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We had some account given us of Benjamin in the foregoing chapter; here we have a larger catalogue of the great men of that tribe. 1. Because of that tribe Saul came, the first king of Israel, to the story of whom the sacred writer is hastening, 1Ch 10:1. 2. Because that tribe clave to Judah, inhabited much of Jerusalem, was one of the two tribes that went into captivity, and returned back; and that story also he has an eye to, 1Ch 9:1. Here is, I. Some of the heads of that tribe named, 1Ch 8:1-32. II. A more particular account of the family of Saul, 1Ch 8:30-40.
1-32
Genealogies (1660 BC)
家谱（主前1660年）
¹ 便雅悯的长子比拉、次子亚实别、三子亚哈拉、 ² 四子挪哈、五子拉法。 ³ 比拉的儿子是以次：亚大、基拉、亚比忽、 ⁴ 亚比书、乃幔、亚何亚、 ⁵ 基拉、示孚泛、户兰。 ⁶ 这些是以忽的儿子：他们都是迦巴居民的族长，被迁到玛拿哈； ⁷ 还有乃幔、亚希雅、基拉；基拉被迁去，生了乌撒、亚忽。 ⁸ 沙哈莲在摩押地休了妻户伸和巴拉之后，生了儿子。 ⁹ 他与妻子贺得生了约巴、西比雅、米沙、玛干、 ¹⁰ 耶乌斯、沙迦、米玛。这些都是儿子，是族长。 ¹¹ 户伸给他生了亚比突、以利帕勒。 ¹² 以利帕勒的儿子是伊比、米珊、沙每，建造阿挪和罗得并属罗得的村庄； ¹³ 又有比利亚、示玛，都是亚雅仑居民的族长，曾赶出迦特的居民； ¹⁴ 又有亚希约、沙煞、耶利摩、 ¹⁵ 西巴第雅、亚拉得、亚叠、 ¹⁶ 米迦勒、伊施巴、约哈，都是比利亚的儿子； ¹⁷ 西巴第雅、米书兰、希西基、希伯、 ¹⁸ 伊施米莱、伊斯利亚、约巴，都是以利帕勒的儿子； ¹⁹ 雅金、细基利、撒底、 ²⁰ 以利乃、洗莱、以列、 ²¹ 亚大雅、比拉雅、申拉，都是示每的儿子； ²² 伊施班、希伯、以列、 ²³ 押顿、细基利、哈难、 ²⁴ 哈拿尼雅、以拦、安多提雅、 ²⁵ 伊弗底雅、毗努伊勒，都是沙煞的儿子； ²⁶ 珊示莱、示哈利雅、亚他利雅、 ²⁷ 雅利西雅、以利亚、细基利，都是耶罗罕的儿子。 ²⁸ 这些人按着世代都是族长，都是首领。他们都住在耶路撒冷。 ²⁹ 在基遍住着基遍的父亲；他妻子名叫玛迦； ³⁰ 长子押顿、苏、基士、巴力、拿答、 ³¹ 基多、亚希约、撒刻； ³² 米革罗生示米亚。这些人与他们的弟兄一同住在耶路撒冷，对着他们。
这一切经文中，史事极少或几乎全无；因此我们当观察的不多。一、至于这一段和前几段家谱中所遇到的难处，我们不必为难。我以为以斯拉是照着他从以色列和犹大诸王记（代上9:1）中所找着的摘录下来，按各支派所献的方式，因各支派随意采其所宜的方法。所以有的家谱上行，有的下行；有的附有数字，有的附有地名；有的夹杂史事之批注，有的没有；有的较短，有的较长；有的与他处记录相符，有的不同；有的也许破损、涂蚀、模糊，有的则较为清晰。但和流便的家谱已全然失传。这位圣人是被圣灵感动而写；但并无必要借默示补全这些家谱的缺漏，更不必纠正其中的错误。他只须照着原文到手的，或照着眼下所需——即引导归回的被掳之民尽量与同族同住、住在原有之地——抄录下来即可。我们可以推想，这些家谱中许多今日在我们看来曲折、突兀、费解的，对他们当时却清楚明白（他们晓得如何填补缺漏），并且充充足足地达到了公布的用意。二、那时地上既有许多大而强盛的国家，其中有许多显赫的人，他们的名字却被埋没在永远的遗忘中，而神之以色列中无数人的名字在此却被小心保存，永远记念。他们是耶实仑——正直的人，义人的记念是蒙福的。 我们有理由担心他们中许多人未得永远的尊荣（因为连犹大的恶王也列在家谱中），然而他们的名字在此被存留，正是把一切属灵以色列之名字记在羔羊生命册上的预表。三、便雅悯这支派，在士师时代曾因基比亚的罪恶被带到极低的地步，只剩下六百人逃过公义的刀剑；然而在这些家谱中，它几乎和任何一支派同样有声有色：因为扶助最软弱的、叫最被削减被降卑的人复兴，原是神的尊荣。四、此处提到一位以忽（代上8:6），前一节提到一位基拉（代上8:5），代上8:8又提到从基拉而出的一位，在摩押地生了儿子——这叫我以为这就是以色列第二位士师以忽；因为经上说他是基拉的儿子、便雅悯人（士3:15），他杀了摩押王，把以色列从摩押人欺压之下拯救出来，这或许使他在摩押地得了较大的势力（其历史中并无证据），又可能招致他一些后裔定居在那里。五、此处提到一些便雅悯人曾赶出迦特的居民（代上8:13），也许是那些杀了以法莲人（代上7:21）或其后裔的人，作为报复；而这件公义之事中有一人名叫比利亚——正是那记念损伤的名字。六、特别记下那些住在耶路撒冷的人（代上8:28、32），是要使那些先祖曾居住该地的人，归回时也受激励去那里居住——而看来愿意如此行的人很少，因为那是危险的岗位：所以我们读到（尼11:2）百姓为那些甘心乐意住在耶路撒冷的人祝福，因大多数人宁可拣选犹大的诸城。敬虔的父母曾在新耶路撒冷有他们的来往，他们的儿女因此当受激励面朝那地，无论付何代价都当追求前往之路。
英文原文
Genealogies (1660 BC)
¹ Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
² Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.
