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Verse	Translation	Text
1Ch 9:35	Strong Concordance	And in Gibeon [01391] dwelt [03427] the father [01] of Gibeon [01391] [025], Jehiel [03273], whose wife's [0802] name [08034] was Maachah [04601]:
	King James	And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
An almost exact repetition of Ch1 8:29-38; and probably intentionally made by the author. In order to connect the genealogical section of his work with the historical, he re-introduces the genealogy of the person with whose death his historical section opens.

Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]

An almost exact repetition of Ch1 8:29-38; and probably intentionally made by the author. In order to connect the genealogical section of his work with the historical, he re-introduces the genealogy of the person with whose death his historical section opens.

Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78]
The family of King Saul. - This register has already occurred in Ch1 8:29-38, along with those of other families of the tribe of Benjamin, and is repeated here only to connect the following history of the kingship with the preceding genealogical lists. It forms here the introduction to the narrative of Saul's death in Ch1 10:1-14, which in turn forms the transition to the kingship of David. The deviations of this register from that in Ch1 8:29-38, show that it has been derived from another document in more complete preservation than that in 1 Chron 8, which had been handed down in connection with other genealogies of the Benjamite families, and had suffered considerably in its text. See the commentary on Ch1 8:29-38.

Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65]
Maachah - In this and the following verses, he repeats Saul's genealogy, that he might make way for the following history.

Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826
Whose wife's name was Maachah - Here our translators have departed from the original, for the word is אחתו achotho, his Sister; but the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, Arabic, and Chaldee, have Wife; to which may be added Ch1 8:29, the parallel place. Almost all the early editions, as well as the MS. editions, have the same reading. Of all the Polyglots the Complutensian alone has אשתו ishto, his Wife. His wife is the reading also of Vatablus's Polyglot, but in the margin he observes that other copies have his sister. There is most certainly a fault somewhere, for Maachah could not be both the sister and wife of Jehiel. Whether, therefore, Ch1 8:29 has been altered from this, or this altered from that, who can tell? A single letter makes the whole difference: if the word be written with ח cheth, it is Sister; if with ש shin, it is Wife. The latter is most probably the true reading. It is so in three very ancient MSS. in my own possession.

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²⁹ And at Gibeon [01391] dwelt [03427] the father [01] of Gibeon [01391] [025]; whose wife's [0802] name [08034] was Maachah [04601]:
³⁰ And his firstborn [01060] son [01121] Abdon [05658], and Zur [06698], and Kish [07027], and Baal [01168], and Nadab [05070],
³¹ And Gedor [01446], and Ahio [0283], and Zacher [02144].
³² And Mikloth [04732] begat [03205] Shimeah [08039]. And these also [0637] dwelt [03427] with their brethren [0251] in Jerusalem [03389], over against them [05048].
³³ And Ner [05369] begat [03205] Kish [07027], and Kish [07027] begat [03205] Saul [07586], and Saul [07586] begat [03205] Jonathan [03083], and Malchishua [04444], and Abinadab [041], and Eshbaal [0792].
³⁴ And the son [01121] of Jonathan [03083] was Meribbaal [04807]; and Meribbaal [04807] begat [03205] Micah [04318].
³⁵ And the sons [01121] of Micah [04318] were, Pithon [06377], and Melech [04429], and Tarea [08390], and Ahaz [0271].
³⁶ And Ahaz [0271] begat [03205] Jehoadah [03085]; and Jehoadah [03085] begat [03205] Alemeth [05964], and Azmaveth [05820], and Zimri [02174]; and Zimri [02174] begat [03205] Moza [04162],
³⁷ And Moza [04162] begat [03205] Binea [01150]: Rapha [07498] was his son [01121], Eleasah [0501] his son [01121], Azel [0682] his son [01121]:
³⁸ And Azel [0682] had six [08337] sons [01121], whose names [08034] are these, Azrikam [05840], Bocheru [01074], and Ishmael [03458], and Sheariah [08187], and Obadiah [05662], and Hanan [02605]. All these were the sons [01121] of Azel [0682].

¹ Now the Philistines [06430] fought [03898] against Israel [03478]; and the men [0376] of Israel [03478] fled [05127] from before [06440] the Philistines [06430], and fell down [05307] slain [02491] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].
² And the Philistines [06430] followed hard [01692] after [0310] Saul [07586], and after [0310] his sons [01121]; and the Philistines [06430] slew [05221] Jonathan [03129], and Abinadab [041], and Malchishua [04444], the sons [01121] of Saul [07586].
³ And the battle [04421] went sore [03513] against Saul [07586], and the archers [03384] [07198] hit [04672] him, and he was wounded [02342] of the archers [03384].
⁴ Then said [0559] Saul [07586] to his armourbearer [05375] [03627], Draw [08025] thy sword [02719], and thrust [01856] me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised [06189] come [0935] and abuse [05953] me. But his armourbearer [05375] [03627] would [014] not; for he was sore [03966] afraid [03372]. So Saul [07586] took [03947] a sword [02719], and fell [05307] upon it.
⁵ And when his armourbearer [05375] [03627] saw [07200] that Saul [07586] was dead [04191], he fell [05307] likewise on the sword [02719], and died [04191].
⁶ So Saul [07586] died [04191], and his three [07969] sons [01121], and all his house [01004] died [04191] together [03162].
⁷ And when all the men [0376] of Israel [03478] that were in the valley [06010] saw [07200] that they fled [05127], and that Saul [07586] and his sons [01121] were dead [04191], then they forsook [05800] their cities [05892], and fled [05127]: and the Philistines [06430] came [0935] and dwelt [03427] in them.
⁸ And it came to pass on the morrow [04283], when the Philistines [06430] came [0935] to strip [06584] the slain [02491], that they found [04672] Saul [07586] and his sons [01121] fallen [05307] in mount [02022] Gilboa [01533].
⁹ And when they had stripped [06584] him, they took [05375] his head [07218], and his armour [03627], and sent [07971] into the land [0776] of the Philistines [06430] round about [05439], to carry tidings [01319] unto their idols [06091], and to the people [05971].
¹⁰ And they put [07760] his armour [03627] in the house [01004] of their gods [0430], and fastened [08628] his head [01538] in the temple [01004] of Dagon [01712].
¹¹ And when all Jabeshgilead [03003] [01568] heard [08085] all that the Philistines [06430] had done [06213] to Saul [07586],
¹² They arose [06965], all the valiant [02428] men [0376], and took away [05375] the body [01480] of Saul [07586], and the bodies [01480] of his sons [01121], and brought [0935] them to Jabesh [03003], and buried [06912] their bones [06106] under the oak [0424] in Jabesh [03003], and fasted [06684] seven [07651] days [03117].
¹³ So Saul [07586] died [04191] for his transgression [04604] which he committed [04603] against the LORD [03068], even against the word [01697] of the LORD [03068], which he kept [08104] not, and also for asking [07592] counsel of one that had a familiar spirit [0178], to enquire [01875] of it;
¹⁴ And enquired [01875] not of the LORD [03068]: therefore he slew [04191] him, and turned [05437] the kingdom [04410] unto David [01732] the son [01121] of Jesse [03448].

²⁹ And at Gibeon [01391] dwelt [03427] the father [01] of Gibeon [01391] [025]; whose wife's [0802] name [08034] was Maachah [04601]: