1 Chronicles 8:29

“And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, etc.] The builder of the city, and prince of the inhabitants of it, which was in the tribe of Benjamin, (<061825>Joshua 18:25) whose name was Jehiel, (<130935>1 Chronicles 9:35), (whose wife’s name was Maachah;) of which name were many, (see <130248>1 Chronicles 2:48 3:2 7:16). Ver. 30, 31. And his firstborn son Abdon, etc.] That is, Jehiel’s, the father or prince of Gibeon; other sons follow: Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher; called Zechariah, (<130937>1 Chronicles 9:37) and between Baal and Nadab, Ner is placed, (<130936>1 Chronicles 9:36) and another son is added at the end of (<130937>1 Chronicles 9:37), Mikloth next mentioned.”

“8:29-32 This list gives the militia that resided at Gibeon, although some of them had moved to Jerusalem.”

“the father: Ch1 9:35, Ch1 9:36, Jehiel 1 Chronicles 8:30”

“\_ - Ch1 8:29-38 recur in Ch1 9:35-44 (see on that passage). Ch1 8:29-32 The ancestors of Saul. They dwelt mainly in Gibeon, but a branch of them were settled in Jerusalem, Ch1 8:32.f. In Gibeon, now El Jib, two hours north-west from Jerusalem (see on Jos 9:3), dwelt the father of Gibeon, with his wife and his sons. The plural ישׁבוּ is used because there dwelt there, besides the father of Gibeon, also his wife and his sons. The father, i.e., the lord and possessor of Gibeon, was called, according to Ch1 9:35, Jehiel (יעיאל, Keth. יעואל), and his wife Maachah, a not uncommon female name (see on Ch1 2:48). The descent of Jehiel from Benjamin is not given. In Ch1 8:30 eight names are given as…”