1 Chronicles 8

1. Benjamin. The term sons is here employed with the usual latitude of meaning.

28 dwelt in Jerusalem. Probably after the exile at Babylon. It appears from Neh. xi. 1, 2, that residence at Jerusalem was for some time after the return of the Jews reckoned a proof of patriotism, as, in consequence of the unsettled state of the country, the capital was a post of danger. From a comparison of that account with this, it seems that they both relate to the same period—namely, after the exile: see note on ix. 2.

33. Ner bega! Kish. Saul’s pedigree is carried higher in xi. 35-39 and 1 Sam. ix. 1. There Kish is said to be the “son” of Jehiel or Abiel; but he was his grandson, as appears from 1 Sam. xiv. 51.