1 Chronicles 7:3

3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were ¹chief men.

1 Chronicles 7:3 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:3

And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah
Including his posterity:

and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five;
together with their father, all reckoned the sons of Uzzi:

all of them chief men;
in their father's house, heads of families.

1 Chronicles 7:3 In-Context

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

2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600 .

3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men.

4 With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.

5 Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000 .

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 5:24

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "sons"