1 Chronicles 6
DOYLYChap. VII. ver. 6. The sons of Benjamin; — three.] In the next chapter, ver. 1, 2, five sons of Benjamin are mentioned. They were ten in all, as we read at Gen. xlvi. 21. Thus either five of them died without issue, or their families were extinct, or their genealogies lost. Bp. Patrick.
1 Chronicles 6:12
- — and Hushim, the sons of Aher.] The word Aher signifies “another” in Hebrew; whence these words their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; b whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
1 Chronicles 6:14
- — whom she bare:] That is, whom his wife bare, for his concubine is opposed to her in the next words. Asriel was the great grandson of Manasseh; see Numb. xxvi. 29, &c.
1 Chronicles 6:23
- — because it went evil &c.] For the name Beriah signifies, “In an evil condition.” Bp. Patrick.
1 Chronicles 6:28
- — unto Gaza and the towns] Rather, as the margin gives, unto “Adasa” and her towns; for the border of Ephraim could not reach to Gaza. Dr. Wall. Chap. VIII. ver. 1. Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn,] As the tribe of Benjamin was that from which