1 Chronicles 7:1

Issachar

1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

1 Chronicles 7:1 in Other Translations

1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

1 The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

1 The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron - four sons.

1 Issachar's sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron-four.

1 Chronicles 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:1

Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron,
four.
] The same number is given, ( Genesis 46:13 ) with a small variation of two of their names, there called Phuvah and Job, from whence so many families sprang, mentioned ( Numbers 26:23 Numbers 26:24 ) , where the names are the same as here.

1 Chronicles 7:1 In-Context

1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel—heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.

3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five of them were chiefs.

4 According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

5 The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

Cross References

• 1. S Genesis 30:18; Numbers 26:23
• 2. S Genesis 46:13