1Ch 7:1-13 - Commentary

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Text -- 1 Chronicles 7:1-13 (NET)

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Issachar’s Descendants

7:1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron– four in all. 7:2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Samuel. They were leaders of their families. In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. 7:3 The son of Uzzi: Izrachiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five were leaders. 7:4 According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons. 7:5 Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.

Benjamin’s Descendants

7:6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, and Jediael– three in all. 7:7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records. 7:8 The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker. 7:9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records. 7:10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 7:11 All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle. 7:12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

Naphtali’s Descendants

7:13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum– sons of Bilhah.

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Names, People and Places:

· Abijah the son and successor of King Rehoboam

· Aher a man of Benjamin; ancestor of the Hushim people

· Ahishahar son of Bilhan, great grandson of Benjamin son of Israel

· Alemeth a town of Benjamin 2 km NE of Anathoth (OS),son of Beker son of Benjamin,son of Jehoaddah (Micah Jonathan Saul Benjamin)

· Anathoth a town of Benjamin 10 km NE of Jerusalem, given to the priests,son of Becher, a Benjamite,an Israelite chief who signed the covenant to obey God's law

· Becher son of Benjamin son of Israel,son of Ephraim son of Israel

· Bela a town near the south end of the Dead Sea,son of Beor; first king of Edom,son of Benjamin son of Israel,son of Azaz; a leader in the tribe of Reuben

· Benjamin the tribe of Benjamin of Israel

· Bilhah Rachel's maid; third wife of Jacob; mother of Dan and Naphtali,a town of Simeon and Judah inhabited by the clan of Shime-i

· Bilhan son of Ezer of Seir,son of Jediael son of Benjamin

· Chenaanah father of Zedekiah the false prophet against Jeremiah,son of Bilhan, great grandson of Benjamin son of Israel

· David a son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel,son of Jesse of Judah; king of Israel

· Ehud son of Bilhan son of Jediael son of Benjamin; a war chief,son of Gera (Bela Benjamin); a judge of Israel before King Saul

· Eli-O-Enai son of Neariah, a descendant of Hananiah, Zerubbabel and David,head of an influential clan of Simeon in King Hezekiah's time,son of Becher son of Benjamin,a priest of the Pashhur clan who put away his heathen wife,a layman of the Zattu clan who put away his heathen wife,a priest who played the trumpet at the dedication of the wall

· Eliezer a son of Jorim; the father of Joshua; an ancestor of Jesus,Abraham's servant from Damascus,son of Moses,son of Becher son of Benjamin,a priest in David's time,son of Zichri; David's chief officer over the Reubenites,son of Dodavahu of Mareshah who prophesied against Jehoshaphat.,one of the leaders Ezra sent to Iddo to ask for recruits,a priest of the Jeshua clan who put away his heathen wife,a man who put away his heathen wife; a Levite,a layman of the Harim clan who put away his heathen wife

· Ezbon son of Gad son of Jacob,son of Bela son of Benjamin

· Guni son of Naphtali of Israel,a man of the tribe of Gad

· Huppim son of Ir of Benjamin

· Hushim son of Dan son of Jacob,a people; descendants of Aher of Benjamin,the wife which Shaharaim of Benjamin divorced

· Ibsam son of Tola son of Issachar

· Ir son of Bela son of Benjamin son of Joseph

· Iri son of Bela son of Benjamin

· Issachar the tribe of Israel that came from his Jacob's son Issachar,son of Jacob and Leah; founder of the tribe of Issachar,the tribe of Issachar in Israel,son of Obed-Edom

· Isshiah son of Izrahiah of Issachar; a clan chief under David,a Korahite man who defected to David at Ziklag,second born son of Uzziel (Kohath Levi),chief of the Rehabiah sub-clan (Amram Kohath Levi) under David

· Izrahiah son of Uzzi of Issachar

· Jahmai son of Tola son of Issachar

· Jahzeel son of Naphtali

· Jahziel son of Naphtali

· Jashub son of Issachar son of Israel,a layman of the Bani clan who put away his heathen wife

· Jediael son of Benjamin son of Israel,son of Shimri; one of David's military elite;,one of Saul's commanders from Manasseh who defected to David,son of Meshelemiah; a pre-exile Levite gatekeeper

· Jeremoth son of Beriah of Benjamin,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Elam,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Zattu,son of Becher son of Benjamin,a man who put away his heathen wife; an Israelite descended from Bani,a Levitical chief of the descendants of Mushi son of Merari, under King David,leader of the 15th division of Levites in David's time,son of Azriel; David's chief officer over the tribe of Naphtali

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Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:2 Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:3 The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:4 Heb “and unto them by their generations to the house of their fathers [were] troops of war of battle, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.&...

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:5 Heb “and their brothers, according to all the clans of Issachar, the warriors [were] 87,000 listed in the genealogical records for all.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:6 The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has dropped out ...

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:10 The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:12 The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:13 Most Hebrew mss read “Shallum”; some Hebrew mss and some LXX mss read “Shillem,” the form of the name that appears in Gen 46:2...

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