Chapter 8
1 Now Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Bela [Destruction] his firstborn, Ashbel [Fire of Bel] the second, and Achrach [a following brother] the third,
2 Nochah [rest] the fourth, and Rafa [tall] the fifth.
3 And the sons of Bela [Destruction] were, Adar [exceeding glorious] , and Gera [A Grain] , and Avihud [my father is majesty] ,
4 And Avishua [my father is safety] , and Na’aman [Pleasantness] , and Achoach [brother of rest] ,
5 And Gera [A Grain] , and Sh’fufan [serpent] , and Huram [noble born] .
6 And these [are] the sons of Ehud [I will Give Thanks: I will be Praised] : these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geva [hill] , and they removed them to Manachat [rest] :
7 And Na’aman [Pleasantness] , and Achiyah [brother of Yehovah] , and Gera [A Grain] , he removed them, and begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Uza [strength] , and Achihud [Brother of Majesty] .
8 And Shacharayim [double dawn] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) [children] in the country of Mo’av [Seed of my Father] , after he had sent them away; Hushim [who makes haste] and Baara [were] his wives.
9 And he begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) of Hodesh [new moon] his wife, Yovav [A Desert] , and Tzivya [roe] , and Mesha [deliverance] , and Malkam [great king] ,
10 And Ye’utz [counselor] , and Sokhya [announcement] , and Mirmah [fraud] . These [were] his sons, heads of the fathers.
11 And of Hushim [who makes haste] he begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Avituv [my father is goodness] , and Elpa’al [God is maker] .
12 The sons of Elpa’al [God is maker] ; ‘Ever [The Region Beyond] , and Mish’am [purification] , and Shamed, who built Ono [vigorous] , and Lod [travail] , with the towns thereof:
13 B’ri’i [With a Friend] also, and Sh’ma [Hear] , who [were] heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ayalon [Field of Deer] , who drove away the inhabitants of Gat [Winepress] :
14 And Achyo [brotherly or fraternal] , Shashak [longing] , and Yeremot [He is Most High] ,
15 And Z’vadyah [endowment of Yehovah] , and ‘Arad [A Wild Ass] , and ‘Ader [a wild ass] ,
16 And Mikha’el [Who is Like God?] , and Yishpah [He is bare] , and Yocha [Yehovah gives life] , the sons of B’ri’i [With a Friend] ;
17 And Z’vadyah [endowment of Yehovah] , and Meshulam [friend] , and Hizki [strong] , and Hever [Comrade] ,
18 Yishm’rai [He keeps me] also, and Yizli’ah [whom God will preserve] , and Yovav [A Desert] , the sons of Elpa’al [God is maker] ;
19 And Yakim [He will raise] , and Zikhri [Illustrious] , and Zavdi [Endowment] ,
20 And Eli’einai [unto God are my eyes] , and Tziltai [dark] , and Eli’el [my God is God] ,
21 And ‘Adayah [Yehovah has adorned Himself] , and B’rayah [Yehovah has created] , and Shimrat [guard] , the sons of Shim’i [renowned] ;
22 And Yishpan [he hides] , and Hever [Comrade] , and Eli’el [my God is God] ,
23 And Avdon [Servile] , and Zikhri [Illustrious] , and Hanan [he is merciful] ,
24 And Hananyah [God has favoured] , and ‘Eilam [eternity] , and ‘Anatotyah [Yehovah’s answer] ,
25 And Yifdeyah [Yehovah will redeem] , and P’nu’el [Facing God] , the sons of Shashak [longing] ;
26 And Shamsh’rai [sunlike] , and Sh’charyah [dawning of Yehovah] , and ‘Atalyahu [afflicted of the Lord] ,
27 And Ya’areshya [whom Yehovah nourishes] , and Eliyah [my God is Yehovah] , and Zikhri [Illustrious] , the sons of Yerocham [showing pity] .
28 These [were] heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief [men] . These dwelt in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] .
29 And at Giv’on [Hill City] dwelt the father of Giv’on [Hill City] ; whose wife’s name [was] Ma’akhah [oppression] :
30 And his firstborn son Avdon [Servile] , and Tzur [Rock] , and Kish [bent] , and Ba’al [lord (a false god)] , and Nadav [Generous] ,
31 And G’dor [Wall] , and Achyo [brotherly or fraternal] , and Zekher [remembrance] .
32 And Miklot [rods (clubs)] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Shim’ah [report] . And these also dwelt with their brethren in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , over against them.
33 And Ner [lamp] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Kish [bent] , and Kish [bent] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Sha’ul [desired] , and Sha’ul [desired] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] , and Malkishua [my king is wealth] , and Avinadav [my father is noble] , and Eshba’al [a man of lord] .
34 And the son of Y’honatan [Yehovah has Given] [was] M’riv-Ba’al [lord is my advocate] ; and M’riv-Ba’al [lord is my advocate] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Mikhay’hu [Who is Like God?] .
35 And the sons of Mikhay’hu [Who is Like God?] [were] , Piton [harmless] , and Melekh [king] , and Ta’rea [chamber of a neighbour] , and Achaz [he has grasped] .
36 And Achaz [he has grasped] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Y’ho’adah [Yehovah has adorned] ; and Y’ho’adah [Yehovah has adorned] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) ‘Alemet [covering] , and ‘Azmavet [strong unto death] , and Zimri [My Music] ; and Zimri [My Music] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Motza [fountain] ,
37 And Motza [fountain] begat (to be father of; be ancestor of) Bin’a [fountain] : Rafa [tall] [was] his son, El’asah [God has made] his son, Atzel [he has reserved] his son:
38 And Atzel [he has reserved] had six sons, whose names [are] these, ‘Azrikam [help against the enemy] , Bokhru [firstborn] , and Yishma’el [God will hear] , and Sh’aryah [valued by Yehovah] , and ‘Ovadyah [servant of Yehovah] , and Hanan [he is merciful] . All these [were] the sons of Atzel [he has reserved] .
39 And the sons of ‘Eshek [oppressor] his brother [were] , Ulam [their leader] his firstborn, Ye’ush [He hurries to aid] the second, and Elifelet [God is deliverance] the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam [their leader] were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these [are] of the sons of Binyamin [Son of the Right Hand/Strength] .