Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
There is little or nothing of history in all these verses; we have not therefore much to observe. 1. As to the difficulties that occur in this and the foregoing genealogies we need not perplex ourselves. I presume Ezra took them as he found them in the books of the kings of Israel and Judah (Ezr 9:1), according as they were given in by the...
Commenting on 1 Chronicles 8:1-32
And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. Before he sent her away, or divorced her, Ch1 8:8. . 1 Chronicles 8:12 ch1 8:12 ch1 8:12 ch1 8:12The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed,.... Besides those in Ch1 8:14.
Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab--He had probably been driven to take refuge in that foreign land on the same calamitous occasion that forced Elimelech to emigrate thither (Rut 1:1). But, destitute of natural affection, he forsook or divorced his two wives, and in the land of his sojourn married a third, by whom he had several sons.