1 Chronicles 7:6

Descendants of Benjamin

6 1The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael.

1 Chronicles 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:6

The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
] Benjamin had ten sons, but three only are mentioned first; the latter of these seems to be the same with Ashbel, ( Genesis 46:21 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:6 In-Context

4 With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.
5 Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000 .
6 The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael.
7 The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of fathers' households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 enrolled by genealogy.
8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 1 Chronicles 8:1-40
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