Text -- 1 Chronicles 7:23-40 (NET)

7:23 He had sexual relations with his wife; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family. 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah), 7:25 his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan, 7:26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama, 7:27 his son Nun, and his son Joshua. 7:28 Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Ayyah and its surrounding towns. 7:29 On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.

Asher’s Descendants

7:30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister. 7:31 The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 7:32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister. 7:33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons. 7:34 The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. 7:35 The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 7:36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 7:38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 7:39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 7:40 All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:23

¹ tn Heb “he”; the referent (Ephraim) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

² tn Heb “because in tragedy there had come to his house.” The preposition prefixed to רָעָה (ra’ah) should probably be omitted. The Hebrew noun רָעָה (“tragedy”) should be understood as the subject of the feminine verb form that follows.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:25

¹ tn The antecedent of the pronoun “his” is not clear. The translation assumes that v. 25 resumes the list of Ephraim’s descendants (see vv. 20-21a) after a lengthy parenthesis (vv. 21b-24).

² tc The Hebrew text has simply “Resheph,” but the phrase “his son” has probably been accidentally omitted, since the names before and after this one include the phrase.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:27

¹ tn Heb “Non” (so KJV, NASB; cf. Exod 33:11, where the more familiar spelling “Nun” occurs).

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:28

¹ map For location see Map4 G4; Map5 C1; Map6 E3; Map7 D1; Map8 G3.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:29

¹ tn “Beth Shean” is a variant spelling of “Beth Shan.”

² map For location see Map1 D4; Map2 C1; Map4 C2; Map5 F2; Map7 B1.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:34

¹ tc The Hebrew text has אֲחִי (’akhiy, “the brother of”), but this should probably be emended to אֲחִיו (’akhiyv, “his brother”). Cf. v. 35. Most English versions treat this Hebrew word as a proper name (“Ahi”) and list it before “Rohgah.”

² tn Or “Shomer,” cf. v. 32.

³ tc “Hubbah” is the marginal reading (Qere); the consonantal text (Kethib) has “Jachbah.”

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:35

¹ tn Or “Hotham,” cf. v. 32.

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:37

¹ tn The name “Ithran” is sometimes understood to be another name for “Jether” (v. 38).

NET Notes: 1Ch 7:40

¹ tn Heb “all these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, selected, warriors, heads of the leaders, and there was listed in the genealogical records in war, in battle, their number, men, 26,000.”