1 Chronicles 8:1
Strong's Lexicon
Benjamin
וּבִ֨נְיָמִ֔ן (ū·ḇin·yā·min)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1144: Benjamin = 'son of the right hand' 1) Jacob's and Rachel's youngest son, Joseph's full brother 2) son of Bilhan, great-grandson of Benjamin 3) a Benjamite, one of the sons of Harim, in the time of Ezra who had taken a strange wife 4) the tribe descended from Benjamin, the son of Jacob

was the father of
הוֹלִ֖יד (hō·w·lîḏ)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3205: 1) to bear, bringforth, beget, gender, travail 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to bear, bring forth 1a1a) of child birth 1a1b) of distress (simile) 1a1c) of wicked (behaviour) 1a2) to beget 1b) (Niphal) to be born 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to cause or help to bring forth 1c2) to assist or tend as a midwife 1c3) midwife (participle) 1d) (Pual) to be born 1e) (Hiphil) 1e1) to beget (a child) 1e2) to bear (fig. -of wicked bringing forth iniquity) 1f) (Hophal) day of birth, birthday (infinitive) 1g) (Hithpael) to declare one's birth (pedigree)

אֶת־ (’eṯ-)
Direct object marker
Strong's Hebrew 853: 1) sign of the definite direct object, not translated in English but generally preceding and indicating the accusative

Bela,
בֶּ֣לַע (be·la‘)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1106: Bela = 'destruction' n pr m 1) a king of Edom 2) first son of Benjamin 3) a son of Ahaz, a Reubenite n pr loc 4) one of the five cities of the plain which was spared at the intercession of Lot, and received the name of Zoar

his firstborn;
בְּכֹר֑וֹ (bə·ḵō·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1060: 1) firstborn, firstling 1a) of men and women 1b) of animals 1c) noun of relation (fig.)

Ashbel
אַשְׁבֵּל֙ (’aš·bêl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 788: Ashbel = 'a man in God: a man of Baal: fire of Bel: I will make a path' 1) second son of Benjamin

was second born,
הַשֵּׁנִ֔י (haš·šê·nî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8145: 1) second 1a) second (the ordinal number) 1b) again (a second time) 1c) another, other (something as distinct from something else)

Aharah
וְאַחְרַ֖ח (wə·’aḥ·raḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 315: Aharah = 'a following brother' 1) a son of Benjamin

third,
הַשְּׁלִישִֽׁי׃ (haš·šə·lî·šî)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7992: 1) third, one third, third part, third time 1a) ordinal number

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third,

Young's Literal Translation
And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

New American Standard Bible
And Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

King James Bible
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
Parallel Verses
New International Version
Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second son, Aharah the third,

New Living Translation
Benjamin's first son was Bela, the second was Ashbel, the third was Aharah,

English Standard Version
Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

New American Standard Bible
And Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

King James Bible
Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

International Standard Version
Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel his second born, Aharah his third born,

NET Bible
Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

American Standard Version
And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

English Revised Version
And Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third;

Young's Literal Translation
And Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,
















Cross References
Genesis 46:21
And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

1 Chronicles 7:6
The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

1 Chronicles 7:12
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.

1 Chronicles 7:40
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

1 Chronicles 8:2
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

1 Chronicles 1:1
Adam, Sheth, Enosh,

1 Chronicles 7:39
And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

1 Chronicles 7:38
And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

1 Chronicles 8:3
And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

1 Chronicles 8:4
And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
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