1 Chronicles 7:6-12

Benjamin's Descendants

6 Three of Benjamin's [sons]: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

7 Bela's sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri-five. They were warriors and heads of their ancestral houses; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

8 Becher's sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher's sons.

9 Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral houses-20,200 warriors.

10 Jediael's son: Bilhan. Bilhan's sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11 All these sons of Jediael listed by heads of families were warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

12 Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.^[a]

1 Chronicles 7:6-12 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] Gn 46:21