1 Chronicles 8:12
in 1 Chronicles 8The sons of Elpaal:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;
KJV
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseWho built Ono, and Lod - The Targum adds, “Which the children of Israel ravaged and burnt with fire, when they made war on the tribe of Benjamin in Gibeah.”
This site's exposition
in the country of Moab
on 1 Chronicles 8:8-12
A rare narrative fragment breaks the name list: Shaharaim, having sent away his first household, fathers children in Moab by two more wives, and a line through his son Elpaal reaches two towns, Ono and Lod. Both towns reappear centuries later in the rosters of Benjamites who returned from exile, at Ezra 2:33 and Nehemiah 11:35, so a family founded here by a man who left the land for Moab is remembered again in the list of those who came back to it. Gill and Clarke both treat the record as genuine family history rather than scribal confusion, differing only on whether Hodesh names the same wife elsewhere called Baara or a separate woman.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,....
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
And from Hushim he begot This is Hushim his wife, mentioned above, and because there was an interruption with Hodesh his wife.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 5 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְנֵ֣י | uvenei | and [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֶלְפַּ֔עַל | ʾelpaal | Elpaal | H508 → | 3 times |
| עֵ֥בֶר | ʾever | Eber | H5677 → | 15 times |
| וּמִשְׁעָ֖ם | umisham | and Misham | H4936 → | |
| וָשָׁ֑מֶד | vashamed | and Shemed | H8106 → | 5 times |
| ה֚וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| בָּנָ֣ה | banah | he built | H1129 → | 376 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אוֹנ֔וֹ | ʾono | Ono | H207 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| לֹ֖ד | lod | Lod | H3850 → | |
| וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ | uvenoteiha | and daughters its | H1323 → | 588 times |
וּבְנֵ֣יand [the] sons of
uveneiH1121 →4930 times
אֶלְפַּ֔עַלElpaal
ʾelpaalH508 →3 times
עֵ֥בֶרEber
ʾeverH5677 →15 times
וּמִשְׁעָ֖םand Misham
umishamH4936 →
וָשָׁ֑מֶדand Shemed
vashamedH8106 →5 times
ה֚וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
בָּנָ֣הhe built
banahH1129 →376 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אוֹנ֔וֹOno
ʾonoH207 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
לֹ֖דLod
lodH3850 →
וּבְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃and daughters its
uvenoteihaH1323 →588 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 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
Nehemiah 11:35Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 7:37
the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Chronicles 4:14
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
- Nehemiah 7:37
Through
Nehemiah 6:2Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:12
The wicked scheme against the righteous and gnash their teeth at them,
- Nehemiah 11:35
Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.
- Psalms 12:2
They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
- 2 Samuel 3:27
When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the…
- Psalms 37:12
Through
Nehemiah 7:37the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
it leads to
- Nehemiah 6:2
Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 11:34–35
Hadid, Zeboim, Neballat,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Nehemiah 6:2
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).