| 1 Chronicles 8 | |
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_(8675415344).jpg) 1 Chronicles 7:9-10:13. Vellum leaf from c. 1240 France, pearl script. | |
| Book | Books of Chronicles |
| Category | Ketuvim |
| Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
| Order in the Christian part | 13 |
1 Chronicles 8 is the eighth chapter of the Books of Chronicles in the Hebrew Bible or the First Book of Chronicles in the Old Testament of the Christian Bible.[1][2] The book is compiled from older sources by an unknown person or group, designated by modern scholars as "the Chronicler", and had the final shape established in late fifth or fourth century BCE.[3] This chapter focuses on the tribe of Benjamin, especially the family of King Saul.[4] It belongs to the section focusing on the list of genealogies from Adam to the lists of the people returning from exile in Babylon (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 9:34).[1]
- ^ a b Ackroyd 1993, p. 113.
- ^ Mathys 2007, p. 268.
- ^ Ackroyd 1993, pp. 113–114.
- ^ Mathys 2007, p. 271.