1 Chronicles 7:23-33

23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named * him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house.

24 His daughter was Sheerah, ¹who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.

25 Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,

26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

27 Non his son and ²Joshua his son.

28 ³Their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as Ayyah with its towns,

29 and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the ⁴sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

Descendants of Asher

30 ⁵The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32 Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet.

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1 Chronicles 7:23-33 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

Cross References 5

1. Joshua 16:3, 5; 2 Chronicles 8:5
2. Exodus 17:9-14; Exodus 24:13
3. Joshua 16:2
4. Judges 1:22-29
5. Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44-46

Footnotes 6

[a]. I.e. on misfortune
[b]. In Ex 33:11, "Nun"
[c]. In Josh 16:7, "Naarah"
[d]. Many mss read "Azzah"
[e]. Lit "begot"
[f]. In v 34, "Shemer"