1 Chronicles 7
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Issachar’s Descendants
1 The sons of Issachar:
Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron – four in all.
2 The sons of Tola:
Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam,#tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.” and Samuel.#tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.” They were leaders of their families.#tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.” In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records.#tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”
3 The son#tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed. of Uzzi:
Izrachiah.
The sons of Izrahiah:
Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five were leaders.
4 According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.#tn Heb “and unto them by their generations to the house of their fathers [were] troops of war of battle, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.” 5 Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.#tn Heb “and their brothers, according to all the clans of Issachar, the warriors [were] 87,000 listed in the genealogical records for all.”
Benjamin’s Descendants
6 The sons of Benjamin:#tc The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has dropped out by haplography (בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן, bÿney binyamin).
Bela, Beker, and Jediael – three in all.
7 The sons of Bela:
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.
8 The sons of Beker:
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker. 9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.
10 The son#tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed. of Jediael:
Bilhan.
The sons of Bilhan:
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.
12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher.#tn The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.
Naphtali’s Descendants
13 The sons of Naphtali:
Jahziel,#tn The name “Jahziel” appears as “Jahzeel” in Gen 46:24. Guni, Jezer, and Shallum#tc Most Hebrew mss read “Shallum”; some Hebrew mss and some LXX mss read “Shillem,” the form of the name that appears in Gen 46:24 and Num 26:49. – sons of Bilhah.
Manasseh’s Descendants
14 The sons of Manasseh:
Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine.#sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites.#tn Some translations treat the terms שֻׁפִּים (shuppim) and חֻפִּים (khuppim) as proper names of individuals (“Huppim” and “Shuppim”), but others consider these forms to be plurals and refer to tribal or clan names. (His sister’s name was Maacah.)
Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son;#tn Heb “and the name of the second was Zelophehad.” he had only daughters.
16 Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
17 The son#tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed. of Ulam:
Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
Ephraim’s Descendants
20 The descendants of Ephraim:
Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, 21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah
(Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle. 22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days and his brothers came to console him. 23 He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim#tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ephraim) has been specified in the translation for clarity. named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.#tn Heb “because in tragedy there had come to his house.” The preposition prefixed to רָעָה (ra’ah) should probably be omitted. The Hebrew noun רָעָה (“tragedy”) should be understood as the subject of the feminine verb form that follows. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah),
25 his#tn The antecedent of the pronoun “his” is not clear. The translation assumes that v. 25 resumes the list of Ephraim’s descendants (see vv. 20-21a) after a lengthy parenthesis (vv. 21b-24). son Rephah, his son Resheph,#tc The Hebrew text has simply “Resheph,” but the phrase “his son” has probably been accidentally omitted, since the names before and after this one include the phrase. his son Telah, his son Tahan, 26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama, 27 his son Nun,#tn Heb “Non” (so KJV, NASB; cf. Exod 33:11, where the more familiar spelling “Nun” occurs). and his son Joshua.
28 Their property and settlements included Bethel#map For location see Map4-G4; Map5-C1; Map6-E3; Map7-D1; Map8-G3. and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns. 29 On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean#tn “Beth Shean” is a variant spelling of “Beth Shan.” and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo#map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1. and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.
Asher’s Descendants
30 The sons of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister.
31 The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33 The sons of Japhlet:
Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.
34 The sons of his brother#tc The Hebrew text has אֲחִי (’akhiy, “the brother of”), but this should probably be emended to אֲחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”). Cf. v. 35. Most English versions treat this Hebrew word as a proper name (“Ahi”) and list it before “Rohgah.” Shemer:#tn Or “Shomer,” cf. v. 32.
Rohgah, Hubbah,#tc “Hubbah” is the marginal reading (Qere); the consonantal text (Kethib) has “Jachbah.” and Aram.
35 The sons of his brother Helem:#tn Or “Hotham,” cf. v. 32.
Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah:
Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran,#tn The name “Ithran” is sometimes understood to be another name for “Jether” (v. 38). and Beera.
38 The sons of Jether:
Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
39 The sons of Ulla:
Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
40 All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle.#tn Heb “all these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, selected, warriors, heads of the leaders, and there was listed in the genealogical records in war, in battle, their number, men, 26,000.”
