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7:10 The son <01121> of Jediael <03043>: Bilhan <01092>. The sons <01121> of Bilhan <01092>: Jeush <03266>, Benjamin <01144>, Ehud <0164>, Kenaanah <03668>, Zethan <02133>, Tarshish <08659>, and Ahishahar <0300>. 7:11 All <03605> these <0428> were the sons <01121> of Jediael <03043>. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 <03967> <0505> <06240> <07651> family <01> leaders <07218> and warriors <02428> <01368> who were capable of marching out <03318> to battle <04421> <06635>. 7:12 The Shuppites <08206> and Huppites <02650> were descendants <01121> of Ir <05893>; the Hushites <02366> were descendants <01121> of Aher <0313>. 7:13 The sons <01121> of Naphtali <05321>: Jahziel <03185>, Guni <01476>, Jezer <03337>, and Shallum <07967>– sons <01121> of Bilhah <01090>. 7:14 The sons <01121> of Manasseh <04519>: Asriel <0844>, who <0834> was born <03205> to Manasseh’s Aramean <0761> concubine <06370>. She also gave birth <03205> to Makir <04353> the father <01> of Gilead <01568>. 7:15 Now Makir <04353> married <03947> a wife <0802> from the Huppites <02650> and Shuppites <08206>. (His sister’s <0269> name <08034> was Maacah <04601>.) Zelophehad <06765> was Manasseh’s second <08145> son; he <06765> had only <01961> daughters <01323>. 7:16 Maacah <04601>, Makir’s <04353> wife <0802>, gave birth <03205> to a son <01121>, whom she named <08034> <07121> Peresh <06570>. His brother <0251> was Sheresh <08329>, and his sons <01121> were Ulam <0198> and Rekem <07552>. 7:17 The son <01121> of Ulam <0198>: Bedan <0917>. These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Gilead <01568>, son <01121> of Makir <04353>, son <01121> of Manasseh <04519>. 7:18 His sister <0269> Hammoleketh <04447> gave birth <03205> to Ishhod <0379>, Abiezer <044>, and Mahlah <04244>. 7:19 The sons <01121> of Shemida <08061> were <01961> Ahian <0291>, Shechem <07928>, Likhi <03949>, and Aniam <0593>. 7:20 The descendants <01121> of Ephraim <0669>: Shuthelah <07803>, his son <01121> Bered <01260>, his son Tahath <08480>, his son <01121> Eleadah <0497>, his son <01121> <01121> Tahath <08480>, 7:21 his son <01121> Zabad <02066>, his son <01121> Shuthelah <07803> (Ezer <05827> and Elead <0496> were killed <02026> by the men <0582> of Gath <01661>, who were natives <03205> of the land <0776>, when <03588> they went down <03381> to steal <03947> their cattle <04735>. 7:22 Their father <01> Ephraim <0669> mourned <056> for them many <07227> days <03117> and his brothers <0251> came <0935> to console <05162> him. 7:23 He had sexual relations <0935> with <0413> his wife <0802>; she became pregnant <02029> and gave birth <03205> to a son <01121>. Ephraim named <08034> <07121> him Beriah <01283> because <03588> tragedy <07451> had come <01961> to his family <01004>. 7:24 His daughter <01323> was Sheerah <07609>, who built <01129> Lower <08481> and Upper <05945> Beth Horon <01032>, as well as Uzzen Sheerah <0242>), 7:25 his son <01121> Rephah <07506>, his son Resheph <07566>, his son <01121> Telah <08520>, his son <01121> Tahan <08465>, 7:26 his son <01121> Ladan <03936>, his son <01121> Ammihud <05989>, his son <01121> Elishama <0476>, 7:27 his son <01121> Nun <05126>, and his son <01121> Joshua <03091>. 7:28 Their property <0272> and settlements <04186> included Bethel <01008> and its surrounding towns <01323>, Naaran <05295> to the east <04217>, Gezer <01507> and its surrounding towns <01323> to the west <04628>, and Shechem <07927> and its surrounding towns <01323> as far <05704> as Ayyah <05804> and its surrounding towns <01323>. 7:29 On <05921> the border <03027> of Manasseh’s <04519> territory were Beth-Shean <01052> and its surrounding towns <01323>, Taanach <08590> and its surrounding towns <01323>, Megiddo <04023> and its surrounding towns <01323>, and Dor <01756> and its surrounding towns <01323>. The descendants <01121> of Joseph <03130>, Israel’s <03478> son <01121>, lived <03427> here. 7:30 The sons <01121> of Asher <0836>: Imnah <03232>, Ishvah <03438>, Ishvi <03440>, and Beriah <01283>. Serah <08294> was their sister <0269>. 7:31 The sons <01121> of Beriah <01283>: Heber <02268> and Malkiel <04439>, who was the father <01> of Birzaith <01269>. 7:32 Heber <02268> was the father <03205> of Japhlet <03310>, Shomer <07763>, Hotham <02369>, and Shua <07774> their sister <0269>. 7:33 The sons <01121> of Japhlet <03310>: Pasach <06457>, Bimhal <01118>, and Ashvath <06220>. These <0428> were Japhlet’s <03310> sons <01121>. 7:34 The sons <01121> of his brother <0277> Shemer <08106>: Rohgah <07303>, Hubbah <03160>, and Aram <0758>. 7:35 The sons <01121> of his brother <0251> Helem <01987>: Zophah <06690>, Imna <03234>, Shelesh <08028>, and Amal <06000>. 7:36 The sons <01121> of Zophah <06690>: Suah <05477>, Harnepher <02774>, Shual <07777>, Beri <01275>, Imrah <03236>, 7:37 Bezer <01221>, Hod <01936>, Shamma <08037>, Shilshah <08030>, Ithran <03506>, and Beera <0878>. 7:38 The sons <01121> of Jether <03500>: Jephunneh <03312>, Pispah <06462>, and Ara <0690>. 7:39 The sons <01121> of Ulla <05925>: Arah <0733>, Hanniel <02592>, and Rizia <07525>. 7:40 All <03605> these <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Asher <0836>. They were the leaders <07218> of their families <01> <01004>, the most capable <01305> men, who were warriors <02428> <01368> and served as head <07218> chiefs <05387>. There were <04557> 26,000 <0505> <08337> <06242> warriors <0376> listed in their genealogical records <03187> as capable of doing battle <04421> <06635>.

