1 Chronicles 7:1-40 King James Version with Strong's Concordance (STRONG)

¹ Now the sons ^H1121 of Issachar ^H3485 were, Tola, ^H8439 and Puah, ^H6312 Jashub, ^H3437 and Shimron, ^H8110 four. ^H702

² And the sons ^H1121 of Tola; ^H8439 Uzzi, ^H5813 and Rephaiah, ^H7509 and Jeriel, ^H3400 and Jahmai, ^H3181 and Jibsam, ^H3005 and Shemuel, ^H8050 heads ^H7218 of their father's ^H1 house, ^H1004 to wit, of Tola: ^H8439 they were valiant men ^H1368 of might ^H2428 in their generations; ^H8435 whose number ^H4557 was in the days ^H3117 of David ^H1732 two ^H8147 and twenty ^H6242 thousand ^H505 and six ^H8337 hundred. ^H3967

³ And the sons ^H1121 of Uzzi; ^H5813 Izrahiah: ^H3156 and the sons ^H1121 of Izrahiah; ^H3156 Michael, ^H4317 and Obadiah, ^H5662 and Joel, ^H3100 Ishiah, ^H3449 five: ^H2568 all of them chief men. ^H7218

⁴ And with them, by their generations, ^H8435 after the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 were bands ^H1416 of soldiers ^H6635 for war, ^H4421 six ^H8337 and thirty ^H7970 thousand ^H505 men: for they had many ^H7235 wives ^H802 and sons. ^H1121

⁵ And their brethren ^H251 among all the families ^H4940 of Issachar ^H3485 were valiant ^H1368 men of might, ^H2428 reckoned in all by their genealogies ^H3187 fourscore ^H8084 and seven ^H7651 thousand. ^H505

⁶ The sons of Benjamin; ^H1144 Bela, ^H1106 and Becher, ^H1071 and Jediael, ^H3043 three. ^H7969

⁷ And the sons ^H1121 of Bela; ^H1106 Ezbon, ^H675 and Uzzi, ^H5813 and Uzziel, ^H5816 and Jerimoth, ^H3406 and Iri, ^H5901 five; ^H2568 heads ^H7218 of the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 mighty ^H1368 men of valour; ^H2428 and were reckoned by their genealogies ^H3187 twenty ^H6242 and two ^H8147 thousand ^H505 and thirty ^H7970 and four. ^H702

⁸ And the sons ^H1121 of Becher; ^H1071 Zemira, ^H2160 and Joash, ^H3135 and Eliezer, ^H461 and Elioenai, ^H454 and Omri, ^H6018 and Jerimoth, ^H3406 and Abiah, ^H29 and Anathoth, ^H6068 and Alameth. ^H5964 All these are the sons ^H1121 of Becher. ^H1071

⁹ And the number ^H3187 of them, after their genealogy by their generations, ^H8435 heads ^H7218 of the house ^H1004 of their fathers, ^H1 mighty men ^H1368 of valour, ^H2428 was twenty ^H6242 thousand ^H505 and two hundred. ^H3967

¹⁰ The sons ^H1121 also of Jediael; ^H3043 Bilhan: ^H1092 and the sons ^H1121 of Bilhan; ^H1092 Jeush, ^H3274 and Benjamin, ^H1144 and Ehud, ^H164 and Chenaanah, ^H3668 and Zethan, ^H2133 and Tharshish, ^H8659 and Ahishahar. ^H300

¹¹ All these the sons ^H1121 of Jediael, ^H3043 by the heads ^H7218 of their fathers, ^H1 mighty ^H1368 men of valour, ^H2428 were seventeen ^H7651 ^H6240 thousand ^H505 and two hundred ^H3967 soldiers, fit to go out ^H3318 for war ^H6635 and battle. ^H4421

¹² Shuppim ^H8206 also, and Huppim, ^H2650 the children ^H1121 of Ir, ^H5893 and Hushim, ^H2366 the sons ^H1121 of Aher. ^H313

¹³ The sons ^H1121 of Naphtali; ^H5321 Jahziel, ^H3185 and Guni, ^H1476 and Jezer, ^H3337 and Shallum, ^H7967 the sons ^H1121 of Bilhah. ^H1090

¹⁴ The sons ^H1121 of Manasseh; ^H4519 Ashriel, ^H844 whom she bare: ^H3205 (but his concubine ^H6370 the Aramitess ^H761 bare ^H3205 Machir ^H4353 the father ^H1 of Gilead: ^H1568

