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Chronicles Chapter Seven
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 7
In
this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, 1 Chronicles 7:1 of
Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:6
Naphtali, 1 Chronicles 7:13,
of Manasseh, 1 Chronicles 7:14
of Ephraim, 1 Chronicles 7:20
and of Asher, 1 Chronicles 7:30,
even of the chief men of them; and their numbers are reckoned as in the times
of David. The tribes of Dan and Zebulun are omitted.
1 Chronicles
7:1 The sons of
Issachar were Tola, Puah,[a] Jashub,
and Shimron—four in all.
YLT
1And sons of Issachar; Tola,
and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron,
four. The same number is given, Genesis 46:13 with
a small variation of two of their names, there called Phuvah and Job, from
whence so many families sprang, mentioned Numbers 26:23,
where the names are the same as here.
1 Chronicles
7:2 2 The
sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel,
heads of their father’s house. The sons of Tola were mighty men
of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was
twenty-two thousand six hundred.
YLT
2And sons of Tola: Uzzi, and
Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of the house of
their fathers, [even] of Tola, mighty of valour in their generations: their
number in the days of David [is] twenty and two thousand and six hundred.
And the sons of Tola,.... The eldest son of
Issachar, whose posterity are only reckoned by name:
Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and
Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola; the principal
man of his family:
they were valiant
men of might in their generations, famous for their courage
and military exploits, though they sprang from Tola, whose name signifies
"a worm"; and which name BochartF11Hierozoic. par. 2. l.
4. c. 21. col. 630. conjectures was given him by his parents, because he was so
weakly that they had no hopes of raising him; and yet from him sprung such mighty
men, and from them such a numerous race, as follows:
whose number was, in the days of David, two and twenty thousand
and six hundred; besides those of the posterity of Uzzi, after mentioned. This
was at the time Joab took the number of Israel, by the order of David, 1 Chronicles 21:5.
1 Chronicles
7:3 3 The
son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael,
Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. All five of them were chief men.
YLT
3And sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah;
and sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, Hamishah -- all
of them heads.
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah,.... Including his
posterity:
and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah,
five; together with their father, all reckoned the sons of Uzzi:
all of them chief men; in their father's house,
heads of families.
1 Chronicles
7:4 4 And
with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were
thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.
YLT
4And beside them, by their
generations, of the house of their fathers, [are] troops of the host of battle,
thirty and six thousand, for they multiplied wives and sons;
And with them, by their generations, after the house of their
fathers, were bands of soldiers for war,.... Companies of men of
military courage and skill, who could and did go out to war upon occasion:
six and thirty thousand men; besides the 22,600 Tolaites,
1 Chronicles 7:2,
for they had many wives and sons; having many wives, they
had many sons; polygamy was the cause of their large numbers; and that they
gave into for the sake of the multiplication of Abraham's seed, according to
the divine promise.
1 Chronicles 7:5 5 Now their brethren among
all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their
genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.
YLT
5and their brethren of all
the families of Issachar [are] mighty of valour, eighty and seven thousand, all
have their genealogy.
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar,.... As those
of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, 1 Chronicles 7:1.
were men of might; valiant and courageous:
reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven
thousand; that is, including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before
given.
1 Chronicles 7:6 6 The sons
of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three in all.
YLT
6Of Benjamin: Bela, and
Becher, and Jediael, three.
The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. Benjamin had
ten sons, but three only are mentioned first; the latter of these seems to be
the same with Ashbel, Genesis 46:21.
1 Chronicles 7:7 7 The sons of Bela were
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five in all. They were
heads of their fathers’ houses, and they were listed by their
genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.
YLT
7And sons of Bela: Ezbon,
and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of a house of fathers,
mighty of valour, with their genealogy, twenty and two thousand, and thirty and
four.
And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth,
and Iri, five,.... These are thought by some to be the grandsons of Bela,
because of the different names in 1 Chronicles 8:3,
heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; principal men
in their tribe and families, and of great courage:
and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and
thirty and four; who sprung from these men.
1 Chronicles 7:8 8 The sons of Becher were
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and
Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher.
