Charles Ellicott Commentary 1 Chronicles 8:29

"And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife`s name was Maacah;" — 1 Chronicles 8:29 (ASV)

THE FAMILIES OF GIBEON, ESPECIALLY THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SAUL

(1 Chronicles 8:29–40).

1 Chronicles 8:29–38 recur at 1 Chronicles 9:35–44.

At Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon. —His name (Jehiel) has been accidentally omitted. (See 1 Chronicles 9:35.) The verb dwelt is plural, “they dwelled;” a sufficient indication that the “father of Gibeon” merely represents the original population of that place under a collective name. Maachah would be a place in the neighborhood.

Gibeon. —Now el-Jib, about eight miles north-west of Jerusalem.