1 Chronicles 7:6

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

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 And with them were by their families and peoples, six and thirty thousand most strong men girded to battle; for they had many wives and sons. (And with them, by their families and peoples, were thirty-six thousand most strong men girded for battle; for they had many wives and sons.)
5 And their brethren, by all the kindreds of Issachar, most strong to fight, were numbered fourscore and seven thousand (numbered eighty-seven thousand).
6 The sons of Benjamin were Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 The sons of Bela were Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; princes of families (the leaders of their families), most strong to fight; for the number of them was two and twenty thousand and four and thirty.
8 And the sons of Becher were Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth; all these were the sons of Becher.
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