1 Chronicles 8:29
in 1 Chronicles 8Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife’s name was Maacah;
KJV
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 8
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd 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.
This site's exposition
the father of Gibeon
on 1 Chronicles 8:29-32
A second short genealogy opens at Gibeon, tracing Jehiel's line through Abdon, Zur, Kish and Baal to Mikloth and Shimeah, the household that produced Ner and so runs straight into Saul's own line two verses later. The same family appears again at 9:35-44 with small differences in the names, and Clarke passes on the old account that Ezra, finding two source documents that agreed in substance but not in every name, kept both rather than choose between them. The list sets Saul's ancestry among the settled families of Gibeon, the city bound to Israel by Joshua's treaty in Joshua 9.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
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.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
And in Gibeon dwelt the leader of Gibeon This section until (verse 38): “..all these were the sons of Azel,” is written twice in this Book.
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
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּבְגִבְע֥וֹן | uvegivon | and in Gibeon | H1391 → | 38 times |
| יָשְׁב֖וּ | yashevu | they dwelt | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| אֲבִ֣י | ʾavi | [the] father of | H1 → | 1212 times |
| גִבְע֑וֹן | givon | Gibeon | H1391 → | 38 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ | ʾishto | wife his | H802 → | 781 times |
| מַעֲכָֽה׃ | maakhah | [was] Maacah | H4601 → | 23 times |
| יְעִיאֵל | yeuel | Jeiel | H3273 → | 14 times |
וּבְגִבְע֥וֹןand in Gibeon
uvegivonH1391 →38 times
יָשְׁב֖וּthey dwelt
yashevuH3427 →1079 times
אֲבִ֣י[the] father of
ʾaviH1 →1212 times
גִבְע֑וֹןGibeon
givonH1391 →38 times
וְשֵׁ֥םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אִשְׁתּ֖וֹwife his
ʾishtoH802 →781 times
מַעֲכָֽה׃[was] Maacah
maakhahH4601 →23 times
יְעִיאֵלJeiel
yeuelH3273 →14 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.