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Text -- 1 Chronicles 7:1-15 (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 .
Manasseh’s Descendants
7:14 The sons of Manasseh : Asriel , who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine . She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead .
7:15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites . (His sister’s name was Maacah .) Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; he had only daughters .
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NET Notes: 1Ch 7:2 Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”
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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.&...
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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.”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 7:6 The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has dropped out ...
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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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