1 Chronicles 7:6

Benjamin

6 Three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker and Jediael.

1 Chronicles 7:6 in Other Translations

6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

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

6 Three of Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

6 Three of Benjamin's [sons]: Bela, 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 According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

5 The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

6 Three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker and Jediael.

7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

8 The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker.

Cross References

• 1. Genesis 46:21; S Numbers 26:38; 1 Chronicles 8:1-40