³ And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,
⁴ And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
⁵ And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.
⁶ And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:
⁷ And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
⁸ And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.
⁹ And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,
¹⁰ And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers.
¹¹ And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.
¹² The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
¹³ Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:
¹⁴ And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,
¹⁵ And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,
¹⁶ And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;
¹⁷ And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,
¹⁸ Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;
¹⁹ And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,
²⁰ And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,
²¹ And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;
²² And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel,
²³ And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
²⁴ And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,
²⁵ And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;
²⁶ And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,
²⁷ And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
²⁸ These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.
²⁹ And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah:
³⁰ And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,
³¹ And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.
³² And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
There is little or nothing of history in all these verses; we have not therefore much to observe. 1. As to the difficulties that occur in this and the foregoing genealogies we need not perplex ourselves. I presume Ezra took them as he found them in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah (1Ch 9:1), according as they were given in by the several tribes, each observing what method they thought fit. Hence some ascend, others desecnd; some have numbers affixed, others places; some have historical remarks intermixed, others have not; some are shorter, others longer; some agree with other records, others differ; some, it is likely, were torn, erased, and blotted, others more legible. Those of Dan and Reuben were entirely lost. This holy man wrote as he was moved by the Holy Ghost; but there was no necessity for the making up of the defects, no, nor for the rectifying of the mistakes, of these genealogies by inspiration. It was sufficient that he copied them out as they came into his hand, or so much of them as was requisite to the present purpose, which was the directing of the returned captives to settle as nearly as they could with those of their own family, and in the places of their former residence. We may suppose that many things in these genealogies which to us seem intricate, abrupt, and perplexed, were plain and easy to them then (who knew how to fill up the deficiencies) and abundantly answered the intention of the publishing of them. 2. Many great and mighty nations there were now in being upon earth, and many illustrious men in them, whose names are buried in perpetual oblivion, while the names of multitudes of the Israel of God are here carefully preserved in everlasting remembrance. They are Jasher, Jeshurun—just ones, and the memory of the just is blessed. Many of these we have reason to fear, came short of everlasting honour (for even the wicked kings of Judah come into the genealogy), yet the perpetuating of their names here was a figure of the writing of the names of all God's spiritual Israel in the Lamb's book of life. 3. This tribe of Benjamin was once brought to a very low ebb, in the time of the judges, upon the occasion of the iniquity of Gibeah, when only 600 men escaped the sword of justice; and yet, in these genealogies, it makes as good a figure as almost any of the tribes: for it is the honour of God to help the weakest and raise up those that are most diminished and abased. 4. Here is mention of one Ehud (1Ch 8:6), in the preceding verse of one Gera (1Ch 8:5) and (1Ch 8:8) of one that descended from him, that begat children in the country of Moab, which inclines me to think it was that Ehud who was the second of the judges of Israel; for he is said to be the son of Gera and a Benjamite (Jdg 3:15), and he delivered Israel from the oppression of the Moabites by killing the king of Moab, which might give him a greater sway in the country of Moab than we find evidence of in his history and might occasion some of his posterity to settle there. 5. Here is mention of some of the Benjamites that drove away the inhabitants of Gath (1Ch 8:13), perhaps those that had slain the Ephraimites (1Ch 7:21) or their posterity, by way of reprisal: and one of those that did this piece of justice was named Beriah too, that name in which the memorial of that injury was preserved. 6. Particular notice is taken of those that dwelt in Jerusalem (1Ch 8:28 and again 1Ch 8:32), that those whose ancestors had had their residence there might thereby be induced, at their return from captivity, to settle there too, which, for aught that appears, few were willing to do, because it was the post of danger: and therefore we find (Ne 11:2) the people blessed those that willingly offered themselves to dwell at Jerusalem, the greater part being inclined to prefer the cities of Judah. Those whose godly parents had their conversation in the new Jerusalem should thereby be engaged to set their faces thitherward and pursue the way thither, whatever it cost them.
