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1 Crônicas 8

BLIVRE · Chapter 8/29

1Benjamim gerou a Belá seu primogênito, Asbel o segundo, Aará o terceiro,

2Noá o quarto, e Rafa o quinto.

3E os filhos de Belá foram: Adar, Gera, Abiúde,

4Abisua, Naamã, Aoá,

5Gera, Sefufá, e Hurão.

6E estes foram os filhos de Eúde, os quais foram os cabeças das famílias dos moradores em Geba, que foram levados cativos a Manaate:

7Naamã, Aías, e Gera; este os levou cativos, e gerou a Uzá e a Aiúde.

8E Saaraim gerou filhos na terra de Moabe, depois que deixou a suas mulheres Husim e Baara.

9De sua mulher Hodes ele gerou a Jobabe, Zíbia, Messa, Malcã,

10Jeús, Saquias, e Mirma. Estes foram seus filhos, cabeças de famílias.

11E de Husim ele gerou a Abitube, e a Elpaal.

12E os filhos de Elpaal foram: Héber, Misã, Semede (o qual edificou a Ono e a Lode com suas aldeias),

13Assim como Berias, e Sema, que foram cabeças das famílias dos moradores de Aijalom, os quais afugentaram aos moradores de Gate.

14E Aiô, Sasaque, Jeremote,

15Zebadias, Arade, Eder;

16Micael, Ispa, e Joá, foram filhos de Berias.

17E Zebadias, Mesulão, Hizqui, Héber,

18Ismerai, Izlias, e Jobabe, foram filhos de Elpaal.

19E Jaquim, Zicri, Zabdi,

20Elioenai, Ziletai, Eliel,

21Adaías, Beraías, e Sinrate, foram filhos de Simei.

22E Ispã, Héber, Eliel,

23Abdom, Zicri, Hanã,

24Hananias, Elão, Antotias,

25Ifdeias, e Penuel, foram filhos de Sasaque.

26E Sanserai, Searias, Atalias;

27Jaaresias, Elias, e Zicri, foram filhos de Jeroão.

28Estes foram cabeças de famílias, chefes segundo suas gerações; estes habitaram em Jerusalém.

29E em Gibeão habitou o pai de Gibeão; e o nome de sua mulher era Maaca;

30E seu filho primogênito foi Abdom; depois Zur, Quis, Baal, Nadabe,

31Gedor, Aiô, Zequer,

32E Miclote, que gerou a Simeia. Estes também habitaram perto de irmãos em Jerusalém, vizinhos a eles.

33E Ner gerou a Quis; Quis gerou a Saul, e Saul gerou a Jônatas, Malquisua, Abinadabe, e a Esbaal.

34O filho de Jônatas foi Meribe-Baal, e Meribe-Baal gerou a Mica.

35Os filhos de Mica foram: Pitom, Meleque, Tareia e Acaz.

36E Acaz gerou a Jeoada; e Jeoada gerou a Alemete, a Azmavete, e a Zinri; e Zinri gerou a Moza.

37E Moza gerou a Bineá, cujo filho foi Rafa, cujo filho foi Eleasá, cujo filho foi Azel.

38Azel teve seis filhos, cujos nomes foram: Azricão, Bocru, Ismael, Searias, Obadias, e Hanã; todos estes foram filhos de Azel.

39E os filhos de Eseque, seu irmão, foram: Ulão seu primogênito, Jeús o segundo, e Elifelete o terceiro.

40E os filhos de Ulão foram guerreiros valentes, hábeis flecheiros; e tiveram muitos filhos e netos, cento e cinquenta. Todos estes foram dos filhos de Benjamim.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

The genealogy of the tribe of Benjamin is detailed, with special attention to the line that leads to King Saul, the first king of Israel.

Explanation

The tribe of Benjamin receives detailed attention partly because Israel's first king, Saul, came from it — his tragic story will be revisited in the very next chapter. The chronicler carefully documents this line, including Saul's sons and their descendants, laying the groundwork for the transfer of power to David, who will be the central focus of the rest of the book. This care in detailing even the family of the king rejected by God shows the chronicler's intent to tell the complete and honest story, without simply erasing characters who met difficult ends.

