1 Chronicles 14:1-2

David’s Prestige Grows

14:1 King Hiram of Tyre ¹  sent messengers to David, along with cedar logs, stonemasons, ²  and carpenters to build a palace for him. 14:2 David realized that the Lord had established him as king over Israel and that he had elevated ³  his kingdom for the sake of his people Israel.

1 Chronicles 5:11

Gad’s Descendants

5:11 The descendants of Gad lived near them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah.

1 Chronicles 5:1

Reuben’s Descendants

5:1 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn –

(Now he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, ⁴  his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph, Israel’s son. So Reuben is not listed as firstborn in the genealogical records. ⁵ 

1 Chronicles 5:17-18

5:17 All of them were listed in the genealogical records in the time of King Jotham of Judah and in the time of King Jeroboam of Israel.

5:18 The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their combined armies, warriors who carried shields and swords, were equipped with bows, and were trained for war. ⁶ 

1 Chronicles 6:7

6:7 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub.

1 Chronicles 7:9-12

7:9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

7:10 The son ⁷  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. ⁸ 

1 Chronicles 7:2

7:2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, ⁹  and Samuel. ¹⁰  They were leaders of their families. ¹¹  In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. ¹² 

1 Chronicles 12:12

12:12 Johanan the eighth, Elzabad the ninth,

1 Chronicles 22:6

22:6 He summoned his son Solomon and charged him to build a temple for the Lord God of Israel.

Ezra 3:7

Preparations for Rebuilding the Temple

3:7 So they provided money ¹³  for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon ¹⁴  and Tyre, ¹⁵  so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport ¹⁶  at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus of Persia.

[14:1]  ¹ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[14:1]  ² tn Heb “craftsman of a wall,” that is, masons skilled at building stone walls.

[14:2]  ³ tn Heb “was lifted upwards.”

[5:1]  ⁴ sn The phrase when he defiled his father’s bed refers to Reuben having sexual relations with his father Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. This incident is recorded in Gen 35:22.

[5:1]  ⁵ tn Heb “and not to be listed in the genealogical records as (having) the right of the firstborn.”

[5:18]  ⁶ tn Heb “the sons of Reuben and the Gadites and half of the tribe of Manasseh, from the sons of bravery, men carrying a shield and sword and treading a bow and trained for war, 44,760 going out for warfare.”

[7:10]  ⁷ tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

[7:12]  ⁸ tn The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.

[7:2]  ⁹ tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

[7:2]  ¹⁰ tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”

[7:2]  ¹¹ tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ¹² tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

[3:7]  ¹³ tn Heb “silver.”

[3:7]  ¹⁴ map For location see Map1 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ¹⁵ map For location see Map1 A2; Map2 G2; Map4 A1; JP3 F3; JP4 F3.

[3:7]  ¹⁶ tn Heb “to the sea”