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1 Chronicles 8:1 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 1. 1Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
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Quick Meaning
This verse opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech: “Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Benjamin's second genealogy begins with removal.”
Benjamin is started again from Bela
This verse is one part of that explanation in 1 Chronicles 8:1–7. The complete section carries the connected meaning and how it should shape life.
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 8:1–7
Read 1 Chronicles 8:1 with 8:1–7. The selected wording supplies one opening in the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Bela's line and Geba's household heads are listed with a terse notice of removal to Manahath.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Benjamin's second genealogy begins with removal,” 1 Chronicles 8:1 opens the thought unit and establishes its first name, action, or speech through the wording “Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: Chapter 8 restarts Benjamin in a form oriented toward settlements, Jerusalem, and Saul. 1 Chronicles 7:30–40 has just established this prior movement: Asher's sons, daughters, chiefs, and a large military total are named. Together those details explain why “Benjamin's second genealogy begins with removal” belongs here rather than merely following a database record.
Read 1 Chronicles 8:1–7 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 8:1–7 forms the complete movement “Benjamin's second genealogy begins with removal”: Bela's line and Geba's household heads are listed with a terse notice of removal to Manahath.
Verse 1. 1 Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
Verse 2. 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Verse 3. 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
Verse 4. 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
Verse 5. 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
Verse 6. 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
Verse 7. 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
What Remains True
Communal memory must preserve real people, households, disruptions, and belonging without turning ancestry into superiority, spiritual rank, or entitlement. This unit tests that truth through the narrated movement: Bela's line and Geba's household heads are listed with a terse notice of removal to Manahath. In 1 Chronicles 8:1, the concrete line “Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
Continue in Context
Read the complete section for the connected explanation and how it should shape life. This verse is a doorway into that passage, not a saying that stands alone.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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Supports: Exact KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: 1 Chronicles 8:1–7, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, clauses, regnal formulas, temple vocabulary, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 8:1–7
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NET Bible Full Notes: 1 Chronicles
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press; STEP Bible presentation, 2019 edition; current web presentation
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Exact location: STEP Bible NET2full, 1 Chronicles 8:1–7, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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