1 Chronicles 7:1

Issachar’s line

1 Issachar's family: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

1 Chronicles 7:1 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:1

Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron,
four.
] The same number is given, ( Genesis 46:13 ) with a small variation of two of their names, there called Phuvah and Job, from whence so many families sprang, mentioned ( Numbers 26:23 Numbers 26:24 ) , where the names are the same as here.

1 Chronicles 7:1 In-Context

1 Issachar's family: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

2 Tola's family: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel—the heads of their households in Tola's line, mighty warriors of their generations. In David's time they numbered 22,600.

3 Uzzi's family: Izrahiah; and Izrahiah's family—Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah—five in all, and all of them leaders.

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.