¹⁵ And Machir ^H4353 took ^H3947 to wife ^H802 the sister of Huppim ^H2650 and Shuppim, ^H8206 whose sister's ^H269 name ^H8034 was Maachah;) ^H4601 and the name ^H8034 of the second ^H8145 was Zelophehad: ^H6765 and Zelophehad ^H6765 had daughters. ^H1323

¹⁶ And Maachah ^H4601 the wife ^H802 of Machir ^H4353 bare ^H3205 a son, ^H1121 and she called ^H7121 his name ^H8034 Peresh; ^H6570 and the name ^H8034 of his brother ^H251 was Sheresh; ^H8329 and his sons ^H1121 were Ulam ^H198 and Rakem. ^H7552

¹⁷ And the sons ^H1121 of Ulam; ^H198 Bedan. ^H917 These were the sons ^H1121 of Gilead, ^H1568 the son ^H1121 of Machir, ^H4353 the son ^H1121 of Manasseh. ^H4519

¹⁸ And his sister ^H269 Hammoleketh ^H4447 bare ^H3205 Ishod, ^H379 and Abiezer, ^H44 and Mahalah. ^H4244

¹⁹ And the sons ^H1121 of Shemida ^H8061 were, Ahian, ^H291 and Shechem, ^H7928 and Likhi, ^H3949 and Aniam. ^H593

²⁰ And the sons ^H1121 of Ephraim; ^H669 Shuthelah, ^H7803 and Bered ^H1260 his son, ^H1121 and Tahath ^H8480 his son, ^H1121 and Eladah ^H497 his son, ^H1121 and Tahath ^H8480 his son, ^H1121

²¹ And Zabad ^H2066 his son, ^H1121 and Shuthelah ^H7803 his son, ^H1121 and Ezer, ^H5827 and Elead, ^H496 whom the men ^H582 of Gath ^H1661 that were born ^H3205 in that land ^H776 slew, ^H2026 because they came down ^H3381 to take away ^H3947 their cattle. ^H4735

²² And Ephraim ^H669 their father ^H1 mourned ^H56 many ^H7227 days, ^H3117 and his brethren ^H251 came ^H935 to comfort ^H5162 him.

²³ And when he went in ^H935 to his wife, ^H802 she conceived, ^H2029 and bare ^H3205 a son, ^H1121 and he called ^H7121 his name ^H8034 Beriah, ^H1283 because it went evil ^H7451 with his house. ^H1004

²⁴ (And his daughter ^H1323 was Sherah, ^H7609 who built ^H1129 Bethhoron ^H1032 the nether, ^H8481 and the upper, ^H5945 and Uzzensherah.) ^H242

²⁵ And Rephah ^H7506 was his son, ^H1121 also Resheph, ^H7566 and Telah ^H8520 his son, ^H1121 and Tahan ^H8465 his son, ^H1121

²⁶ Laadan ^H3936 his son, ^H1121 Ammihud ^H5989 his son, ^H1121 Elishama ^H476 his son, ^H1121

²⁷ Non ^H5126 his son, ^H1121 Jehoshua ^H3091 his son. ^H1121

²⁸ And their possessions ^H272 and habitations ^H4186 were, Bethel ^H1008 and the towns ^H1323 thereof, and eastward ^H4217 Naaran, ^H5295 and westward ^H4628 Gezer, ^H1507 with the towns ^H1323 thereof; Shechem ^H7927 also and the towns ^H1323 thereof, unto Gaza ^H5804 and the towns ^H1323 thereof:

²⁹ And by the borders ^H3027 of the children ^H1121 of Manasseh, ^H4519 Bethshean ^H1052 and her towns, ^H1323 Taanach ^H8590 and her towns, ^H1323 Megiddo ^H4023 and her towns, ^H1323 Dor ^H1756 and her towns. ^H1323 In these dwelt ^H3427 the children ^H1121 of Joseph ^H3130 the son ^H1121 of Israel. ^H3478

³⁰ The sons ^H1121 of Asher; ^H836 Imnah, ^H3232 and Isuah, ^H3440 and Ishuai, ^H3438 and Beriah, ^H1283 and Serah ^H8294 their sister. ^H269

³¹ And the sons ^H1121 of Beriah; ^H1283 Heber, ^H2268 and Malchiel, ^H4439 who is the father ^H1 of Birzavith. ^H1269

³² And Heber ^H2268 begat ^H3205 Japhlet, ^H3310 and Shomer, ^H7763 and Hotham, ^H2369 and Shua ^H7774 their sister. ^H269

³³ And the sons ^H1121 of Japhlet; ^H3310 Pasach, ^H6457 and Bimhal, ^H1118 and Ashvath. ^H6220 These are the children ^H1121 of Japhlet. ^H3310

