1 Chronicles 8:22

Study note

Setting — The Chronicler records a Benjamite genealogy, listing Ishpan, Eber, and Eliel as consecutive family members within a broader tribal register (1 Chronicles 8:21-23).

The words — The verse preserves three Hebrew proper names without explanatory glosses: וְ/יִשְׁפָּ֥ן (ve./yish.Pan), וָ/עֵ֖בֶר (va./'E.ver), and וֶ/אֱלִיאֵֽל (ve./'e.li.'El).

The thread — These names function exclusively within this genealogical sequence and do not appear in other biblical books or lists.

Why it lands — The text requires readers to accept the preservation of ancestral lineage as a structural necessity of the biblical record. It asks for recognition that tribal continuity, not individual narrative, is the immediate purpose.

Drafted by a language model from the text, its original words and its cross-references, then checked against them. It can still be wrong: open the verse in the app to report it.