Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Chronicles 8:1

1 NOw Benjamin begat Bela his first▪born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

He had spoken something of this Tribe before, ch. 7. 6. but now he treats of it again and that more fully and exactly; partly for Sauls sake who was of this Tribe; and partly because this Tribe adhered to David and the Kingdom of Iudah, and went with Iudah into Babylon; and now were returned from thence in greater Numbers than the other Tribes, except Iudah.

So called by Moses: but the Names of the rest vary from those in Moses: either because the same Person had two several Names, as hath been oft noted: or because these were not the immediate sons of Benjamin, but his Grandchildren here mentioned in their Parents stead, possibly because they were more Eminent than their Parents,

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