The Ehud clan of the Benjaminites is associated with Geba, a well-known Levitical city located in Benjamin just north of Judah. (1 Chronicles 6:60). This was a well-known Benjaminite city that was fortified by King Asa as a border post between Judah and the northern tribes (1 Kings 15:28). Later on, this city is named as one that had a high place (a place of false, idolatrous worship) and was desecrated by King Josiah during his religious reforms (2 Kings 23:8).
The Chronicler notes that at some point, these families had been deported to Manahath (1 Chronicles 8:6).1 The nature, timing, and location of this deportation are unclear. This may refer either to a migration south of Judah or perhaps in Edom, or to military action or internal tribal struggles
in the region.2 Pratt suggests that it could possibly be Malah, some 4.8 kilometres southeast of Jerusalem.
This geographical note was important for the Chronicler’s readers because Benjaminites repossessed Geba in the early post-exilic period (see Ezra 2:26; Nehemiah 7:30; Nehemiah 11:31; Nehemiah 12:29). Still, the Chronicler affirmed that Geba was the Benjamites’ rightful claim.
7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who fathered Uzza and Ahihud.