1 Chronicles 7:6

Lines of Benjamin and Naphtali

6 Benjamin's family: Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three in all.

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 the family records of their households, they had 36,000 troops in the units of their fighting force, since they had many wives and children.

5 Their relatives from all of Issachar's clans were 87,000 mighty warriors, all listed in the family records.

6 Benjamin's family: Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three in all.

7 Bela's family: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five heads of households, mighty warriors; 22,034 were listed in their family records.

8 Becher's family: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. These were all Becher's family.

Footnotes

• [a] LXX; MT lacks family.