Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 8:12

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 8:12

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

1 Chronicles 8:12

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns thereof;" — 1 Chronicles 8:12 (ASV)

Shamer, or Shemer, occurred in 1 Chronicles 7:34 as a clan of Asher.

Who built Ono and Lod ... — Literally, he built Ono and Lod and her daughters. The clause is a parenthesis referring to Shemer.

Ono, now Kefr Auna, recurs in Ezra 2:33; Nehemiah 7:37; Nehemiah 11:35, but is not found elsewhere in the Old Testament. It is always coupled with Lod, and must have been near it.

Lod, the Lydda of Acts 9:32, is now the village of Ludd, north of Ramleh, between Jaffa and Jerusalem.