1 Chronicles 7:20-29

The Descendants of Ephraim

20 The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

21 Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.

22 Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

23 And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, ^[a] because tragedy had come upon his house.

24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

25 Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, ^[b] Telah his son, Tahan his son,

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

27 Nun ^[c] his son, and Joshua his son.

28 Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah ^[d] and its villages.

29 And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, ^[e] Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

1 Chronicles 7:20-29 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.

Footnotes

• [a] Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for tragedy or disaster.
• [b] Some LXX manuscripts; Hebrew does not include his son.
• [c] Or Non
• [d] Ayyah is another name for Gaza; see also LXX.
• [e] Beth-shean is a variant of Beth-shan; see 1 Samuel 31:10 and 2 Samuel 21:12.