John Gill Commentary 1 Chronicles 8:12

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

The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed
Besides those in (1 Chronicles 8:14 1 Chronicles 8:17 1 Chronicles 8:18)

who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof ;
not Shamed, but Elpaal his father, so the Targum; and the Talmudists say ^F15 , these were walled cities from the days of Joshua the son of Nun, and were destroyed in the days of the concubine in Gibea, and Elpaal came and rebuilt them; they were inhabited by the Benjaminites, upon their return from the Babylonish captivity, (Nehemiah 11:35) they were near to each other; according to a Jewish chronologer ^F16 , it was three miles from the one to the other; Lod is the same with Lydda, in (Acts 9:32Acts 9:35Acts 9:38) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F15: T. Hieros. Megillah, fol. 70. 1. & T. Bab Megillah, fol. 4. 1. So the Targum.
• F16: Juchasin, fol. 39. 2.