1 Chronicles 7:13

13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

1 Chronicles 7:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:13

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
Shallum
Called Shillem, ( Genesis 46:24 ) ,

the sons of Bilhah;
Jacob's concubine; her grandsons; for Naphtali, the father of them, was her son; from these sprung so many families, after their names, ( Numbers 26:48 Numbers 26:49 ) .

1 Chronicles 7:13 In-Context

11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers' houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle.
12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.
15 Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead's grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters.

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. Spelled Jahzeel in Genesis 46:24
  • [b]. Spelled Shillem in Genesis 46:24
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