1 Chronicles 7:5

5 Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000 * *.

1 Chronicles 7:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:5

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar
As those of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, ( 1 Chronicles 7:1 )

were men of might;
valiant and courageous:

reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand;
that is, including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before given.

1 Chronicles 7:5 In-Context

3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men.

4 With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.

5 Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000 .

6 The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael.

7 The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of fathers' households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 enrolled by genealogy.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit "brothers," and so throughout the ch