1 Chronicles 8:24

Study note

Setting — The chronicler records a genealogical list of the tribe of Benjamin, continuing the enumeration of descendants from the preceding verse and concluding with the sons of Shashak.

The words — וַ/חֲנַנְיָ֥ה (va./cha.nan.Yah) renders the personal name Hananiah, meaning Yahweh has favored; וְ/עַנְתֹתִיָּֽה (ve./'an.to.ti.Yah) denotes Anthothijah, a name derived from the place Anathoth.

The thread — These personal names recur throughout the biblical record of Benjaminite families, appearing in parallel genealogical registers in Ezra 2 and Nehemiah 7.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of individual names within a corporate tribal lineage, grounding Israel’s identity in recorded ancestry rather than abstract lineage.

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.