And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
He removed them. — Ut de haereditate singulis ante obitum prospiceret, saith Junius: that he might provide inheritances for them before his death. Abraham did the like. Genesis 25:5-6
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name [was] Maachah:
Whose wife’s name was Maachah. — Who was surely an honour to her husband, with whom she is therefore once and again memorised. See 1 Chronicles 7:15-16 .
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
And Ner begat Kish. — This Ner is also called Abiel. 1 Samuel 9:1 The Hebrews tell us that his proper name was Abiel; and that he was called Ner - that is, a lamp or torch - because he outshone others in holiness. He had another son besides Kish, the father of Saul, viz., Ner, the father of Abner. 1 Samuel 14:50-51
And Saul begat Jonathan. — Who was - as the Romans once said of Pompey - a most amiable son of an odious father. εχθρου πατρος φιλτατον τεκνον .
And Eshbaal. — Alias Ishbosheth; so 1 Chronicles 8:34 . Meribbaal, alias Mephibosheth. Baal is by Hosea called "That shame."
And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
And Meribbaal begat Micah. — From hence to the end of this chapter is a catalogue of Jonathan’s progeny. Of the rest of Saul’s children we read not that they had any posterity. That old verse is well known and daily verified,
Verse 1
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
Aharah. — Alias Ahiram, Numbers 26:38 and Ehi. Genesis 46:21
Verse 2
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
Rapha. — Alias Rosh. Genesis 46:21
Verse 5
And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
And Gera. — Who haply was the son of the former Gera; or the former might die soon, and this be called after his name.
Verse 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:
And these are the sons of Ehud. — Haply of that famous Ehud. Judges 3:15
And they removed them. — The governors did; but when, how, or wherefore, we find not.
Verse 7
And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
He removed them. — Ut de haereditate singulis ante obitum prospiceret, saith Junius: that he might provide inheritances for them before his death. Abraham did the like. Genesis 25:5-6
Verse 8
And Shaharaim begat [children] in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara [were] his wives.
And begat children in the country of Moab. — Where he sojourned, haply - as did Elimelech Ruth 1:1 - because of the famine.
After he had sent them away. — Or, After he had sent away Hushim and Basra, his wives, quas repudiavit propter causas quae tacentur, saith Vatablus.
Verse 13
Beriah also, and Shema, who [were] heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
Who drove away the inhabitants of Gath. — See 1 Chronicles 7:21 .
Verse 14
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
Here we have a list of the chieftains of the Benjamites who dwelt at Jerusalem after the captivity.
Verse 29
And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name [was] Maachah:
Whose wife’s name was Maachah. — Who was surely an honour to her husband, with whom she is therefore once and again memorised. See 1 Chronicles 7:15-16 .
Verse 33
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
And Ner begat Kish. — This Ner is also called Abiel. 1 Samuel 9:1 The Hebrews tell us that his proper name was Abiel; and that he was called Ner - that is, a lamp or torch - because he outshone others in holiness. He had another son besides Kish, the father of Saul, viz., Ner, the father of Abner. 1 Samuel 14:50-51
And Saul begat Jonathan. — Who was - as the Romans once said of Pompey - a most amiable son of an odious father. εχθρου πατρος φιλτατον τεκνον .
And Eshbaal. — Alias Ishbosheth; so 1 Chronicles 8:34 . Meribbaal, alias Mephibosheth. Baal is by Hosea called "That shame."
Verse 34
And the son of Jonathan [was] Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
And Meribbaal begat Micah. — From hence to the end of this chapter is a catalogue of Jonathan’s progeny. Of the rest of Saul’s children we read not that they had any posterity. That old verse is well known and daily verified,
“ Eυσεβεων παιδεαυι τα λωια, δυαυεβεων δ ου . ”