YLT
8And sons of Becher:
Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezar, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and
Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these [are] sons of Becher,
And the sons of Becher,.... Another son of
Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:6,
Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer and Elioenai, and Omri, and
Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth; the two last of these,
according to Kimchi, gave names to two cities in Benjamin, built by them;
Anathoth, the native place of Jeremiah the prophet, and Alameth, the same with
Bahurim, 2 Samuel 16:5.
all these are the sons of Becher; before named.
1 Chronicles 7:9 9 And they were recorded by
genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses,
twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor.
YLT
9with their genealogy, after
their generations, heads of a house of their fathers, mighty of valour, twenty
thousand and two hundred.
And the number of them,.... Of the posterity of
the sons of Becher:
after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of
their fathers, mighty men of valour; as they increased in
succeeding ages, and at the time of David:
was twenty thousand and two hundred.
1 Chronicles 7:10 10 The son of Jediael was
Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah,
Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
YLT
10And sons of Jediael:
Bilhan; and sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and
Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
The sons also of Jediael,.... The third son of
Benjamin before mentioned, 1 Chronicles 7:6.
Bilhan, including his posterity, as follows:
and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin; called so
after his great grandfather:
and Ehud; who was the second judge in Israel, Judges 3:15.
and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar; of whom we
nowhere else read.
1 Chronicles 7:11 11 All these sons of Jediael were
heads of their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two
hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle.
YLT
11All these [are] sons of
Jediael, even heads of the fathers, mighty in valour, seventeen thousand and
two hundred going out to the host for battle.
All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers,
mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers,
fit to go out for war and battle. Which, with the above
sums put together, make of the tribe of Benjamin, besides what follow, 59,430;
who, if numbered by Joab, the account was not given in by him, 1 Chronicles 21:6.
1 Chronicles 7:12 12 Shuppim and Huppim[b] were
the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher.
YLT
12And Shuppim and Huppim
[are] sons of Ir; Hushim son of Aher.
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir,.... The same
with Iri, 1 Chronicles 7:7 so
that these were not sons of Benjamin, as they seem to be, if they are the same
with Muppim and Huppim in Genesis 46:21 but
his great-grandchildren, and are the same with Shupham and Hupham, from whom
families of the tribe of Benjamin sprung, Numbers 26:39 the
Targum calls them the inhabitants of a city, but of what is not said, unless
Geba should be meant, 1 Chronicles 8:6
and
Hushim, the sons of Aher: either the same with
Aharah, the third son of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 8:1 or
Ahiram, Numbers 26:38,
though some read the words, "the sons of another"; whom they suppose
to be Dan, who otherwise is omitted; and Hushim is the only son of Dan, Genesis 46:23,
where the same plural word is used as here; who, they think, is called another,
by way of detestation, that tribe being guilty of gross idolatry; but he rather
seems to belong to Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 7:13 13 The sons of Naphtali were
Jahziel,[c] Guni,
Jezer, and Shallum,[d] the sons of
Bilhah.
YLT
13Sons of Naphtali: Jahziel,
and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, sons of Bilhah.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum,.... Called
Shillem, Genesis 46:24,
the sons of Bilhah; Jacob's concubine; her grandsons; for
Naphtali, the father of them, was her son; from these sprung so many families,
after their names, Numbers 26:48.
1 Chronicles 7:14 14 The descendants of
Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father
of Asriel.[e]
YLT
14Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel,
whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare, with Machir father of Gilead.
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare,.... The wife
of Manasseh, as distinguished from his concubine in the next clause; though the
Targum reads, in connection with that,"whom his Aramitess (or Syrian)
concubine bare;'
and
then adds:
who also bare Machir the father of Gilead; so that
Ashriel and Machir were brethren; from which Ashriel sprung the family of the
Ashrielites, Numbers 26:29 as
from Machir the Machirites, Numbers 26:29.
1 Chronicles 7:15 15 Machir took as his wife the
sister of Huppim and Shuppim,[f] whose name
was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s grandson[g] was
Zelophehad,[h] but
Zelophehad begot only daughters.
YLT
15And Machir took wives for
Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of the one [is] Maachah, and the name of
the second Zelophehad, and Zelophehad hath daughters.
