1 Chronicles Chapter 8    

“Hushim and Baara were his wives.” It seems that Shaharaim sent away Hushim and Baara and then fathered children by another woman.

“daughter-towns.” The Hebrew text is just “daughters,” referring to small close-by towns that are supported by a “mother” town, a large and normally well-fortified town (see commentary on Josh. 15:45).

“these lived in Jerusalem.” The list of Benjamite men who lived in Jerusalem lived there after David conquered it.

“Esh-baal.” This is the same person as “Ish-bosheth” (2 Sam. 2:8, 10, 12, 15; 3:8, 14, 15; 4:4, 8, 12). Esh-baal means, “Man of Baal,” but at a time when “Baal,” which means “lord,” was used of God as well as other “lords.” Saul likely named his son, “Man of [the] Lord,” but then over time for various reasons, one of them likely being the house of Saul turning away from God, people began calling him “Ish-bosheth,” “Man of Shame.”