Treasury of Scripture
A.M.
2804 B.C.
1200
in Gibeon
1 Chronicles 8:29-40 And at Gibeon dwelled the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah...
the father
1 Chronicles 2:23,24,45,50-52 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even three score cities...
whose Some editions read {achatho} `his sister;' but in the parallel place
1 Chronicles 8:29 And at Gibeon dwelled the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
is {ishto}, `his wife,' which is also the reading of the LXX., Vulgate, Arabic, and Syriac here, and is undoubtedly the true reading. This repetition of part of Bemjamin's genealogy seems to have been intended merely as an introduction to the ensuing history.