• 1Ch 7:13 -- Naphtali's Descendants
• 1Ch 7:14-19 -- Manasseh's Descendants
• 1Ch 7:20-29 -- Ephraim's Descendants
• 1Ch 7:30-40 -- Asher's Descendants

• Jacob

  [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...
  

• Genealogy

  [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...
  

• Polygamy

  [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...
  

• Israel

  [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...
  

• Beriah

  [ebd] a gift, or in evil. (1.) One of Asher's four sons, and father of Heber (Gen. 46:17). (2.) A son of Ephraim (1 Chr. 7:20-23), born after the slaughter of his brothers, and so called by his father "because it went evil with hi...
  [smith] (in evil, or a gift). A son of Asher. (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:44,45) A son of Ephraim. (1 Chronicles 7:20-23) A Benjamite. (1 Chronicles 8:13,16) A Levite. (1 Chronicles 23:10,11)
  [nave] BERIAH 1. Son of Asher, Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:44, 45; 1 Chr. 7:30. 2. Son of Ephraim, 1 Chr. 7:20-23. 3. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:13. 4. Son of Shimei, 1 Chr. 23:10, 11.
  

• Ithran

  [isbe] ITHRAN - ith'-ran (yithran, "excellent"): (1) A descendant of Seir the Horite, son of Dishon (Gen 36:26; 1 Ch 1:41). (2) One of the sons of Zophah of the tribe of Asher (1 Ch 7:37).
  [smith] (excellence). A son of Dishon, a Horite, (Genesis 36:26; 1 Chronicles 1:41) and probably a phylarch of a tribe of the Horim. (Genesis 36:30) (B.C. about 1800.) A descendant of Asher. (1 Chronicles 7:30-40)
  [nave] ITHRAN 1. Son of Dishon, Gen. 36:26; 1 Chr. 1:41. 2. Son of Zophah, 1 Chr. 7:37.
  

