cf them in Captivity, and but few of them returned. » Either, .. Ar that time when they made ſuch a ſlaughter among Zphraims. Chijdren, ch. 7. 21. and were poſflibly purſuing their Vi&tory, till thcy were driven back by theſe B:njamites who came to the Succour of their Brethren, Or, 2. Now when they were returned from the Captivity, and found the Men of Gath potlefſed of 4aim. Or, 3. At ſome other time not mentioned in Scripture-
14 And Ahio, Shathak, and Jerimoch,
15 And Zebediah, and Arad, and Ader, |
16 And Michael, and Iſpah, and Joha, the ſons of Beriah;. | 0 | | A . 7 And Zebadiah, and Meſhullam, and Hezeki, and EDer, | . |
13 Thmerai alſo, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the ſons
of Eipaal, 1y And Jakim, and Zicktri, agd Zabdi,
2 Q2 4 20 And
Chap. VIl;|
Atah, and Haniel, and V*** 37! |
Aſhbel » Gen;
s He had ſpoken ſomething of this Tribe before, chap. 75. 6. but Numb. now he treats of it again, and that more fully and exactly ; partly 26. 38;
6 And theſe c are the ſons of Ehud : theſe are the Num
c Either thoſe three laſt mentioned ; or rather theſe following, v. 7, 2- 52+
ba, V.13-
{4
| Called ; ehiel, ch. D. 35- Chap. D- 35+ Or, haps 9» '37- Or, Sh:imeamn,
hap. 9,
Iſbboſbeth.
| 7 eh
* > Sam.
9. 12.
j Or, Tathres,
; Chap. 9. 41.
* Neh. I Is Io ©
hap. IX. '*
Or, She- fonsot fl Shimhi.
. 2 Zechariah,
20 And:Elionai, and Zilthai, and Eliel. | 21 And Adajah, and Berajah, and Shimrath, the
22 And Iſhpait, and Heber, and Eliel,
23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, |
24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
25 And Iphedejah, and Penuel,the ſons of Shaſhak. 26 AndShamſherai, and Shehariah, and Athahiah, 27 And Jareſiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the ſons of
Jeroham. ; : : 28 Theſe were heads of the fathers by their generatt-
ons, chief men. Theſe o dwelt in Jeruſalem.
o All thefe named from v. 14. to this place. : 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the || facher of Gibcon p
( whoſe * wives name was Maacha : ) £3: e The chief or Ruler of the Benjamuates dwelling there.
20 And his firſt-born ſon Abdon, and Zur,and Kiſh,
and Baal, and Nadab,
21 And Gedor, and Ahio, and |] Zacher.
32 And Mikloth begat || Shimeah. And theſe alſo dwelt with their brethren 9 in Jeruſalem, over againſt them 7. |
q i. e. With thoſe other Benjamites ſpoken of w- 28. 7 In ſome Street or part of Jeruſalem, which was over againſt that where their Brethren dweJr.
33 And * Ner begat Kiſh, and Kiſh begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchithuah, - and Abinadab, and || Eſbbaal. ;
34 And the fon of Jonathan, was [|Merib-baal, and
Merib-baal begat * Micah.
25 Andtheſons of Micah , were Pithon, and Melech, and || Tarea, and Ahaz.
26 And Ahaz begat Jehoada, and Jchoada begat Ale- meth,and Azmaverh,and Zimri,and Zimri begac Moza,
27 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his fon, Eleaſa his fon, Azelhis fon,
28 And Azel had fix ſons, whole names ave theſe, Azrikam, Bocheru,. and Iſhmael, and Sheraiah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All thefe were the ſons of Azel.
9 And the ſons of Eſhak his brother, were Ulam his ficſt-born, Jehuſh the ſecond, and Elipheler the third.
. 40 And the ſons of Ulam were mighty men of valour,
archers s, and had many ſons, and fons ſens, an hundred
ad fifry. All theſe are of the ſons of Benjamin.
- s Heb: Thi? tread the bow : For the Bows of Steel, which theſe uſed, required great Sttengrh to bend them ; which therefore they did by treading the Bow with their Feer, and pulling the String with both their Hands. mm” EMIRP. IF.
The chief of the Tr.be of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manafjer, wlo returned from Coprivity, and dwelt at Juruſalem, 1 9. Alſo the : Priefts and Levi:es, and how they executed their Office in the Templ: at
Feruſalem, 10 34. The Fam:ly of Saul, 45—44.
\ © all Iſrael were: reckoned by genealogies : and
"behold, they were written in the book of che Kings
of Iſrael and Judah a, who b were carried away to Babylon for their rranſgreflion.
iz Nor in that Sacred and Canonical Bookſo called, but ( as hath been oft obſerved before ) in the Publick Records, wherein there was *an Account of that Kingdom, and ofthe ſeveral Families in it, according to their Genealogies. 6 z. e. Which Tribe or People of Judah Ia mentioned. : : 2 Now -the firit inhabitants c that dwelt in their
poſſefiions, In their cities 4, were the Iſraelites e, the
Prieſts, Levites f, - and the Nethinims g.
c The firſt afrer the Return from Babylon. di e. That took poſ- ſeſſion of their own Lands and Cities, which had been former] allotted ro them ; bur of late years had been taken from them for theirfins, and poſſciſed/by other People. e 7. e. The common Peo- Ple of Judahand Iſrael, called here by the general Name of Iſraelites, which was given to them before that unhappy Diviſion of the two Kingdoms,and now isreſtored to them when the Iſraelites are united with the Jews in one and the ſame Common-wealth, that 1o all the
Names and Signs of their former Divition might be blotted our. And although the generality of the ten Tribes were yet in Captivity, yer divers of them were now returned, eicher ſuch as had long before the Captivity fled to Jeru/alrm to Worſhip God, and joined them- ſelves with 7udah as thoſe 2 Chron, 11. 16, and others, Or ſuch as, upon Cy7: his general Proclamation, affociated themſelves, and re- turned with thoſe of Judah and Benjamin. f Theſe took poſlefſion of the Citics or Places belonging to them, as they had need and oppor- unity g A certain Order of Men, either Gibeonites, or others joyned with them, devored to the Service of God; and of his Houte, and of the Prieits and Levires ; who, that they might attend upon their Work without Diſtra&tion, had certain Places and Pofſcilions given
to them ; which they are now ſaid to repoſleſs. | 2 Andin* Jeruſalem dwelt of the children of Ju- dah and of the chiidren of Benjamin, and of the chil-
dren of Ephraim, and Manaſſeh 5h.
bh i. ee Some of each cf theſe Tribes ; either ſuch as offered them- ſelves ; or ſich as were choſen by Lot : See Neb. 11, 1, 2.
4 Uthai, the fon of Ammihud ;, the fon of Omri, the ſon of Hari, the fon of Bani, of the children of Pharez the ſon of Judahe
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