1 Chronicles 7:13

13 Naphtali had four sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. (They were descendants of Bilhah. )

1 Chronicles 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:13

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shallum
Called Shillem, ( Genesis 46:24 ) ,

the sons of Bilhah;
Jacob's concubine; her grandsons; for Naphtali, the father of them, was her son; from these sprung so many families, after their names, ( Numbers 26:48 Numbers 26:49 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:13 In-Context

11 They were heads of families in the clan and were all famous soldiers. Their descendants included 17,200 men eligible for military duty.
12 Shuppim and Huppim also belonged to this tribe. Dan had one son, Hushim.
13 Naphtali had four sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. (They were descendants of Bilhah. )
14 By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.
15 Machir found a wife for Huppim and one for Shuppim. His sister's name was Maacah. Machir's second son was Zelophehad, and he had only daughters.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. bilhah: [A concubine of Jacob and the mother of his two sons Dan and Naphtali.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.