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose
sister's name was Maachah,.... He married into the tribe of Benjamin,
a sister of the persons mentioned, 1 Chronicles 7:12
whose name was Maachah:
and the name of the second was Zelophehad; the second
son of Manasseh, or of his posterity mentioned; for he was not his immediate
son; for he was the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the
son of Manasseh, Numbers 27:1.
and Zelophehad had daughters; but no sons, the names
of his daughters are given, Numbers 26:33.
1 Chronicles 7:16 16 (Maachah the wife of
Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was
Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
YLT
16And Maachah wife of Machir
beareth a son and calleth his name Peresh, and the name of his brother [is]
Sheresh, and his sons [are] Ulam and Rakem.
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name
Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh,.... He had both these
sons by her:
and his sons were Ulam and Rakem, that is, either the sons
of Peresh or Sheresh, the nearest, as Kimchi observes.
1 Chronicles 7:17 17 The son of Ulam was
Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of Machir, the son
of Manasseh.
YLT
17And son of Ulam: Bedan.
These [are] sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
And the sons of Ulam: Bedan,.... See 1 Samuel 12:11.
these were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh; that is, were of his posterity, or belonged to his family; for
Ulam and Rakem were sons of a brother of Gilead, 1 Chronicles 7:16.
1 Chronicles 7:18 18 His sister Hammoleketh
bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
YLT
18And his sister Hammolecheth
bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
And his sister Hammoleketh,.... The sister of Gilead
so named; though the Targum renders it "that reigned"; and so Kimchi,
that reigned in some part of Gilead; and the Vulgate Latin version translates
it, "a queen bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah"; Abiezer is the
same with Jeezer, from whom a family sprung of that name, Numbers 26:30, of
which Gideon was, Judges 6:11.
1 Chronicles 7:19 19 And the sons of Shemida
were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
YLT
19And the sons of Shemida are
Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
And the sons of Shemida,.... Another son of
Gilead's sister, unless the same with Ishod; from him sprung the family of the
Shemidaites, Numbers 26:30.
were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam; from Shechem came
the family of the Shethemites, as from Likhi, if he is the same with Helek, as
probably he may be, was the family of the Helekites, Numbers 26:30.
1 Chronicles 7:20 20 The sons of Ephraim were
Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah his son, Tahath his son,
YLT
20And sons of Ephraim:
Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and
Tahath his son,
And the sons of Ephraim,.... A son of Joseph, and
father of a tribe of this name, whose genealogy through five generations
follows: Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eladah, Tahath; the second.
1 Chronicles 7:21 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah
his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land
killed them because they came down to take away their cattle.
YLT
21and Zabad his son, and
Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead; and slain them have men of Gath who are
born in the land, because they came down to take their cattle.
And Zabad his son,.... Not the son of Tahath the second last
mentioned, but the son of Ephraim, a second son of his:
and Shuthelah; his son, the son of Zabad, called after his
uncle's name, 1 Chronicles 7:20.
and Ezer, and Elead; two other sons of Zabad:
whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew: that is,
Zabad and his three sons; these the men of Gath slew, who were Philistines that
dwelt there, and were originally of Egypt, and were born in that land, but had
removed into Palestine, which had its name from them, of which Gath was one of
its cities; and this bordering upon the land of Goshen, or being near it, where
the Israelites dwelt, they made inroads upon them, and plundered them:
because they came down to take away their cattle; and the sons,
the grandsons of Ephraim, resisted them, and so were slain: and that the
aggressors were not the Ephraimites, who went out of Egypt before their time,
and fell upon the men of Gath, born in the land of the Philistines, in order to
dispossess them of their land and substance, and were slain by them, which is
the sense of the Targum and other writers, both Jewish and Christian; but the
men of Gath, as is clear from this circumstance, that they
came down, as men did when they went from Palestine to Egypt, not when they
went from Egypt to Palestine, then they "went up"; which would have
been the phrase used, if this had been an expedition of the Ephraimites into
Palestine; besides, it is not reasonable to think, that the Ephraimites,
addicted to husbandry and cattle, and not used to war, should engage in such an
enterprise; but rather the men of Gath, or the Philistines, who were a warlike
people, and given to spoil and plunder; this, according to a learned
chronologerF12Nic. Abrami Pharus, l. 9. c. 21. p. 242. , was seventy
four years after Jacob went down to Egypt, and one hundred and forty years
before the children of Israel came from thence.
