1 Chronicles 7:7

7 Bela had five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, all of them chiefs and warriors. They counted 22,034 names in their family tree.

1 Chronicles 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:7

And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and
Jerimoth, and Iri, five
These are thought by some to be the grandsons of Bela, because of the different names in ( 1 Chronicles 8:3-5 ) ,

heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour;
principal men in their tribe and families, and of great courage:

and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and
thirty and four;
who sprung from these men.

1 Chronicles 7:7 In-Context

5 The extended families of Issachar accounted for 87,000 warriors - all of them listed in the family tree.
6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
7 Bela had five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, all of them chiefs and warriors. They counted 22,034 names in their family tree.
8 Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
9 Through these chiefs their family tree listed 20,200 warriors.
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