1 Chronicles 7:7

7 Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, and they were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had twenty-two thousand thirty-four fighting men.

1 Chronicles 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:7

And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and
Jerimoth, and Iri, five
These are thought by some to be the grandsons of Bela, because of the different names in ( 1 Chronicles 8:3-5 ) ,

heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour;
principal men in their tribe and families, and of great courage:

and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and
thirty and four;
who sprung from these men.

1 Chronicles 7:7 In-Context

5 The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were eighty-seven thousand fighting men.
6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
7 Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, and they were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had twenty-two thousand thirty-four fighting men.
8 Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. They all were Beker's sons.
9 Their family history listed the family leaders and twenty thousand two hundred fighting men.
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