1 Chronicles 7:22 22 Then Ephraim their father
mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
YLT
22And Ephraim their father
mourneth many days, and his brethren come in to comfort him,
And Ephraim their father mourned many days,.... For the
loss of his son and grandchildren for the above fact was done while the
Israelites were in Egypt, and Ephraim the patriarch yet alive; nor is there any
need to suppose another Ephraim, different from him:
and his brethren came to comfort him; some of the
heads of the other tribes of Israel, particularly Manasseh, with some of his
family.
1 Chronicles 7:23 23 And when he went in to his
wife, she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah,[i] because
tragedy had come upon his house.
YLT
23and he goeth in unto his
wife, and she conceiveth and beareth a son, and he calleth his name Beriah,
because in evil had been his house, --
And when he went in to his wife,.... After his grief and
sorrow in part at least had subsided:
she conceived and bare a son; which in some measure
made up for the loss he had sustained:
and he called his name Beriah; which signifies being
"in evil" or calamity, he being born in an evil time:
because it went evil with his house; or evil was in his
house, as NoldiusF13Ebr. Concord. Part. No. 750. p. 165. , in his
family; a great calamity had befallen it.
1 Chronicles 7:24 24 Now his daughter was
Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah;
YLT
24and his daughter [is]
Sherah, and she buildeth Beth-Horon, the lower and the upper, and Uzzen-Sherah –
And his daughter was Sherah,.... That is, the
daughter of Beriah; not an immediate daughter, but a descendant of his,
otherwise she could not have reached the times of Joshua, as she did by what
follows:
who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper; which were
cities on the border of the tribe of Ephraim; which the Israelites having taken
from the Canaanites, and destroyed, she rebuilt, see Joshua 16:3.
and Uzzensherah; which was called after her own name, and to
distinguish it from another place called Uzzen; though of neither of them do we
read elsewhere.
1 Chronicles 7:25 25 and Rephah was his
son, as well as Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son,
YLT
25and Rephah [is] his son,
and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
Verses 25-27
And Rephah was his son,.... The son of Beriah,
whose genealogy from him is traced down to Joshua in this and the two following
verses, and stands thus: after Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, Laadan, Ammihud,
Elishama, who was prince of the tribe of Ephraim in the wilderness, Numbers 1:10, then
Non or Nun, whose son was Jehoshua or Joshua.
1 Chronicles 7:26 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud
his son, Elishama his son,
YLT
26Laadan his son, Ammihud his
son, Elishama his son,
1 Chronicles 7:27 27 Nun[j] his son,
and Joshua his son.
YLT
27Non his son, Jehoshua his
son.
1 Chronicles 7:28 28 Now their possessions and
dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran, to the
west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah[k] and its
towns;
YLT
28And their possession and
their dwellings [are] Beth-El and its small towns, and to the east Naaran, and
to the west Gezer and its small towns, and Shechem and its small towns, unto
Gaza and its small towns;
And their possessions and habitations,.... That is,
of the sons of Ephraim, when come into the land of Canaan:
were Bethel, and the towns thereof; the villages belonging
to it, which was formerly called Luz, and was the border of Ephraim, Joshua 16:7.
and eastward Naaran: the same with Naarath, Joshua 16:7.
and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; of which see Joshua 16:3,
and Shechem also, and the towns thereof; which was a
city of refuge in Mount Ephraim, Joshua 20:7
unto Gaza, and the towns thereof; not Gaza, a city of the
Philistines, for the tribe of Ephraim did not reach so far; the Targum calls it
Aiah; it may be read Adaza, as in the margin of our Bibles.
1 Chronicles 7:29 29 and by the borders of the
children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its
towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of
Joseph, the son of Israel.
YLT
29and by the parts of the
sons of Manasseh, Beth-Shean and its small towns, Taanach and its small towns,
Megiddo and its small towns, Dor and its small towns; in these dwelt the sons
of Joseph son of Israel.
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,.... Of the
half tribe of Manasseh on this side Jordan: near to them the Ephraimites dwelt,
even near to
Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her
towns, Dor and her towns; of all which places see Joshua 17:11,
in these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel; the
Ephraimites, in those mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:28,
and the Manassites, in those that are here mentioned; who were both the
children or posterity of Joseph, the beloved son of Israel.
