1 Chronicles 7:15

15 Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead's grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters.

1 Chronicles 7:15 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:15

And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,
whose sister's name was Maachah
He married into the tribe of Benjamin, a sister of the persons mentioned, ( 1 Chronicles 7:12 ) whose name was Maachah:

and the name of the second was Zelophehad;
the second son of Manasseh, or of his posterity mentioned; for he was not his immediate son; for he was the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, ( Numbers 27:1 )

and Zelophehad had daughters;
but no sons, the names of his daughters are given, ( Numbers 26:33 ) ( 27:1 ) ( 36:11 ) ( Joshua 17:3 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:15 In-Context

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

14 The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.

15 Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead's grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters.

16 (Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 The son of Ulam was Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

Footnotes

• [a]. Compare 1 Chronicles 7:12
• [b]. Literally the second
• [c]. Compare 1 Chronicles 7:12