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1 Chronicles 8:34 Explained in Context
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Verse 34. 34And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
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Quick Meaning
This verse advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence: “And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.” Its responsible meaning belongs to the complete movement “Saul's descendants continue beyond his death.”
Read It With
- 1 Chronicles 8:33–40
Read 1 Chronicles 8:34 with 8:33–40. The selected wording supplies one step in the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence; the surrounding verses supply the relationships and outcome summarized here: Saul, Jonathan, Merib-baal, Micah, and later Benjaminite descendants are traced, ending with a large archer family.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Within “Saul's descendants continue beyond his death,” 1 Chronicles 8:34 advances the thought unit through its next name, action, speech, or consequence through the wording “And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.” Its placement is governed by this reviewed relationship: Saul's household is preserved immediately before the battle narrative so the coming deaths do not erase Benjaminite continuity.
Read 1 Chronicles 8:33–40 together
Why these verses belong together: 1 Chronicles 8:33–40 forms the complete movement “Saul's descendants continue beyond his death”: Saul, Jonathan, Merib-baal, Micah, and later Benjaminite descendants are traced, ending with a large archer family.
Verse 33. 33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
Verse 34. 34 And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
Verse 35. 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
Verse 36. 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
Verse 37. 37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
Verse 38. 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.
Verse 39. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
Verse 40. 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
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: Saul, Jonathan, Merib-baal, Micah, and later Benjaminite descendants are traced, ending with a large archer family. In 1 Chronicles 8:34, the concrete line “And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah” keeps that truth accountable to the narrated evidence.
How It Can Shape Life
- The evidence to keep visible in this verse is “And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.” When a community tells its story, document people accurately, notice women and outsiders as persons, state gaps honestly, and reject ancestry tests for dignity, faith, citizenship, land, or leadership. This response follows from the unit's own movement: Saul, Jonathan, Merib-baal, Micah, and later Benjaminite descendants are traced, ending with a large archer family.
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Biblical text
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Exact location: 1 Chronicles 8:33–40, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: 1 Chronicles
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
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Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/1Chr.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 8:33–40
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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 8:33–40, verse-attached translation and translator notes
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