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Genealogies (700 BC)
家谱（主前700年）
³³ 尼珥生基士；基士生扫罗；扫罗生约拿单、麦基舒亚、亚比拿达、伊施巴力。 ³⁴ 约拿单的儿子是米力巴力；米力巴力生米迦。 ³⁵ 米迦的儿子是毗敦、米勒、他利、亚哈斯。 ³⁶ 亚哈斯生耶何阿达；耶何阿达生亚勒篾、押斯玛威、心利；心利生摩撒； ³⁷ 摩撒生比尼亚；拉法是他的儿子，以利亚萨是他的儿子，亚悉是他的儿子。 ³⁸ 亚悉有六个儿子，他们的名字记在下面：亚斯利干、波基路、以实玛利、示亚利雅、俄巴底雅、哈难。这都是亚悉的儿子。 ³⁹ 亚悉的兄弟以设的儿子是长子乌兰、次子耶户舒、三子以利法列。 ⁴⁰ 乌兰的儿子都是勇士，善于射箭，有许多子孙，共一百五十人。这些都是便雅悯的子孙。
值得注意的是，在所有支派的家谱中，毫无提及背离大卫家之后以色列诸王的事，更不用说他们的家族；对耶罗波安的家或巴沙的家，暗利的或耶户的家，一字不提；因为他们都是拜偶像的人。但关于大卫被高举之前作王室家族的扫罗家，此处却有特别的记载。一、扫罗之前，只提到基士和尼珥，就是他的父亲和祖父（代上8:33）。他的谱系在撒上9:1追溯得更高，那里说基士是亚别的儿子，此处却说是尼珥的儿子。他实在是尼珥的儿子，却是亚别的孙子，这从撒上14:51可以看出，那里说尼珥是亚别的儿子，又说尼珥的儿子押尼珥是扫罗的叔父（即他父亲的兄弟）；因此他父亲也是尼珥的儿子。在一切语言中，"儿子"常用来指孙子和别的后代，何况希伯来语词汇匮乏，更是如此。二、扫罗之后，他几个儿子被记下，但其中除约拿单之外，再无他人后裔被记；约拿单因对大卫真诚的友谊，蒙福得众多后裔，且这些后裔被列在圣洁的家谱中。约拿单的家系在此被记下约十代。或许大卫特别用心保存这份家谱，并单独给它一页，因为他后裔与约拿单后裔之间所立的永约（撒上20:15、23、42）。这家谱止于乌兰，他的家族因其中勇士的数目而在便雅悯支派中甚为出名。那一个人的后裔，似乎一时有一百五十名勇士弓箭手上阵，善战英勇（代上8:40）。关于他们所记下的，比人的奢华或财富更值得称赞，就是他们有服事本国的资格。
英文原文
Genealogies (700 BC)
³³ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
³⁴ And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.
³⁵ And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.
³⁶ And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
³⁷ And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son:
³⁸ And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
³⁹ And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.
⁴⁰ And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
It is observable that among all the genealogies of the tribes there is no mention of any of the kings of Israel after the defection from the house of David, much less of their families; not a word of Jeroboam's house or Baasha's, of Umri's or Jehu's; for they were all idolaters. But of the family of Saul, which was the royal family before the elevation of David, we have here a particular account. 1. Before Saul, Kish and Ner only are named, his father and grandfather, 1Ch 8:33. His pedigree is carried higher 1Sa 9:1, only there Kish is said to be the son of Abiel, here of Ner. He was in truth the son of Ner but the grandson of Abiel, as appears by 1Sa 14:51, where it is said that Ner was the son of Abiel, and that Abner, who was the son of Ner, was Saul's uncle (that is, his father's brother); therefore his father was also the son of Ner. It is common in all languages to put sons for grandsons and other descendents, much more in the scanty language of the Hebrews. 2. After Saul, divers of his sons are named, but the posterity of none of them, save Jonathan only, who was blessed with numerous issue and those honoured with a place in the sacred genealogies for the sake of his sincere kindness to David. The line of Jonathan is drawn down here for about ten generations. Perhaps David was, in a particular manner, careful to preserve that, and assigned it a page by itself, because of the covenant made between his seed and Jonathan's seed forever, 1Sa 20:15,23,42. This genealogy ends in Ulam, whose family became famous in the tribe of Benjamin for the number of its valiant men. Of that one man's posterity there were, as it should seem, at one time, 150 archers brought into the field of battle, that were mighty men of valour, 1Ch 8:40. That is taken notice of concerning them which is more a man's praise than his pomp or wealth is, that they were qualified to serve their country.
我们在前一章已经略述便雅悯；此处则更详尽地列出了该支派中伟人的谱系。1. 因为以色列的第一位君王扫罗正是出自这一支派，而圣史正要快快推进到他的事迹（代上 10:1）。2. 因为这一支派紧随犹大，多居于耶路撒冷，是被掳的二支派之一，后来又归回故土；这一段历史他同样有所关注（代上 9:1）。此处记载：I. 该支派中部分族长的名字（代上 8:1-32）。II. 关于扫罗家族更详细的记述（代上 8:30-40）。