1 Chronicles 7:6-12

Descendants of Benjamin

6 ¹The 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.

8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

9 They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 * * mighty men of valor.

10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.

11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 * * * mighty men of valor, who were ready to go out with the army to war.

12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher.

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.

Cross References

• 1. 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "sons"
• [b]. Lit "going out"
• [c]. In Num 26:39, "Shephupham"
• [d]. In Num 26:39, "Hupham"
• [e]. In v 7, "Iri"
• [f]. Lit "sons"
• [g]. In Num 26:38, "Ahiram"