• Shuthelah

  [smith] (noise of breaking), head of an Ephraimite family, called after him Shuthalhites, (Numbers 26:35) and lineal ancestor of Joshua the son of Numb (1 Chronicles 7:20-27)
  [nave] SHUTHELAH 1. Son of Ephraim, Num. 26:35, 36; 1 Chr. 7:20. 2. Son of Zabad, 1 Chr. 7:21.
  

• Ephraim

  [nave] EPHRAIM 1. Second son of Joseph, Gen. 41:52. Adopted by Jacob, Gen. 48:5. Blessed before Manasseh; prophecies concerning, Gen. 48:14-20. Descendants of, Num. 26:35-37; 1 Chr. 7:20-27. Mourns for his sons, 1 Chr. 7:21, 22...
  

• AMRAM

  [isbe] AMRAM - am'-ram (`amram, "people exalted"): (1) Father of Aaron, Moses and Miriam (Ex 6:20; Nu 26:59; 1 Ch 6:3; 23:13); and a son of Kohath, the son of Levi (Ex 6:18; Nu 3:19, etc.). It is not certain that he was literally t...
  

• Jediael

  [ebd] known by God. (1.) One of the sons of Benjamin, whose descendants numbered 17,200 warriors (1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11). (2.) A Shimrite, one of David's bodyguard (1 Chr. 11:45). Probably same as in 12:20. (3.) A Korhite of the fami...
  [isbe] JEDIAEL - je-di'-a-el (yedhi`a'-el, "God makes known" (?)): (1) A "son" of Benjamin or probably of Zebulun (1 Ch 7:6,10,11). See Curtis, Chronicles, 145-49, who suggests emending the name to yachle'el, Jahleel, in agreement ...
  [smith] (known of God). A chief patriarch of the tribe of Benjamin. (1 Chronicles 7:6,11) It is usually assumed that Jediael is the same as Ashbel, (Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:38; 1 Chronicles 8:1) but this is not certain. Seco...
  [nave] JEDIAEL 1. Son of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 7:6, 10, 11. 2. Son of Shimri, 1 Chr. 11:45. 3. A Manassite chief, who joined David at Ziklag, 1 Chr. 12:20. 4. Son of Meshelemiah, 1 Chr. 26:2.
  

• Zophah

  [ebd] spreading out, a son of Helem (1 Chr. 7:35), a chief of Asher.
  [isbe] ZOPHAH - zo'-fa (tsophach, meaning uncertain): An Asherite (1 Ch 7:35,36).
  [smith] (a cruse) son of Helem or Hotham the son of Heber, an Asherite. (1 Chronicles 7:35,36)
  [nave] ZOPHAH, son of Helem, 1 Chr. 7:35, 36.
  

• GENEALOGY, 8 part 1

  [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 1 - 8. Principal Genealogies and Lists: In the early genealogies the particular strata to which each has been assigned by reconstructive critics is here indicated by J, the Priestly Code (P), etc. The signs...
  

• ABIEZER

  [isbe] ABIEZER - ab-i-e'-zer, a-bi-e'-zer ('abhi`ezer, "father of help," or "my father is help." Iezer, Iezerite (in the King James Version Jeezer, Jeezerite), is Abiezer with the letter beth omitted): (1) A descendant of Joseph th...
  [smith] (father of help, helpful). Eldest son of Gilead, and descendant of Manasseh. (Joshua 17:2; 1 Chronicles 7:18) (B.C. 1450.) He was the ancestor of the great judge Gideon. [GIDEON] One of David?s mighty men. (2 Samuel 23...
  

