1 Chronicles 8:13
Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
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Gill's Exposition
And Jakim,.... With all the rest in these verses, namely:
Zichri, Zabdi, Elienai, Zilthai, Eliel, Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath, were the sons of Shimhi, the same with Shema brother of Beriah, and…
There is little or nothing of history in all these verses; we have not therefore much to observe. 1. As to the difficulties that occur in this and the foregoing genealogies we need not perplex…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
of the fathers R.V. of fathers " houses, as in 1Ch 8:10.
drove away R.V. put to flight. Probably an allusion to some fight the memory of which was kept alive in local song. Cp. 1Ch 7:21-22.
Aijalon…
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