³⁴ And the sons ^H1121 of Shamer; ^H8106 Ahi, ^H277 and Rohgah, ^H7303 Jehubbah, ^H3160 and Aram. ^H758

³⁵ And the sons ^H1121 of his brother ^H251 Helem; ^H1987 Zophah, ^H6690 and Imna, ^H3234 and Shelesh, ^H8028 and Amal. ^H6000

³⁶ The sons ^H1121 of Zophah; ^H6690 Suah, ^H5477 and Harnepher, ^H2774 and Shual, ^H7777 and Beri, ^H1275 and Imrah, ^H3236

³⁷ Bezer, ^H1221 and Hod, ^H1936 and Shamma, ^H8037 and Shilshah, ^H8030 and Ithran, ^H3506 and Beera. ^H878

³⁸ And the sons ^H1121 of Jether; ^H3500 Jephunneh, ^H3312 and Pispah, ^H6462 and Ara. ^H690

³⁹ And the sons ^H1121 of Ulla; ^H5925 Arah, ^H733 and Haniel, ^H2592 and Rezia. ^H7525

⁴⁰ All these were the children ^H1121 of Asher, ^H836 heads ^H7218 of their father's ^H1 house, ^H1004 choice ^H1305 and mighty men ^H1368 of valour, ^H2428 chief ^H7218 of the princes. ^H5387 And the number ^H4557 throughout the genealogy ^H3187 of them that were apt to the war ^H6635 and to battle ^H4421 was twenty ^H6242 and six ^H8337 thousand ^H505 men. ^H582

Commentary on 1 Chronicles 7 Matthew Henry Commentary

John Gill Keil & Delitzsch Robert Jamieson: Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Chapter 7

In this chapter we have some account of the genealogies,

I. Of Issachar (v. 1-5).
II. Of Benjamin (v. 6-12).
III. Of Naphtali (v. 13).
IV. Of Manasseh (v. 14-19).
V. Of Ephraim (v. 20-29).
VI. Of Asher (v. 30-40).

Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. Why they only should be omitted we can assign no reason; only it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan that idolatry began in that colony of the Danites which fixed in Laish, and called Dan, and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Rev. 7.

1Ch 7:1-19

We have here a short view given us,

I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a strong ass, couching between two burdens (Gen. 49:14), an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely and rejoiced in their tents, Deu. 33:18. And here it appears,
- 1. That they were a numerous tribe; for they had many wives. So fruitful their country was that they saw no danger of over-stocking the pasture, and so ingenious the people were that they could find work for all hands. Let no people complain of their numbers, provided they suffer none to be idle.
- 2. That they were a valiant tribe, men of might (v. 2, 5), chief men, v. 3. Those that were inured to labour and business were of all men the fittest to serve their country when there was occasion, The number of the respective families, as taken in the days of David, is here set down, amounting in the whole to above 145,000 men fit for war. The account, some think, was taken when Joab numbered the people, 2 Sa. 24. But I rather think it refers to some other computation that was made, perhaps among themselves, because it is said (1 Chr. 27:24) that that account was not inserted in the chronicles of king David, it having offended God.
II. Of the tribe of Benjamin. Some account is here given of this tribe, but much larger in the next chapter. The militia of this tribe scarcely reached to 60,000; but they are said to be mighty men of valour, v. 7, 9, 11. Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf, Gen. 49:27. It was the honour of this tribe that it produced Saul the first king, and more its honour that it adhered to the rightful kings of the house of David when the other tribes revolted. Here is mention (v. 12) of Hushim the sons of Aher. The sons of Dan are said to be Hushim (Gen. 46:23), and therefore some read Aher appellatively, Hushim-the sons of another (that is, another of Jacob's sons) or the sons of a stranger, which Israelites should not be, but such the Danites were when they set up Micah's graven and molten image among them.
III. Of the tribe of Naphtali, v. 13. The first fathers only of that tribe are named, the very same that we shall find, Gen. 46:24, only that Shillem there is Shallum here. None of their descendents are named, perhaps because their genealogies were lost.
IV. Of the tribe of Manasseh, that part of it which was seated within Jordan; for of the other part we had some account before, ch. 5:23, etc. Of this tribe observe,
- 1. That one of them married an Aramitess, that is, a Syrian, v. 14. This was during their bondage in Egypt, so early did they begin to mingle with the nations.
- 2. That, though the father married a Syrian, Machir, the son of that marriage, perhaps seeing the inconvenience of it in his father's house, took to wife a daughter of Benjamin, v. 15. It is good for the children to take warning by their father's mistakes and not stumble at the same stone.
- 3. Here is mention of Bedan (v. 17), who perhaps is the same with that Bedan who is mentioned as one of Israel's deliverers, 1 Sa. 12:11. Jair perhaps, who was of Manasseh (Jdg. 10:3), was the man.

