Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 8:12
The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records a Benjaminite genealogy, listing Elpaal’s sons to document tribal descent and territorial assignment during the post-exilic restoration period.
The words — The narrative emphasizes בָּנָה (ba.Nah), literally “he built,” specifying Shemed’s construction of the urban centers of Ono and Lod alongside their surrounding settlements.
The thread — The same towns surface in Ezra 2:33 and Nehemiah 7:37 as inhabited by returning exiles, and Nehemiah 6:2 locates a political meeting on the plain of Ono.
Why it lands — The text first records Shemed’s physical establishment of these towns, then requires readers to recognize how ancestral lineage and concrete settlement patterns form the basis of later Israelite identity and administrative records.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
Cross-references
- Ezra 2:33 the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 725;
- Nehemiah 6:2 Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages on the plain of Ono.” But they were planning to harm me.
- Nehemiah 7:37 the men of Lod, Hadid, and Ono, 721;
- Nehemiah 11:35 Lod, and Ono; and in the Valley of the Craftsmen.