1 Chronicles 7:17

Bedan . While all the names of the preceding verse are strange to us, this name excites much interest, as possibly to be identified with the Bedan ( 1 Samuel 12:11 ) who is placed after Jerubbaal ( i.q. Gideon ), and before Jephthah and Samuel. Who in the Book of Judges is to answer to this Bedan of the Book of Samuel it is impossible to say. See Bishop Cotton's excellent short article. These were the sons of Gilead (see verse 14). The name Gilead surpassed the name Machir, and even rivalled that of Manasseh itself.