1Ch 7:20-40

We have here an account,

I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem; for Ephraim himself was alive when those things were done, which yet is hard to imagine if it were, as is here computed, seven generations off. Therefore I am apt to think that either it was another Ephraim or that those who were slain were the immediate sons of that Ephraim that was the son of Joseph. In this passage, which is related here only, we have,
- 1. The great breach that was made upon the family of Ephraim. The men of Gath, Philistines, giants, slew many of the sons of that family, because they came down to take away their cattle, v. 21. It is uncertain who were the aggressors here. Some make the men of Gath the aggressors, men born in the land of Egypt, but now resident in Gath, supposing that they came down into the land of Goshen, to drive away the Ephraimites' cattle, and slew the owners, because they stood up in the defence of them. Many a man's life has been exposed and betrayed by his wealth; so far is it from being a strong city. Others think that the Ephraimites made a descent upon the men of Gath to plunder them, presuming that the time had come when they should be put in possession of Canaan; but they paid dearly for their rashness and precipitation. Those that will not wait God's time cannot expect God's blessing. I rather think that the men of Gath came down upon the Ephraimites, because the Israelites in Egypt were shepherds, not soldiers, abounded in cattle of their own, and therefore were not likely to venture their lives for their neighbours' cattle: and the words may be read, The men of Gath slew them, for they came down to take away their cattle. Zabad the son of Ephraim, and Shuthelah, and Ezer, and Elead (his grandchildren), were, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, the men that were slain. Jacob had foretold that the seed of Ephraim should become a multitude of nations (Gen. 48:19), and yet that plant is thus nipped in the bud. God's providences often seem to contradict his promises; but, when they do so, they really magnify the promise, and make the performance of it, notwithstanding, so much more illustrious. The Ephraimites were the posterity of Joseph, and yet his power could not protect them, though some think he was yet living. The sword devours one as well as another.
- 2. The great grief which oppressed the father of the family hereupon: Ephraim mourned many days. Nothing brings the aged to the grave with more sorrow than their following the young that descend from them to the grave first, especially if in blood. It is often the burden of those that live to be old that they see those go before them of whom they said, These same shall comfort us. It was a brotherly friendly office which his brethren did, when they came to comfort him under this great affliction, to express their sympathy with him and concern for him, and to suggest that to him which would support and quiet him under this sad providence. Probably they reminded him of the promise of increase which Jacob had blessed him when he laid his right hand upon his head. Although his house was not so with God as he hoped, but a house of mourning, a shattered family, yet that promise was sure, 2 Sa. 23:5.
- 3. The repair of this breach, in some measure, by addition of another son to his family in his old age (v. 23), like Seth, another seed instead of that of Abel whom Cain slew, Gen. 4:25. When God thus restores comfort to his mourners, makes glad according to the days wherein he afflicted, setting the mercies over against the crosses, we ought therein to take notice of the kindness and tenderness of divine Providence; it is as if it repented God concerning his servants, Ps. 90:13, 15. Yet joy that a man was born into his family could not make him forget his grief; for he gives a melancholy name to his son, Beriah-in trouble, for he was born when the family was in mourning, when it went evil with his house. It is good to have in remembrance the affliction and the misery, the wormwood and the gall, that our souls may be humbled within us, Lam. 3:19, 20. What name more proper for man that is born of a woman than Beriah, because born into a troublesome world? It is added, as a further honour to the house of Ephraim,
  - (1.) That a daughter of that tribe, Sherah by name, at the time of Israel's setting in Canaan, built some cities, either at her own charge or by her own care; one of them bore her name, Uzzen-sherah, v. 24. A virtuous woman may be as great an honour and blessing to a family as a mighty man.
  - (2.) That a son of that tribe was employed in the conquest of Canaan, Joshua the son of Nun, v. 27. In this also the breach made on Ephraim's family was further repaired; and perhaps the resentment of this injury formerly done by the Canaanites to the Ephraimites might make him more vigorous in the war.
II. Of the tribe of Asher. Some men of note of that tribe are here named. Their militia was not numerous in comparison with some other tribes, only 26,000 men in all; but their princes were choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes (v. 40), and perhaps it was their wisdom that they coveted not to make their trained bands numerous, but rather to have a few, and those apt to the war and serviceable men.

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