And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
and his son, the first-born, is Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
And his son, the firstborn, was Abdon; and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
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 his firstborn son Abdon,.... That is, Jehiel's, the father or prince of Gibeon; other sons follow: Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher; called Zechariah, 1Ch 9:37 and between Baal and Nadab, Ner is placed, 1Ch 9:36 and another son is added at the end of 1Ch 9:37, Mikloth next mentioned.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Now there was a Benjamite, a powerful man, whose name was Kish son of Abiel, the son of Zeror, the son of Becorath, the son of Aphiah of Benjamin.
Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
