And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.

1 CHRONICLES 9:37KJV
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1 Chronicles 9:37 (KJV)

What does 1 Chronicles 9:37 mean?

1 Chronicles 9:37 lists the names Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth, who are sons of King Saul. This verse is part of a genealogy, showing Saul’s family line as recorded by the chronicler.

The chronicler is writing to the returned exiles of Israel, providing a record of important family lines after the Babylonian captivity. In this section, the focus is on Saul’s descendants, connecting the present generation back to Israel’s first king and emphasizing their heritage and place in the nation’s story.

Where else these words appear

“Mikloth” Hebrew H4732 · used in 4 verses

  • 1 Chronicles 8:32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.
  • 1 Chronicles 9:38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:4 And over the course of the second month was Dodai an Ahohite, and of his course was Mikloth also the ruler: in his course likewise were twenty and four thousand.

“Ahio” Hebrew H283 · used in 6 verses

  • 2 Samuel 6:3 And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.
  • 2 Samuel 6:4 And they brought it out of the house of Abinadab which was at Gibeah, accompanying the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.
  • 1 Chronicles 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

“Gedor” Hebrew H1446 · used in 7 verses

  • Joshua 15:58 Halhul, Bethzur, and Gedor,
  • 1 Chronicles 4:18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.
  • 1 Chronicles 8:31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher.

“Zechariah” Hebrew H2148 · used in 43 verses

  • 2 Kings 14:29 And Jeroboam slept with his fathers, even with the kings of Israel; and Zachariah his son reigned in his stead.
  • 1 Chronicles 27:21 Of the half tribe of Manasseh in Gilead, Iddo the son of Zechariah: of Benjamin, Jaasiel the son of Abner:
  • Ezra 8:16 Then sent I for Eliezer, for Ariel, for Shemaiah, and for Elnathan, and for Jarib, and for Elnathan, and for Nathan, and for Zechariah, and for Meshullam, chief men; also for Joiarib, and for Elnathan, men of understanding.