	be.Nei	[were] [the] sons of	H1121 →
אֵח֑וּד	'e.Chud	Ehud	H261 →
אֵ֣לֶּה	'E.leh	these	H428 →
הֵ֞ם	hem	they	H1992 →
רָאשֵׁ֤י	ra.Shei	[were the] chiefs of	H7218 →
אָבוֹת֙	'a.Vot	fathers	H1 →
לְי֣וֹשְׁבֵי	le.Yo.o.she.vei	of [the] inhabitants of	H3427 →
גֶ֔בַע	Ge.va'	Geba	H1387 →
וַיַּגְל֖וּם	vai.yag.Lum	and people took into exile them	H1540 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
מָנָֽחַת׃	ma.Na.chat	Manahath	H4506 →

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Where the connections lead

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Through
Judges 4:1
After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
leads to
- Jeremiah 5:3
  O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
- Leviticus 26:23–25
  And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Psalms 106:43–45
  Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Judges 3:12
  Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 2:11
  And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
Through
Genesis 46:21
The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 7:6–12
  The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
Through
1 Chronicles 2:52
These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:
leads to
- 1 Chronicles 4:2
  Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
Through
1 Chronicles 2:54
The descendants of Salma:
leads to
- Ezra 2:22
  the men of Netophah, 56;

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