1 Chronicles 7:1-5

Genealogy from Issachar

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; ¹their 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 ²chief 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 * *.

1 Chronicles 7:1-5 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.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Samuel 24:1-9
• 2. 1 Chronicles 5:24

Footnotes

• [a]. In Gen 46:13, "Puvvah;" in Num 26:23, "Puvah"
• [b]. In Gen 46:13, "Iob"
• [c]. Lit "sons"
• [d]. Or "bands"
• [e]. Lit "brothers," and so throughout the ch