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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 8:12

Elpaal was the father of Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who settled the towns of Ono and Lod, as well as the nearby villages.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Eber;   Elpaal;   Lod;   Lydda;   Misham;   Ono;   Thompson Chain Reference - Lydda;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Lydda;   Ono;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Lydda;   Misham;   Ono;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Elpaal;   Heber (1);   Jeremoth;   Lod;   Lydda;   Misham;   Ono;   Shamed;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Eber;   Elpaal;   Lod;   Lydda;   Misham;   Shamed;   Shemed;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Eber;   Elpaal;   Lod, Lydda;   Misham;   Ono;   Shemer;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Eber ;   Elpaal ;   Lod;   Misham ;   Ono ;   Shamed ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Ono;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lod;   Ono;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Azari'ah;   E'ber;   Jer'emoth;   Lyd'da;   Mi'sham;   O'no;   Sha'med;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Eber;   Elpaal;   Lod;   Misham;   Ono;   Palestine;   Shemer;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Lydda;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Elpaal’s sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its surrounding villages,
Hebrew Names Version
The sons of Elpa`al: `Ever, and Mish`am, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it;
King James Version
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
English Standard Version
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,
New Century Version
Elpaal's sons were Eber, Misham, Shemed, Beriah, and Shema. Shemed built the towns of Ono and Lod and the villages around them. Beriah and Shema were leaders of the families living in Aijalon, and they forced out the people who lived in Gath.
New English Translation
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, as well as its surrounding towns),
Amplified Bible
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;
New American Standard Bible
The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;
World English Bible
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it;
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the sonnes of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham and Shamed (which built Ono, and Lod, and the villages thereof)
Legacy Standard Bible
The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;
Berean Standard Bible
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
Complete Jewish Bible
The sons of Elpa‘al: ‘Ever, Mish‘am, Shemed — he built Ono and Lod with its towns —
Darby Translation
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemer, who built Ono, and Lod and its dependent villages;
Easy-to-Read Version
Elpaal's sons were Eber, Misham, Shemed, Beriah, and Shema. Shemed built the towns of Ono and Lod and the small towns around Lod. Beriah and Shema were the leaders of the families living in Aijalon. They forced the people who lived in Gath to leave.
George Lamsa Translation
Zebiah, and Malcom, and Manasseh, Seriah, Jarmanah, and Zebaz;
Good News Translation
Elpaal had three sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed. It was Shemed who built the cities of Ono and Lod and the surrounding villages.
Lexham English Bible
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (he built Ono and Lod with its towns),
Literal Translation
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono and Lod, with their towns.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The childre of Elpaal were: Eber, Miseam and Samed. The same buylded Ono & Lod and the vyllages therof.
American Standard Version
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;
Bible in Basic English
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber and Misham and Shemed (he was the builder of Ono and Lod and their daughter-towns);
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The sonnes of Elpaal, were: Eber, Misaham, and Samed, which buylt Ono, Lod, and the townes therof.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof;
King James Version (1611)
The sonnes of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, & Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod with the townes thereof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the sons of Alphaal; Obed, Misaal, Semmer: he built Ona, and Lod, and its towns:
English Revised Version
And the sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sotheli the sones of Elphaal weren Heber, and Musaam, and Samaath; he bildide Ono, and Lod, and hise villagis;
Update Bible Version
And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;
Webster's Bible Translation
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with its town:
New King James Version
The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns;
New Living Translation
The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built the towns of Ono and Lod and their nearby villages),
New Life Bible
The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns.
New Revised Standard
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the sons of Elpaal, Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, - he, built Ono, and Lod, and the villages thereof.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And the sons of Elphaal were Heber, and Misaam, and Samad: who built Ono, and Lod, and its daughters.
Revised Standard Version
The sons of Elpa'al: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,
Young's Literal Translation
And sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misheam, and Shamer, (he built Ono and Lod and its small towns),
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;

Contextual Overview

1 Benjamin had five sons, who were born in the following order: Bela, Ashbel, Aharah, 2 Nohah, and Rapha. 3 Bela was the father of Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. 6Ehud was the father of Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. They were clan leaders in the town of Geba, but were later forced to move to the town of Manahath, and Gera led the way. He had two sons: Uzza and Ahihud. 8Shaharaim and his wife Hushim had two sons: Abitub and Elpaal. But Shaharaim later divorced her and his other wife, Baara. Then he moved to the country of Moab and married Hodesh, and they had seven sons: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. They were all family leaders in his clan. 12 Elpaal was the father of Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who settled the towns of Ono and Lod, as well as the nearby villages. 13 Beriah and Shema were family leaders in the clan that lived in the town of Aijalon and that forced out the people of Gath. 14Beriah's descendants included Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, Michael, Ishpah, and Joha.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Ono: Ono is stated by Reland to have been three miles from Lydda. Ezra 2:33, Nehemiah 6:2, Nehemiah 7:37, Nehemiah 11:35

Lod: Lod, or Lydda, was situated about four leagues from Joppa, and a day's journey, or about thirty-two miles nw from Jerusalem; and, according to the Antonine Itinerary, twelve miles from Jamnia, eighteen from Eleutheropolis, and twenty two from Bethar. Josephus says it was a village, not yielding to a city in greatness; and that it was one of three toparchies dismembered from Samaria, and given to the Jews. It was destroyed by Cesitus in the Jewish war, and, when rebuilt, was called Diospolis. It is now called Loudd, and is a poor village, situated in a fine plain about a league to the e-ne of Ramia.

Cross-References

Genesis 8:2
God stopped up the places where the water had been gushing out from under the earth. He also closed up the sky, and the rain stopped.
Genesis 8:3
For one hundred fifty days the water slowly went down.
Genesis 8:5
The water kept going down, and the mountain tops could be seen on the first day of the tenth month.
Genesis 8:6
Forty days later Noah opened a window to send out a raven, but it kept flying around until the water had dried up.
Genesis 8:8
Noah wanted to find out if the water had gone down, and he sent out a dove.
Genesis 8:10
Seven days later Noah sent the dove out again.
Psalms 27:14
Trust the Lord ! Be brave and strong and trust the Lord .
Isaiah 8:17
Meanwhile, I patiently trust the Lord , even though he is no longer pleased with Israel.
Isaiah 25:9
At that time, people will say, "The Lord has saved us! Let's celebrate. We waited and hoped— now our God is here."
Isaiah 26:8
You are the one we trust to bring about justice; above all else we want your name to be honored.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,.... Besides those in 1 Chronicles 8:14

who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof; not Shamed, but Elpaal his father, so the Targum; and the Talmudists say o, these were walled cities from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, and were destroyed in the days of the concubine in Gibea, and Elpaal came and rebuilt them; they were inhabited by the Benjaminites, upon their return from the Babylonish captivity, Nehemiah 11:35 they were near to each other; according to a Jewish chronologer p, it was three miles from the one to the other; Lod is the same with Lydda, in Acts 9:32.

o T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. & T. Bab Megillah, fol. 4. 1. So the Targum. p Juchasin, fol. 39. 2.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Chronicles 8:12. Who built Ono, and Lod — The Targum adds, "Which the children of Israel ravaged and burnt with fire, when they made war on the tribe of Benjamin in Gibeah."


 
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