1 Chronicles 7:25-35

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 ¹Joshua his son.

28 ²Their 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 ³sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

Descendants of Asher

30 ⁴The 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.

34 The sons of Shemer were Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.

35 The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

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1 Chronicles 7:25-35 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 4

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

Footnotes 7

[a]. In Ex 33:11, "Nun"
[b]. In Josh 16:7, "Naarah"
[c]. Many mss read "Azzah"
[d]. Lit "begot"
[e]. In v 34, "Shemer"
[f]. In v 32, "Shomer"
[g]. Lit "son"