And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife’s name was Maacah;
And in Gibeon hath the father of Gibeon dwelt, and the name of his wife is Maachah;
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; and his wife's name was Maachah.
1 Chronicles — A post-exilic retelling of Israel's story through the Davidic line — genealogies from Adam to Saul, then David's reign reframed around temple preparation. The priestly history that answers the exile's question: what does it mean to return?
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And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon,.... The builder of the city, and prince of the inhabitants of it, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, Jos 18:25 whose name was Jehiel, 1Ch 9:35, (whose wife's name was Maachah;) of which name were many, see 1Ch 2:48.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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.
Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
The verses this one reaches2
Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.
The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
