1 Chronicles 7:7

7 Bela's five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families and fighting men. In the genealogy 22,034 of them were recorded.

1 Chronicles 7:7 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:7

And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and
Jerimoth, and Iri, five
These are thought by some to be the grandsons of Bela, because of the different names in ( 1 Chronicles 8:3-5 ) ,

heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour;
principal men in their tribe and families, and of great courage:

and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and
thirty and four;
who sprung from these men.

1 Chronicles 7:7 In-Context

5 Their relatives (that is, all of Issachar's families) were fighting men. A total of 87,000 of them was recorded in the genealogy.
6 Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
7 Bela's five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families and fighting men. In the genealogy 22,034 of them were recorded.
8 Becher's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. These were all of Becher's sons.
9 In the genealogy 22,200 of them were recorded according to their ancestry (the heads of their families and fighting men).
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