1 Chronicles 9:40
in 1 Chronicles 9The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, who was the father of Micah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
KJV
And the son of Jonathan was Merib–baal: and Merib–baal begat Micah.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 9
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
the father of Gibeon
on 1 Chronicles 9:35-44
Saul's line repeats here from 1 Chronicles 8:29 to 38. Barnes reads the doubling as the seam that joins the genealogies to the history, which opens with Saul's death in chapter 10. The line runs past Jonathan through Merib-baal, called Mephibosheth in Samuel, and Micah down to Azel's six sons.
This site's exposition
The son of Jonathan
Merib-baal is the Mephibosheth of 2 Samuel 4:4 and 9:6, Jonathan's son whom David kept at his table for his father's sake. His son Micah appears in 2 Samuel 9:12. Jonathan's line lasted through him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Let that judgment never be forgotten, but ever be remembered, for warning to posterity to take heed of those sins that brought it upon them. Whenever we speak of any calamity that has befallen us, it is good to add this, "it was for my transgression," that God may be justified and clear when he judges.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבֶן־ | uven- | and [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| יְהוֹנָתָ֖ן | yehonatan | Jonathan | H3083 → | 81 times |
| מְרִ֣יב | meriv | [was] Merib- | H4807 → | 6 times |
| בָּ֑עַל | baal | -baal | H4807 → | 6 times |
| וּמְרִי־ | umeri- | and Meri- | H4810 → | |
| בַ֖עַל | vaal | -baal | H4810 → | |
| הוֹלִ֥יד | holid | he fathered | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מִיכָֽה׃ | mikhah | Micah | H4318 → | 33 times |
וּבֶן־and [the] son of
uven-H1121 →4930 times
יְהוֹנָתָ֖ןJonathan
yehonatanH3083 →81 times
מְרִ֣יב[was] Merib-
merivH4807 →6 times
בָּ֑עַל-baal
baalH4807 →6 times
וּמְרִי־and Meri-
umeri-H4810 →
בַ֖עַל-baal
vaalH4810 →
הוֹלִ֥ידhe fathered
holidH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מִיכָֽה׃Micah
mikhahH4318 →33 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 4:4And Jonathan son of Saul had a son who was lame in his feet. He was five years old when the report about Saul and Jonathan came from Jezreel. His nurse picked him up…
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 9:3
So the king asked, “Is there anyone left of Saul’s family to whom I can show the kindness of God?” Ziba answered, “There is still Jonathan’s son, who is lame in both feet.”
- 2 Samuel 9:6
And when Mephibosheth son of Jonathan, the son of Saul, came to David, he fell facedown in reverence. Then David said, “Mephibosheth!” “I am your servant,” he replied.
- 1 Samuel 31:1–10
Now the Philistines fought against Israel, and the men of Israel fled before them, and many fell slain on Mount Gilboa.
- 1 Chronicles 8:34
The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
- 1 Samuel 29:1
Now the Philistines brought all their forces together at Aphek, while Israel camped by the spring in Jezreel.
- 2 Samuel 9:3
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonEarly monarchyJonathanSon of King Saul who climbed a cliff to rout a garrison on the conviction that nothing restrains Jehovah; cut a covenant of steadf…
- PersonDivided kingdom (Jotham-Hezekiah, c. 735-700 BC)MicahProphet of Moresheth (Micah 1:1), Isaiah's country contemporary; named the Bethlehem birthplace of the Ruler whose goings forth ar…
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Berean Standard Bible, 2 Samuel 4:4; 2 Samuel 9:6 to 12; Keil, The Books of the Chronicles and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
