1 Chronicles 8:3
in 1 Chronicles 8The sons of Bela:
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ASV
And Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
KJV
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 8
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Bela his firstborn
on 1 Chronicles 8:1-7
Benjamin's genealogy resumes here after the roll in chapter 7, and the return signals what the chapter is building toward: a full record of the tribe that produced Saul. Bela's line runs to grandsons already settled at Geba and then moved to Manahath, the ordinary drift of families across generations. Barnes reads the return to Benjamin as the compiler bridging the genealogical section into the historical narrative that opens with Saul at the chapter's end.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud. The first of these is thought to be the same with Ard, mentioned among the sons of Benjamin, Gen 46:21 but was one of his grandsons, see Num 26:40 as Gera also was.
The words behind it
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּהְי֥וּ | vaiyihyu | and they belonged | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| בָנִ֖ים | vanim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לְבָ֑לַע | levala' | to Bela | H1106 → | 14 times |
| אַדָּ֥ר | ʾadar | Addar | H146 → | |
| וְגֵרָ֖א | vegera' | and Gera | H1617 → | 9 times |
| וַאֲבִיהֽוּד׃ | vaavihud | and Abihud | H31 → |
וַיִּהְי֥וּand they belonged
vaiyihyuH1961 →3559 times
בָנִ֖יםsons
vanimH1121 →4930 times
לְבָ֑לַעto Bela
levala'H1106 →14 times
אַדָּ֥רAddar
ʾadarH146 →
וְגֵרָ֖אand Gera
vegera'H1617 →9 times
וַאֲבִיהֽוּד׃and Abihud
vaavihudH31 →
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
Genesis 46:21The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 7:6–12
The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
- 1 Chronicles 8:1–7
Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third,
- Deuteronomy 33:12
Concerning Benjamin he said: “May the beloved of the LORD rest secure in Him; God shields him all day long, and upon His shoulders he rests.”
- Genesis 49:27
Benjamin is a ravenous wolf; in the morning he devours the prey, in the evening he divides the plunder.”
- Numbers 26:38–40
These were the descendants of Benjamin by their clans: The Belaite clan from Bela, the Ashbelite clan from Ashbel, the Ahiramite clan from Ahiram,
- 1 Chronicles 7:6–12
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).