New Revised Standard Version
In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah.

Contemporary English Version
Jeiel had settled the town of Gibeon, where he and his wife Maacah lived.

New American Bible
Jeiel, the founder of Gibeon, dwelt in Gibeon; his wife’s name was Maacah.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Gabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha:

And in Gabaon dwelt Jehiel the father of Gabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha:

A.

2804 B.C.

1200
in Gibeon

1 Chronicles 8:29-40 And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha: . . .

the father

1 Chronicles 2:23,24,45,50-52 And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad. . . .

1 Chronicles 8:29 And at Gabaon dwelt Abigabaon, and the name of his wife was Maacha:

is {ishto}, `his wife,' which is also the reading of the LXX., Vulgate, Arabic, and Syriac here, and is undoubtedly the true reading. This repetition of part of Bemjamin's genealogy seems to have been intended merely as an introduction to the ensuing history.