1 Chronicles 7:18-28

18 And his sister Hammo'lecheth bore Ishhod, Abi-e'zer, and Mahlah.
19 The sons of Shemi'da were Ahi'an, Shechem, Likhi, and Ani'am.
20 The sons of E'phraim: Shuthe'lah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Ele-a'dah his son, Tahath his son,
21 Zabad his son, Shuthe'lah his son, and Ezer and E'le-ad, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land slew, because they came down to raid their cattle.
22 And E'phraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
23 And E'phraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beri'ah, because evil had befallen his house.
24 His daughter was She'erah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-hor'on, and Uz'zen-she'erah.
25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
26 Ladan his son, Ammi'hud his son, Eli'shama his son,
27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.
28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Na'aran, and westward Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns;

1 Chronicles 7:18-28 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.

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