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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 * *.

Descendants of Benjamin

6 1The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael.
7 The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of fathers' households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 * * * * enrolled by genealogy.
8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
9 They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 * * mighty men of valor.
10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.
11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 * * * mighty men of valor, who were ready to go out with the army to war.
12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher.

Sons of Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

Descendants of Manasseh

14 The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
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1 Chronicles 7:4-14 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 7

In this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, 1Ch 7:1-5 of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:6-12 Naphtali, 1Ch 7:13, of Manasseh, 1Ch 7:14-19 of Ephraim, 1Ch 7:20-29 and of Asher, 1Ch 7:30-40, even of the chief men of them; and their numbers are reckoned as in the times of David. The tribes of Dan and Zebulun are omitted.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

Footnotes 11

  • [a] Or "bands"
  • [b] Lit "brothers," and so throughout the ch
  • [c] Lit "sons"
  • [d] Lit "going out"
  • [e] In Num 26:39, "Shephupham"
  • [f] In Num 26:39, "Hupham"
  • [g] In v 7, "Iri"
  • [h] Lit "sons"
  • [i] In Num 26:38, "Ahiram"
  • [j] In Gen 46:24, "Jahzeel"
  • [k] In Gen 46:24 and Num 26:49, "Shillem"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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