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1 Chronicles 8:12

The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns.

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),
Contemporary English Version
Elpaal was the father of Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who settled the towns of Ono and Lod, as well as the nearby 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 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 was the father of Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 Bela's sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. 6 The sons of Ehud were the heads of fathers' houses of the people of Geba. They were taken away to Manahath. 7 Their names were Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud. 8 Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives. 9 By his wife Hodesh he became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, 10 Jeuz, Sachia and Mirmah. These were his sons. They were heads of fathers' houses.

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
Also the wells of water under the earth and the windows of the heavens were shut. And it stopped raining.
Genesis 8:3
The water kept moving away from the earth. At the end of 150 days the water was less.
Genesis 8:5
The water kept on going down until the tenth month. In the tenth month, on the first day of the month, the tops of the mountains could be seen.
Genesis 8:6
At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the large boat which he had made.
Genesis 8:7
Then he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth.
Genesis 8:8
Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water was gone from the ground.
Genesis 8:10
He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again.
Psalms 27:14
Wait for the Lord. Be strong. Let your heart be strong. Yes, wait for the Lord.
Isaiah 8:17
I will wait for the Lord Who is hiding His face from the family of Jacob. I trust Him and hope in Him.
Isaiah 25:9
It will be said in that day, "See, this is our God. We have waited for Him, that He might save us. This is the Lord for Whom we have waited. Let us be glad and full of joy because He saves us."

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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