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1 Chronicles 7:14-40
14The descendants of Manasseh:
Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead. 15Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters. 16Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17The son of Ulam: Bedan. 18These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19And these were the sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
20The descendants of Ephraim:
21Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah,1 because tragedy had come upon his house. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah. 25Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,2 Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27Nun3 his son, and Joshua his son. 28Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah4 and its villages. 29And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean,5 Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
30The children of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua. 33The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons. 34The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah,6 Hubbah, and Aram. 35The sons of his brother Helem:7 Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36The sons of Zophah: 37Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran,8 and Beera. 38The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. 39The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.
Notes
- 1. 1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for tragedy or disaster. ↩
- 2. 1 Chronicles 7:25 Some LXX manuscripts; Hebrew does not include his son. ↩
- 3. 1 Chronicles 7:27 Or Non ↩
- 4. 1 Chronicles 7:28 Ayyah is another name for Gaza; see also LXX. ↩
- 5. 1 Chronicles 7:29 Beth-shean is a variant of Beth-shan; see 1 Samuel 31:10 and 2 Samuel 21:12. ↩
- 6. 1 Chronicles 7:34 Or The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah; note that Shemer is a variant of Shomer; see verse 32. ↩
- 7. 1 Chronicles 7:35 Helem is possibly another name for Hotham; see verse 32. ↩
- 8. 1 Chronicles 7:37 Ithran is possibly a variant of Jether; see verse 38. ↩
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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