1 Chronicles 5:7

1 Chronicles 5:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
• New International Version (NIV)Their relatives by clans, listed according to their genealogical records: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was registered: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

Context of 1 Chronicles 5:7

5his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, 6and his son Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites, and King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria took him into exile. His relatives by their families as they are recorded in their family records: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, 8and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They settled in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. 9They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:7 word by word

וְאֶחָיו֙ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו בְּהִתְיַחֵ֖שׂ לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑ם הָרֹ֥אשׁ יְעִיאֵ֖ל וּזְכַרְיָֽהוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And his brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• by their familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• when the genealogyיָחַשׂyâchaώ · to enrollH3187
• of their generationsתּוֹלֵדוֹתtôledâh tôledâh · generationH8435
• the chiefרֹאשׁrô'sh · head: leaderH7218
• Jeielיְעִיאֵלye‛îy'êl · JeielH3273
• and Zechariahזְכַרְיָהוּzekaryâh zekaryâhû · ZechariahH2148

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 5:7

• 1 Chronicles 5:17All of them were registered in the genealogies during the reigns of Judah’s King Jotham and Israel’s King Jeroboam.
• 1 Chronicles 9:35Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.
• 1 Chronicles 11:44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
• 1 Chronicles 15:18With them were their relatives second in rank: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
• 1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph was the chief and Zechariah was second to him. Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel played the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
• 2 Chronicles 20:14In the middle of the congregation, the Spirit of the Lord came on Jahaziel (son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite from Asaph’s descendants),
• 2 Chronicles 26:11Uzziah had an army equipped for combat that went out to war by division according to their assignments, as recorded by Jeiel the court secretary and Maaseiah the officer under the authority of Hananiah, one of the king’s commanders.
• 2 Chronicles 29:13Shimri and Jeuel from the Elizaphanites; Zechariah and Mattaniah from the Asaphites;
• 2 Chronicles 35:9Conaniah and his brothers Shemaiah and Nethanel, and Hashabiah, Jeiel, and Jozabad, officers of the Levites, donated five thousand Passover sacrifices for the Levites, plus five hundred cattle.
• Ezra 8:13these are the last ones, from Adonikam’s descendants, and their names are Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and 60 men with them;
• Ezra 10:43Nebo’s descendants: Jeiel, Mattithiah, Zabad, Zebina, Jaddai, Joel, and Benaiah.
• 1 Chronicles 15:20Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth
• 1 Chronicles 15:21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to the Sheminith.
• 1 Chronicles 9:36Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
• Zechariah 1:1In the eighth month, in the second year of Darius, the word of the Lord came to the prophet Zechariah son of Berechiah, son of Iddo:

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8We do not know how Joel's descendants are related to the rest of the Reuben tribe.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101Ch 5:1-10. The Line of Reuben. 1. Now the sons of Reuben--In proceeding to give this genealogy, the sacred historian states, in a parenthesis (1Ch 5:1, 2), the reason why it was not placed first, as Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. The birthright, which by a foul crime he had forfeited, implied not only dominion, but a double portion (De 21:17); and both of these were transferred to Joseph, whose two sons having been adopted as the children of Jacob…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 5:7

• Jeiel
• Zechariah (Zecharias)

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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 5

• 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
• EGW Writings