1 Chronicles 7:23-33

23 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

25 Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.

28 Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and the towns of it, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns of it; Shechem also and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of it;

29 and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

31 The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32 Heber became the father of Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

1 Chronicles 7:23-33 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.