1 Chronicles 7:15

15 Makir found wives for Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had 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 Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah.

14 The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.

15 Makir found wives for Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16 Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam and Rakem.

17 The son of Ulam was Bedan. All these were considered Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of Manasseh.

Footnotes

• [a]. Or Makir took a wife from. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.