1 Chronicles 8
Here for the second time we find the genealogy of Benjamin (cf. 1 Chron. 7:6-12), but with a very special purpose. It brings us to Saul and his family (1 Chron. 8:33), to the kingship according to the flesh, the ruin of which we shall see in 1 Chron. 10, and which is to be replaced, according to Chronicles' unchanging pattern, by the kingship of David according to election of God and the counsels of grace. We have few comments to make about this chapter. That obscure passage, 1 Chron. 8:6-7, seems to be an allusion to Judg. 20:43, if we are to read, according to the marginal note, "to Manukah." We have already spoken of verse 13.
Benjamin's habitation at Jerusalem, that is to say, at the seat of the kingship, to which Benjamin was entitled according to his geographic situation, is mentioned in 1 Chron. 8:28-32. From Benjamin came mighty men of valor, able to draw the bow, which still did not prevent Saul from succumbing to the weapon that was the strength of his tribe and should have been his own strength against his enemies. The sinful nature adorned with all its advantages perishes and cannot even for an instant resist God's judgment.