1Ch 8:40 | KD | STEP | The sons of Ulam are called valiant heroes and archers, and must have shown the same capability for war by which the tribe of Benjamin had been distinguished at an earlier time; cf. Jdg 20:16, and for קשׁת דּרכי, cf. 1Ch 5:16. The subscription כּל־אלּה מ refers back to the superscription in , and binds all the names in our chapter together. form the transition from the genealogies to the enumeration of the former inhabitants of Jerusalem in vv. 4-34.

‏ 1 Chronicles 8:40

The sons of Ulam are called valiant heroes and archers, and must have shown the same capability for war by which the tribe of Benjamin had been distinguished at an earlier time; cf. Jdg 20:16, and for קשׁת דּרכי, cf. 1Ch 5:16. The subscription כּל־אלּה מ refers back to the superscription in 1Ch 8:1, and binds all the names in our chapter together. 1Ch 9:1-3 form the transition from the genealogies to the enumeration of the former inhabitants of Jerusalem in vv. 4-34.