RobH_en_tn/1ch/08/29.md

General Information:

All of the names here except Maakah and Gibeon are the names of men. Maakah is the name of a woman, and Gibeon is the name of a town. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

The father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maakah, lived in Gibeon

Here "father of" refers to Jeiel's status as the leading person in the city of Gibeon. AT: "Jeiel, the leader of Gibeon, lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maakah" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

His firstborn

"Jeiel's first son"

translationWords

• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/gibeon
• rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/firstborn