1CH 8

1 Chronicles 8:33

WEB

Ner became the father of Kish. Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

BSB

Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

KJV

¶ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

Matthew Henry

Verses 33–40

1 Chronicles 8:33–40

It is observable that among all the genealogies of the tribes there is no mention of any of the kings of Israel after the defection from the house of David, much less of their families; not a word of Jeroboam's house or Baasha's, of Umri's or Jehu's; for they were all idolaters. But of the family of Saul, which was the royal family before the elevation of David, we have here a particular account. 1. Before Saul, Kish and Ner only are named, his father and grandfather, Ch1 8:33. His pedigree is carried higher Sa1 9:1, only there Kish is said to be the son of Abiel, here of Ner. He was in truth the son of Ner but the grandson of Abiel, as appears by Sa1 14:51, where it is said that Ner was the son of Abiel, and that Abner, who was the son of Ner, was Saul's uncle (that is, his father's brother); therefore his father was also the son of Ner. It is common in all languages to put sons for grandsons and other descendents, much more in the scanty language of the Hebrews. 2. After Saul, divers of his sons are named, but the posterity of none of them, save Jonathan only, who was blessed with numerous issue and those honoured with a place in the sacred genealogies for the sake of his sincere kindness to David. The line of Jonathan is drawn down here for about ten generations. Perhaps David was, in a particular manner, careful to preserve that, and assigned it a page by itself, because of the covenant made between his seed and Jonathan's seed forever, Sa1 20:15, Sa1 20:23, Sa1 20:42. This genealogy ends in Ulam, whose family became famous in the tribe of Benjamin for the number of its valiant men. Of that one man's posterity there were, as it should seem, at one time, 150 archers brought into the field of battle, that were mighty men of valour, Ch1 8:40. That is taken notice of concerning them which is more a man's praise than his pomp or wealth is, that they were qualified to serve their country.

Cross-references: 1Chr 8:33 · 1Sam 9:1 · 1Sam 14:51 · 1Sam 20:15 · 1Sam 20:23 · 1Sam 20:42 · 1Chr 8:40

Hebrew interlinear

H5369

נֵרNêr/nare/

n-pr-m — Ner

Derivation: the same as 5216; lamp;

Ner, an Israelite

KJV: Ner.

נֵר

n.pr.m — Ner

נֵר n.pr.m.

1. father of Abner

2. father of Kish

H3205

יָלַדyâlad/yaw-lad'/

v — bear young, beget, act as midwife, show lineage

Derivation: a primitive root;

to bear young; causatively, to beget; medically, to act as midwife; specifically, to show lineage

KJV: bear, beget, birth(-day), born, (make to) bring forth (children, young), bring up, calve, child, come, be delivered (of a child), time of delivery, gender, hatch, labour, (do the office of a) midwife, declare pedigrees, be the son of, (woman in, woman that) travail(-eth, -ing woman).

יָלַד

vb — bear

יָלַד 497 vb. bear, bring forth, beget

Qal

1. bear, bring forth

2. less often beget

3. of both parents

Niph. be born

Pi. cause (or help) to bring forth, viz., assist or tend as midwife

Pu. be born

Hiph.

1. beget (a father a child)

2. bear

Hoph. day of one's being born = birthday

Hithp. declared their pedigree

H853

אֵתʼêth/ayth/

prt — self, even, namely

Derivation: apparent contracted from 226 in the demonstrative sense of entity;

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

KJV: [as such unrepresented in English].

אֵת

mark of the accusative

אֵת the mark of the accusative, prefixed as a rule only to nouns that are definite

H7027

קִישׁQîysh/keesh/

n-pr-m — Kish

Derivation: from 6983; a bow;

Kish, the name of five Israelites

KJV: Kish.

קִישׁ

n.pr.m — Kish

קִישׁ n.pr.m.

1. father of Saul

2. Levites

3. ancestor of Mordecai

H7586

שָׁאוּלShâʼûwl/shaw-ool'/

n-pr-m — Shaul

Derivation: passive participle of 7592; asked;

Shaul, the name of an Edomite and two Israelites

KJV: Saul, Shaul.

שָׁאוּל

n.pr.m — Saul

שָׁאוּל n.pr.m. (= asked)

1. 397 1st king of Isr.

2. a king of Edom

3. a son of Simeon

4. a Levite

H3083

יְהוֹנָתָןYᵉhôwnâthân/yeh-ho-naw-thawn'/

n-pr-m — Jehonathan

Derivation: from 3068 and 5414; Jehovah-given;

Jehonathan, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Jonathan. Compare 3129.

יְהוֹנָתָן

n.pr.m — Jonathan. Compare

יְהוֹנָתָן, יוֹנָתָן n.pr.m. (י׳ hath given)

1. son of Saul

2. son of Abiathar

3. nephew of David

4. of David, i.e. his uncle?

5. one of David’s heroes

6. one of David’s treasurers

7. a scribe

8. Levites

9. a priest

10. priest to the tribe of Dan, son of Gershom

11. a Judaite captain, after fall of Jerus.

12. a Judaite

13. father of Ebed

14. son of Asahel

15. a priest

16. son of Joiada

H4444

מַלְכִּישׁוּעַMalkîyshûwaʻ/mal-kee-shoo'-ah/

n-pr-m — Malkishua

Derivation: from 4428 and 7769; king of wealth;

Malkishua, an Israelite

KJV: Malchishua.

מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ

n.pr.m — Malchishua

מַלְכִּישׁוּעַ n.pr.m. son of Saul (my king (= י׳) is opulence)

H41

אֲבִינָדָבʼĂbîynâdâb/ab-ee-naw-dawb'/

n-pr-m — Abinadab

Derivation: from 1 and 5068; father of generosity (i.e. liberal);

Abinadab, the name of four Israelites

KJV: Abinadab.

אֲבִינָדָב

n.pr.m — Abinadab

אֲבִינָדָב n.pr.m. (my father is noble)

1. a man of Gibeah, in whose house the ark tarried

2. a son of Jesse

3. a son of Saul

H792

אֶשְׁבַּעַלʼEshbaʻal/esh-bah'-al/

n-pr-m — Eshbaal

Derivation: from 376 and 1168; man of Baal;

Eshbaal (or Ishbosheth), a son of Saul

KJV: Eshbaal.

אֶשְׁבַּעַל

Eshbaal

אֶשְׁבַּעַל v. אִישׁ־בֹ֫שֶׁת.

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