1 Chronicles 7:5

5 Their kindred belonging to all the families of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.

1 Chronicles 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:5

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar
As those of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, ( 1 Chronicles 7:1 )

were men of might;
valiant and courageous:

reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand;
that is, including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before given.

1 Chronicles 7:5 In-Context

3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, five, all of them chiefs;
4 and along with them, by their generations, according to their ancestral houses, were units of the fighting force, thirty-six thousand, for they had many wives and sons.
5 Their kindred belonging to all the families of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of ancestral houses, mighty warriors; and their enrollment by genealogies was twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
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