Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Chronicles 8:32

And Mikloth begot Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

32. with their brethren etc.] i.e. with some of their brethren in Jerusalem over against other of their brethren in Gibeon and other places. 1Ch 8:32 b. looks like the heading of a list which has been lost.

over against them ] R.V. over against their brethren.

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

With their brethren, i.e. with those other Benjamites spoken of 1Ch 8:28.

Over against them; in some street or part of Jerusalem, which was over against that where their brethren dwelt.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

And Mikloth begat Shimeah,…. Called Shimeam, 1Ch 9:38

and these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them; in another part of the city, right beside them.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(32) Shimeah is essentially the same word as Shimeam (1Ch. 9:38). The latter is a mimmated form (i.e., a more ancient form of the noun, with the original ending m).

And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.Literally, And they also, before their brethren, dwelt in Jerusalem with their brethren. The verse seems to tell us that of all the stock of Gibeon only the branch of Mikloth-Shimeah settled in Jerusalem. When, we are not informed. Some think the reference is to the repeopling of Jerusalem after the Restoration (Neh. 11:1). Before their brethren.Before in Heb. means east, as behind means west. The clans in question dwelt in Jerusalem, to the east of their fellow-tribesmen in Gibeon.

With their brethrenthat is, with the other Benjamite clans settled in Jerusalem (1Ch. 8:16-28).

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

The Family of Saul and Jonathan

v. 33. And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, 1Sa 14:51, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal (or Ishbosheth).

v. 34. And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal (or Mephibosheth); and Merib-baal begat Micah, 2Sa 9:12.

v. 35. And the sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

v. 36. And Ahaz begat Jehoadah (or Jarah); and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza;

v. 37. and Moza begat Binea. Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

v. 38. And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

v. 39. And the sons of Eshek, his brother, were: Ulam, his first-born, Jehush, the second, and Eliphelet, the third.

v. 40. And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, who needed great strength and skill to handle the bow, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty, large families at that time being rightly regarded as special blessings of the Lord. All these are the sons of Benjamin. It proved of benefit to this small tribe that it became affiliated with the tribe of Judah and the true worship.

Fuente: The Popular Commentary on the Bible by Kretzmann

Shimeah: 1Ch 9:38, Shimeam

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1Ch 8:32. These also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem With those other Benjamites spoken of 1Ch 8:28; over against them In some street or part of Jerusalem, which was over against that where their brethren dwelt.

Fuente: Joseph Bensons Commentary on the Old and New Testaments