• Heber

  [ebd] passing over. (1.) Son of Beriah and grandson of Asher (Gen. 46:17; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32). (2.) The Kenite (Judg. 4:11, 17; 5:24), a descendant of Hobab. His wife Jael received Sisera (q.v.) into her tent and then killed him. (3....
  [isbe] HEBER - he'-ber (chebher, "associate" or, possibly, "enchanter"; Eber): A name occurring several times in the Old Testament as the name of an individual or of a clan. (1) A member of the tribe of Asher and son of Beraiah (Ge...
  [smith] (alliance). Grandson of the patriarch Asher, (Genesis 46:17; Numbers 26:45; 1 Chronicles 7:31) from whom came the Heberites. (Numbers 26:45) The patriarch Eber. (Luke 3:35) [EBER] The father of Socho; a Judite. (1 Chro...
  [nave] HEBER 1. Head of a family in the tribe of Gad, 1 Chr. 5:13. 2. A Benjamite, 1 Chr. 8:22. 3. A son of Beriah, Gen. 46:17; Num. 26:45; 1 Chr. 7:31, 32; Luke 3:35. 4. Husband of Jael, Judg. 4:11, 17, 21; 5:24. 5. Son of Ezr...
  

• MANASSEH (2)

  [isbe] MANASSEH (2) - 1. Son of Joseph: Following the Biblical account of Manasseh (patriarch, tribe, and territory) we find that he was the eider of Joseph's two sons by Asenath, the daughter of Poti-phera, priest of On (Gen 41:51...
  

• Hammoleketh

  [ebd] the queen, the daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead (1 Chr. 7:17, 18). Abiezer was one of her three children.
  [smith] (the queen), a daughter of Machir and sister of Gilead. (1 Chronicles 7:17,18) (B.C. between 1706 and 1491.)
  [nave] HAMMOLEKETH, daughter of Machir, 1 Chr. 7:17, 18.
  

• Ulam

  [isbe] ULAM - u'-lam ('ulam, "preceding"): (1) A "son"of Peresh; a Manassite clan (1 Ch 7:16,17). Lucian reads Elam. (2) A descendant of Benjamin who had sons, "mighty men of valor" (1 Ch 8:39,40). The Septuagint's Codex Vaticanus ...
  [smith] (porch). A descendant of Gilead, the grandson of Manasseh and father of Bedan. (1 Chronicles 7:17) (B.C. 1450.) The first-born of Eshek, a descendant of the house of Saul. (1 Chronicles 8:39,40) (B.C. 588.)
  [nave] ULAM 1. Son of Sheresh, 1 Chr. 7:16, 17. 2. Son of Eshek, 1 Chr. 8:39, 40.
  

• Benjamin

  [isbe] BENJAMIN - ben'-ja-min (binyamin, or binyamin; Beniaein, Beniamin): 1. The Patriarch: The youngest of Jacob's sons. His mother Rachel died in giving him birth. As she felt death approaching she called him Benoni, "son of my ...
  [smith] (son of the right hand, fortunate). The youngest of the children of Jacob. His birth took place on the road between Bethel and Bethlehem, near the latter, B.C. 1729. His mother, Rachel, died in the act of giving him birth, n...
  [nave] BENJAMIN 1. Son of Jacob by Rachel, Gen. 35:18, 24; 46:19. Taken into Egypt, Gen. 42-45. Prophecy concerning, Gen. 49:27. Descendants of, Gen. 46:21; Num. 26:38-41. Tribe of Census of, at Sinai, Num. 1:37; in the plain ...
  

• Ehud

  [ebd] union. (1.) A descendant of Benjamin (1 Chr. 7:10), his great-grandson. (2.) The son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin (Judg. 3:15). After the death of Othniel the people again fell into idolatry, and Eglon, the king of Moab...
  [isbe] EHUD - e'-hud (ehudh, "united," "strong"): A Benjamite, son of Gera, deliverer of Israel from oppression by Moab (Jdg 3:15-30). Gaining access alone to the presence of King Eglon under pretense of a secret errand connected w...
  [smith] (union). Ehud son of Bilhah, and great-grandson of Benjamin the patriarch. (1 Chronicles 7:10; 8:6) Ehud son of Gera, of the tribe of Benjamin, (Judges 3:15) the second judge of the Israelites. (B.C. about 1370.) In the B...
  [nave] EHUD 1. A descendant of Benjamin, 1 Chr. 8:6. Called Ehi, Gen. 46:21. Probably identical with Ahiram, mentioned in Num. 26:38, and Aharah, 1 Chr. 8:1, and Ahoah, v. 4, and Ahiah, v. 7, and Aher, 1 Chr. 7:12. 2. Son of Bil...
  

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