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, 4 and Samuel. 5 They were leaders of their families. 6 In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. 7
1 tn Heb “and look, in my affliction [or perhaps, “poverty”] I have supplied for the house of the
2 tn See the note on the word “talents” in 19:6.
3 tn Heb “a thousand thousands.”
4 tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”
5 tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”
6 tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”
7 tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”
8 tn Heb “took,” referring to taking in marriage.
9 tc The translation follows the LXX (Greek version), which reflects the description in 1 Kgs 7:25-26. The Hebrew text reads, “the twelve bronze bulls under the movable stands.” הַיָּם (hayyam, “The Sea”) has been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton; note that the following form, הַמְּכֹנוֹת (hammÿkhonot, “the movable stands”), also begins with the article.