Fun facts

  • Benjamin was the smallest of the tribes of Israel, yet it produced the nation's first king (Saul), and later, in the New Testament, the apostle Paul also identified himself as belonging to this tribe.
  • The city of Gibeah, mentioned as the home of several descendants of Benjamin, was the site both of King Saul's capital and of a dark episode of violence recorded in Judges 19-21.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. 1 Crônicas 8:1The whole chapter is devoted only to the tribe of Benjamin, beginning with the five direct sons: Bela, the firstborn, Ashbel, and Aharah.
  2. 1 Crônicas 8:2Benjamin’s five sons are rounded out with Nohah and Rapha — a short list before the genealogy goes deep into Bela’s line, which dominates the rest of the chapter.
  3. 1 Crônicas 8:3Bela’s sons begin — Addar, Gera, Abihud — the first of three verses that together add up to nine names from this generation alone.
  4. 1 Crônicas 8:4Three more sons of Bela, Abishua, Naaman, and Ahoah — Benjamin’s family branches out quickly, already by the second generation.
  5. 1 Crônicas 8:5Bela’s nine sons are closed out with another Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram — ending this first big batch of names before the text focuses on a specific clan.
  6. 1 Crônicas 8:6Ehud’s descendants were the heads of the inhabitants of Geba, but the text records that they were forcibly removed to Manahath — a population displacement that the list preserves as fact, without explaining the reason.
  7. 1 Crônicas 8:7Three more names tied to this same forced removal, and the leader who took them also fathers two more sons, Uzza and Ahihud — family life continues even after the move.
  8. 1 Crônicas 8:8Shaharaim moves to the land of Moab after sending away his wives, and there fathers children with two other wives, Hushim and Baara — a fresh start in life outside the territory of Israel.
  9. 1 Crônicas 8:9By his wife Hodesh, Shaharaim has five more sons — Benjamin’s genealogy keeps spreading even into families living outside the promised land.
  10. 1 Crônicas 8:10Hodesh’s sons are closed out with three more names, all described as “heads of the fathers” — a title of leadership within the clan.
  11. 1 Crônicas 8:11By his other wife, Hushim, Shaharaim has two sons, Abitub and Elpaal — the latter will open up an important new branch right in the next verse.
  12. 1 Crônicas 8:12One of Elpaal’s sons, Shamed, is remembered as the builder of the cities of Ono and Lod — another example of a family name turning into a city founder within these lists.
  13. 1 Crônicas 8:13Beriah and Shema, heads of the inhabitants of Aijalon, stand out for a concrete military feat: they drove away the inhabitants of Gath, the Philistine city — a victory recorded amid a sea of plain names.
  14. 1 Crônicas 8:14Beriah’s sons begin — Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth — the hero who drove out the inhabitants of Gath has a large family detailed in the next few verses.
  15. 1 Crônicas 8:15Three more sons of Beriah, Zebadiah, Arad, and Ader, continuing the list of descendants of the man who confronted Gath.
  16. 1 Crônicas 8:16Beriah’s sons are closed out with Michael, Ispah, and Joha — ending this part before the text returns to Elpaal’s family.
  17. 1 Crônicas 8:17Elpaal’s sons return — Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hezeki, Heber — another branch of Benjamin’s family tree that had already been building since the start of the chapter.
  18. 1 Crônicas 8:18Elpaal’s sons are closed out with Ishmerai, Jezliah, and Jobab — three names that complete this family before the list shifts focus again.
  19. 1 Crônicas 8:19Shimhi’s sons begin — Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi — another clan within Benjamin’s great family tree.
  20. 1 Crônicas 8:20Three more sons of Shimhi, Elienai, Zilthai, and Eliel, continuing this part of the genealogy with no story attached.
  21. 1 Crônicas 8:21Shimhi’s sons are closed out with Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath — ending this family before the text moves on to another clan.
  22. 1 Crônicas 8:22Shashak’s sons begin — Ishpan, Heber, Eliel — names that will add up to an even larger group over the next two verses.
  23. 1 Crônicas 8:23Three more sons of Shashak, Abdon, Zichri, and Hanan, continuing this extensive family list within the tribe of Benjamin.
  24. 1 Crônicas 8:24Three more sons of Shashak follow — Hananiah, Elam, and Antothijah — this family is among the largest recorded in the chapter.
  25. 1 Crônicas 8:25Shashak’s sons are closed out with Iphedeiah and Penuel — ending one of the longest branches of Benjamin’s family tree so far.
  26. 1 Crônicas 8:26Jeroham’s sons begin — Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah — another clan that rounds out the overall picture of Benjamin’s leaders.
  27. 1 Crônicas 8:27Jeroham’s sons are closed out with Jaresiah, Eliah, and Zichri — the last group of names before the summary that ends this part of the chapter.
  28. 1 Crônicas 8:28A summary closes out this whole section: these men were heads of families, and they lived in Jerusalem — an important detail, since Benjamin sits right on the border with that city.
  29. 1 Crônicas 8:29The scene shifts to Gibeon: one of Benjamin’s leaders lives there, married to a woman named Maachah — here begins a genealogy that will flow into one of the best-known characters in the Bible.
  30. 1 Crônicas 8:30The sons of this Gibeon resident include Abdon, the firstborn, and Kish — a name that will reappear shortly as the father of a king.
  31. 1 Crônicas 8:31This first batch of sons is closed out with Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher — the list is building, step by step, the family tree that leads to Saul.
  32. 1 Crônicas 8:32Mikloth fathers Shimeah, and the text notes that this family also lived in Jerusalem, alongside their relatives — the same geographic detail repeated from before.
  33. 1 Crônicas 8:33Preserving Saul’s line down to his grandson Merib-baal (the same Mephibosheth of Samuel) shows the Chronicler’s care not to erase the story of the first dynasty, even though the kingdom had already belonged to the house of David for generations. It’s this same lineage that explains why David treats Mephibosheth with such kindness later on in the narrative of Samuel.
  34. 1 Crônicas 8:34Jonathan’s son, Merib-baal, is the same man called Mephibosheth in Samuel — Saul’s lame grandson, whom David treats with kindness because of his friendship with Jonathan, sparing him even though he belongs to the family of the former rival king.
  35. 1 Crônicas 8:35The four sons of Micah, Mephibosheth’s grandson, show that Saul’s line continues firmly even after the throne passes for good to David’s family.
  36. 1 Crônicas 8:36Saul’s line continues for four more generations, from Ahaz to Moza — the Chronicler treats the first king’s family with the same genealogical care he gives David’s family.
  37. 1 Crônicas 8:37Four more generations of Saul’s lineage, ending in Azel — just as David’s line is recorded all the way past the exile in chapter 3, Saul’s line is likewise preserved well beyond the end of his reign.
  38. 1 Crônicas 8:38Azel has six sons named one by one — a great deal of genealogical care for a family that had no more connection to the throne, generations later.
  39. 1 Crônicas 8:39The three sons of Eshek, Azel’s brother, close out another branch of Saul’s family that continues to be documented well after the dynasty’s fall.
  40. 1 Crônicas 8:40The chapter closes praising the sons of Ulam as mighty men of valor and skilled archers, with a hundred and fifty descendants in all — a portrait of strength for a small but historically important tribe.

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