1 Chronicles 8:8 KJV — MannaFest

1 Chronicles 8:8

And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

KJV

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ASV

And Shaharaim begat children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

WEB

Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

YLT

And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab, after his sending them away; Hushim and Baara are his wives.

DBT

And Shaharaim begot [children] in the land of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives.

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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?

Author: The Chronicler (traditional — Ezra, per rabbinic tradition)
Date: Post-exilic, c. 450–400 BC

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Ruth 1:1
Now it came to pass in the days when the judges ruled, that there was a famine in the land. And a certain man of Beth–lehem–judah went to sojourn in the country of Moab, he, and his wife, and his two sons.
Genesis 25:6
But unto the sons of the concubines, which Abraham had, Abraham gave gifts, and sent them away from Isaac his son, while he yet lived, eastward, unto the east country.
2 Samuel 9:12
And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

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) of one that descended from him, that begat children in the country of Moab, which inclines me to think it was that Ehud who was the second of the judges of Israel; for he is said to be the son of Gera and a Benjamite ( Judg. iii.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

But, destitute of natural affection, he forsook or divorced his two wives, and in the land of his sojourn married a third, by whom he had several sons. But there is another explanation given of the conduct of this Benjamite polygamist. His children by Hushim are mentioned (1Ch 8:11), while his other wife is unnoticed.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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H23664× in canon H4124181× in canon H7704334× in canon

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