Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 8:28
These [were] heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief [men]. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
28. of the fathers, by their generations ] R.V. of fathers ’ houses throughout their generations.
These dwelt in Jerusalem ] i.e. in the writer’s day the heads of families enumerated in 1Ch 8:15-27 dwelt in Jerusalem. Cp. 1Ch 9:2-3; Neh 11:1-8. But the words may be a gloss brought in from 1Ch 9:34.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
These dwelt in Jerusalem – Jerusalem was partly within the limits of the tribe of Benjamin Jos 18:28; but we do not hear of Benjamites inhabiting it until after the return from the captivity 1Ch 9:3; Neh 11:4.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 28. These were heads of the fathers] On the following verses Dr. Kennicott has laboured hard to restore the true reading. See his detailed comparison of these and their parallel passages in his Hebrew Bible, vol. ii., p. 667.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
All these named from 1Ch 8:14, to this place.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
28. These dwelt in JerusalemTheordinary and stated inhabitants of Jerusalem were Judahites,Benjamites, and Levites. But at the time referred to here, the chiefsor heads of the principal families who are enumerated (1Ch8:14-27) established themselves in the city after their returnfrom the captivity.
1Ch8:33-40. STOCK OF SAULAND JONATHAN.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief [men],…. All from 1Ch 8:14, the sons of Elpaal and their sons:
these dwelt in Jerusalem; part of which always belonged to the tribe of Benjamin, see Jos 15:63.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(28) These were . . . chief men.These were: chiefs of clans; according to their birth-rolls, chiefs. All the names from 1Ch. 8:14 to 1Ch. 8:27 are included in this summation. The repetition of the word chiefs (Heb., heads) is peculiar. The writer can hardly have meant other than to warn his readers against the idea that the preceding names represent individual members of single families, whereas, in truth, they are heads of clans. (Heads in Hebrew may denote companies, or divisions, as at Jdg. 7:16, And he divided the three hundred men into three heads.)
These dwelt in Jerusalem.This statement contrasts the five branches of Benjamin, whose sub-divisions have just been enumerated, with the clans that dwelt in Geba and Manahath (1Ch. 8:6), in Moab (1Ch. 8:9-10), in Lod and Ono (1Ch. 8:12), and in Ajalon (1Ch. 8:13), as well as with those who dwelt in Gibeou. (1Ch. 8:29).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
These dwelt. Compare 1Ch 8:32; 1Ch 9:34. Neh 11:1-4. Another token of God’s faithfulness to Benjamin (compare Deu 33:12), for adhering to Judah and the worship of the true God.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
dwelt: Jos 15:63, Jos 18:28, Jdg 1:21, Neh 11:1, Neh 11:7-9
Jerusalem: Jerusalem, the ancient capital of Judea, is situated in long. 35 degrees 20 minutes e, lat. 31 degrees 47 minutes 47 seconds n; and, according to the best authorities, 136 miles sw of Damascus, 34 miles s of Shechem or Nablous, 45 miles e of Jaffa, 27 miles n of Hebron, and about 20 miles w of Jericho. The city of Jerusalem was built on hills, and encompassed with mountains – Psa 125:2, in a stony and barren soil, and was about sixteen furlongs in length, say Strabo. The ancient city of Jebus, taken by David from the Jebusites, was not large, and stood on a mountain south of that on which the temple was erected. Here David built a new city, called the city of David, wherein was the royal palace. Between these two mountains lay the valley of Millo, filled up by David and Solomon; and after the reign of Manasseh, another city is mentioned, called the second. The Maccabees considerably enlarged Jerusalem on the north, enclosing a third hill; and Josephus mentions a fourth hill, called Bezetha, which Agrippa joined to the former: this new city lay north of the temple, along the brook Kidron. See note on 1Ch 9:34.
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Ch 8:28. Heads of the fathers, &c: these dwelt at Jerusalem All these named from 1Ch 8:14 to this place. Particular notice is taken of these, that others, at their return from captivity, might be induced to settle there too, which it seems few were willing to do, because it was the post of danger. Many great and mighty nations were then upon earth, and many illustrious men in them, whose names are buried in perpetual oblivion, while the names of multitudes of the Israel of God are here carefully preserved in everlasting remembrance: a figure of Gods writing the names of his spiritual Israel in the Lambs book of life.
Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
8:28 These [were] heads of the {e} fathers, by their generations, chief [men]. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
(e) The chief of the tribe of Benjamin, who dwelt in Jerusalem.