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1 Chronicles 7
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1And the sonnes of Issachar were Tola and Puah, Iashub, and Shimron, foure, 2And the sonnes of Tola, Vzzi, and Rephaiah, and Ieriel, and Iahmai, and Iibsam, and Shemuel, heads in the housholdes of their fathers. Of Tola were valiant men of warre in their generations, whose nomber was in the dayes of Dauid two and twentie thousand, and sixe hundreth. 3And the sonne of Vzzi was Izrahaiah, and the sonnes of Izrahaiah, Michael, and Obadiah, and Ioel, and Isshiah, fiue men all princes. 4And with them in their generations after the houshold of their fathers were bandes of men of warre for battel, sixe and thirtie thousand: for they had many wiues and children. 5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of warre, rekoned in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand. 6The sonnes of Beniamin were Bela, and Becher, and Iediael, three. 7And the sonnes of Bela, Ezbon, and Vzzi, and Vzziel, and Ierimoth, and Iri, fiue heads of the housholds of their fathers, valiant men of warre, and were rekoned by their genealogies, two and twentie thousand and thirtie and foure. 8And the sonnes of Becher, Zemirah, and Ioash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Ierimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth: all these were the sonnes of Becher. 9And they were nombred by their genealogies according to their generations, and the chiefe of the houses of their fathers, valiant men of warre, twenty thousand and two hundreth. 10And the sonne of Iediael was Bilhan, and the sonnes of Bilhan, Ieush, and Beniamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. 11All these were the sonnes of Iediael, chiefe of the fathers, valiant men of warre, seuenteene thousand and two hundreth, marching in battel aray to the warre. 12And Shuppim, and Huppim were ye sonnes of Ir, but Hushim was the sonne of another. 13The sonnes of Naphtali, Iahziel, and Guni, and Iezer, and Shallum of the sonnes of Bilhah. 14The sonne of Manasseh was Ashriel whom she bare vnto him, but his concubine of Aram bare Machir the father of Gilead. 15And Machir tooke to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah. And the name of the second sonne was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh: and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem. 17And the sonne of Vlam was Bedan. These were the sonnes of Gilead the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh. 18And his sister Molecheth bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 19And the sonnes of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 20The sonnes also of Ephraim were Shuthelah, and Bered his sonne, and Tahath his sonne, and his sonne Eladah, and Tahath his sonne, 21And Zabad his sonne, and Shuthelah his sonne, and Ezer, and Elead: and the men of Gath that were borne in the land, slewe them, because they came downe to take away their cattel. 22Therefore Ephraim their father mourned many dayes, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23And when he went in to his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house. 24And his daughter was Sherah, which built Beth-horon the nether, and the vpper, and Vzzen Sheerah. 25And Rephah was his sonne, and Resheph, and Telah his sonne, and Tahan his sonne, 26Laadan his sonne, Ammihud his sonne, Elishama his sonne, 27Non his sonne, Iehoshua his sonne. 28And their possessions and their habitations were Beth-el, and the villages thereof, and Eastward Naaran, and Westwarde Gezer with the villages thereof, Shechem also and the villages thereof, vnto Azzah, and the villages thereof, 29And by the places of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In those dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel. 30The sonnes of Asher were Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 31And the sonnes of Beriah, Heber, and Malchiel, which is the father of Birzauith. 32And Heber begate Iaphlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuah their sister. 33And the sonnes of Iaphlet were Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashuath: these were the children of Iaphlet. 34And the sonnes of Shamer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Iehubbah, and Aram. 35And the sonnes of his brother Helem were Zophah, and Iimna, and Shelesh and Amal. 36The sonnes of Zophah, Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37Bezer and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38And the sonnes of Iether, Iephunneh, and Pispa and Ara. 39And the sonnes of Vlla, Harah, and Haniel, and Rizia. 40All these were the children of Asher, the heads of their fathers houses, noble men, valiant men of warre and chiefe princes, and they were rekoned by their genealogies for warre and for battell to the nomber of sixe and twentie thousand men.
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