1 Chronicles 7:6

The Family Line of Benjamin

6 The three sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker and Jediael.

1 Chronicles 7:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:6

The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
] Benjamin had ten sons, but three only are mentioned first; the latter of these seems to be the same with Ashbel, ( Genesis 46:21 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:6 In-Context

4 Based on their family history, 36,000 of their men were ready for battle. That's because they had many wives and children.

5 The total number of fighting men who belonged to all of the family groups of Issachar was 87,000. The men were listed in their family history.

6 The three sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker and Jediael.

7 The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were the leaders of their families. The total number of sons was five. Their family history listed 22,034 fighting men.

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