1 Chronicles 8:6
in 1 Chronicles 8These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath:
KJV
And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 8
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
And they removed them to Manahath - “They” has no antecedent; and it is difficult to supply one. Almost all commentators suppose that there has been some corruption here, from which, however, we may gather that the “sons of Ehud” (or, perhaps, of Ahoah, 1Ch 8:4) were originally settled at Geba (Jos 18:24 note), but afterward removed to a place called Manahath, probably a town in the vicinity. Gera 1Ch 8:7 directed the movement.
This 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
And these are the sons of Ehud,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
these are the sons of Ehud--most probably the judge of Israel (Jud 3:15). His descendants, who had at first been established in Geba in Benjamin, emigrated in a body under the direction of Gera (1Ch 8:7) to Manahath, where their increased numbers would find more ample accommodation. Manahath was within the territory of Judah.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאֵ֖לֶּה | veeleh | and these | H428 → | 746 times |
| בְּנֵ֣י | benei | [were] [the] sons of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֵח֑וּד | ʾechud | Ehud | H261 → | |
| אֵ֣לֶּה | ʾeleh | these | H428 → | 746 times |
| הֵ֞ם | hem | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| רָאשֵׁ֤י | rashei | [were the] chiefs of | H7218 → | 599 times |
| אָבוֹת֙ | ʾavot | fathers | H1 → | 1212 times |
| לְי֣וֹשְׁבֵי | leyooshevei | of [the] inhabitants of | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| גֶ֔בַע | geva' | Geba | H1387 → | |
| וַיַּגְל֖וּם | vaiyaglum | and people took into exile them | H1540 → | 186 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| מָנָֽחַת׃ | manachat | Manahath | H4506 → | 5 times |
וְאֵ֖לֶּהand these
veelehH428 →746 times
בְּנֵ֣י[were] [the] sons of
beneiH1121 →4930 times
אֵח֑וּדEhud
ʾechudH261 →
אֵ֣לֶּהthese
ʾelehH428 →746 times
הֵ֞םthey
hemH1992 →553 times
רָאשֵׁ֤י[were the] chiefs of
rasheiH7218 →599 times
אָבוֹת֙fathers
ʾavotH1 →1212 times
לְי֣וֹשְׁבֵיof [the] inhabitants of
leyoosheveiH3427 →1079 times
גֶ֔בַעGeba
geva'H1387 →
וַיַּגְל֖וּםand people took into exile them
vaiyaglumH1540 →186 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
מָנָֽחַת׃Manahath
manachatH4506 →5 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
Judges 4:1After Ehud died, the Israelites again did evil in the sight of the LORD.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:3
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than…
- Leviticus 26:23–25
And if in spite of these things you do not accept My discipline, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Psalms 106:43–45
Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.
- Judges 3:12
Once again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. So He gave Eglon king of Moab power over Israel, because they had done evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Judges 2:11
And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
- Jeremiah 5:3
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 7:6–12
Through
1 Chronicles 2:52These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 4:2
Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
- 1 Chronicles 4:2
Through
1 Chronicles 2:54The descendants of Salma:
it leads to
- Ezra 2:22
the men of Netophah, 56;
- Ezra 2:22
About 1 Chronicles
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).