1Ch 8:13 | KingComments | STEP | This chapter is entirely dedicated to the descendants of Benjamin. These descendants have already been discussed by the chronicler in the previous chapter ( ). Here he does so more extensively, because he is working toward a special descendant, Saul, the predecessor of David. The ancestors and also the descendants of Saul are listed. In these verses it is about the heads of the family in connection with Jerusalem ( ; cf. ). The tribe of Benjamin is the tribe that lives closest to Jerusalem. The descendants surround the city on three sides. Ehud ( ) is the man who killed Eglon, king of the Moabites, and delivered the people from the Moabites ( ). In we read about family heads who expelled the inhabitants of Gath. The powerful performance of these family heads contrasts with the descendants of Ephraim who are killed by the men of Gath ( ).

‏ 1 Chronicles 8:13

Introduction

This chapter is entirely dedicated to the descendants of Benjamin. These descendants have already been discussed by the chronicler in the previous chapter (1Chr 7:6-12). Here he does so more extensively, because he is working toward a special descendant, Saul, the predecessor of David. The ancestors and also the descendants of Saul are listed.

Descendants of Benjamin

In these verses it is about the heads of the family in connection with Jerusalem (1Chr 8:28; cf. 1Chr 8:32). The tribe of Benjamin is the tribe that lives closest to Jerusalem. The descendants surround the city on three sides.

Ehud (1Chr 8:6) is the man who killed Eglon, king of the Moabites, and delivered the people from the Moabites (Jdg 3:12-30).

In 1Chr 8:13 we read about family heads who expelled the inhabitants of Gath. The powerful performance of these family heads contrasts with the descendants of Ephraim who are killed by the men of Gath (1Chr 7:21).