1 Chronicles 7:30 30 The sons of Asher were
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
YLT
30Son of Asher: Imnah, and
Ishve, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
Verse 30-31
The son of Asher,.... Which, and his two grandsons born
before Jacob went down to Egypt, are here reckoned as in Genesis 46:17 only
it is here added Malchiel his second grandson:
who is the father of Birzavith; which Jarchi interprets,
prince of a city of this name, which signifies pure oil; which it might have
from the abundance of olives about it, Asher being a tribe which abounded with
them, see Deuteronomy 33:24
though some of the Rabbins take it to be the name of a man, whose daughters,
they say, as Jarchi observes, were very beautiful, having much oil to anoint
with, and were married to kings and priests anointed with oil.
1 Chronicles 7:31 31 The sons of Beriah were
Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.[l]
YLT
31And sons of Beriah: Heber,
and Malchiel -- he [is] father of Birzavith.
1 Chronicles 7:32 32 And Heber begot Japhlet,
Shomer,[m] Hotham,[n] and their
sister Shua.
YLT
32And Heber begat Japhlet,
and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
And Heber,.... The other grandson of Asher; and son of Beriah:
begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuah their sister; a place on
the borders of Ephraim is called the coast of Japhleti; but whether from this
Japhlet is uncertain.
1 Chronicles 7:33 33 The sons of Japhlet were
Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the children of Japhlet.
YLT
33And sons of Japhlet:
Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these [are] sons of Japhlet.
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these
are the children of Japhlet. Of whom we read not elsewhere,
1 Chronicles 7:34 34 The sons of Shemer were
Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
YLT
34and sons of Shamer: Ahi,
and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
And the sons of Shamer,.... Or Shomer, the brother
of Japhlet, 1 Chronicles 7:32.
Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram; of whom nothing is known
but their names.
1 Chronicles 7:35 35 And the sons of his
brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
YLT
35And son of Helem his
brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
And the sons of his brother Helem,.... Or Helem his
brother, that is, the brother of Shomer, who, according to HillerusF14Onomastic.
Sacr. p. 551. , is Hotham, 1 Chronicles 7:32.
Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Aram; nowhere else
mentioned.
1 Chronicles 7:36 36 The sons of Zophah were
Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
YLT
36Sons of Zophah: Suah, and
Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
Verse 36-37
And the sons of Zophah,.... The eldest of the
sons of Helem:
Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, Bezer; and
Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera; in all
eleven.
1 Chronicles 7:37 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma,
Shilshah, Jithran,[o] and Beera.
YLT
37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma,
and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
1 Chronicles 7:38 38 The sons of Jether were
Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
YLT
38And sons of Jether:
Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
And the sons of Jether,.... The same with
Ithran, the last of Zophah's sons but one, 1 Chronicles 7:37,
Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara; not Jephunneh the father
of Caleb; he was not of the tribe of Asher, but of Judah.
1 Chronicles 7:39 39 The sons of Ulla were
Arah, Haniel, and Rizia.
YLT
39And sons of Ulla: Arah, and
Hanniel, and Rezia.
And the sons of Ulla,.... Who either was the
son of Ara, last mentioned, or another son of Jether:
Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia; here ends the genealogy
of Asher; the last of the tribes; Dan and Zebulun not being reckoned at all.
1 Chronicles 7:40 40 All these were the
children of Asher, heads of their fathers’ houses, choice men, mighty
men of valor, chief leaders. And they were recorded by genealogies among the
army fit for battle; their number was twenty-six thousand.
YLT
40All these [are] sons of
Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen ones, mighty in valour, heads
of the princes, with their genealogy, for the host, for battle, their number
[is] twenty and six thousand men.
All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's
house,.... Principal men in their tribe, and respective families:
choice and mighty men of valour; these were some selected
from others, being eminent for their courage and valour:
chief of the princes; or chief princes; the
Vulgate Latin version is, dukes of dukes, they were heads of their fathers'
families:
and the number throughout the
genealogy that were apt to war, and to battle, was twenty and six
thousand men; that is, in the days of David, 1 Chronicles 7:4,
this was the number, not of their chief men, nor of all the people in the
tribe, but of their militia.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)