1 Chronicles 7:1-14

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, ¹  and Samuel. ²  They were leaders of their families. ³  In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. ⁴ 

7:3 The son ⁵  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. ⁶  7:5 Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors. ⁷ 

Benjamin’s Descendants

7:6 The sons of Benjamin: ⁸ 

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 ⁹  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. ¹⁰ 

Naphtali’s Descendants

7:13 The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel, ¹¹  Guni, Jezer, and Shallum ¹²  – sons of Bilhah.

Manasseh’s Descendants

7:14 The sons of Manasseh:

Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. ¹³  She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

[7:2]  ¹ tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”

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

[7:2]  ³ tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”

[7:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”

[7:3]  ⁵ tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

[7:4]  ⁶ tn 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.”

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

[7:6]  ⁸ tc The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has dropped out by haplography (בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן, bÿney binyamin).

[7:10]  ⁹ tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

[7:12]  ¹⁰ tn The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.

[7:13]  ¹¹ tn The name “Jahziel” appears as “Jahzeel” in Gen 46:24.

[7:13]  ¹² tc Most Hebrew mss read “Shallum”; some Hebrew mss and some LXX mss read “Shillem,” the form of the name that appears in Gen 46:24 and Num 26:49.

[7:14]  ¹³ sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.