Discovery Box1 Chronicles 7:14-21
Context7:14 The sons of Manasseh:
Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. 1 She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 7:15 Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. 2 (His sister’s name was Maacah.)
Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; 3 he had only daughters.
7:16 Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh. 7:18 His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
7:19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
7:20 The descendants of Ephraim:
Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath, 7:21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah
(Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle.
[7:14] 1 sn See the note on the word “concubine” in 1:32.
[7:15] 2 tn Some translations treat the terms שֻׁפִּים (shuppim) and חֻפִּים (khuppim) as proper names of individuals (“Huppim” and “Shuppim”), but others consider these forms to be plurals and refer to tribal or clan names.
[7:15] 3 tn Heb “and the name of the second was Zelophehad.”
[7:17] 3 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.
