1 Chronicles 7:15

1 Chronicles 7:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
• New International Version (NIV)Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:15

13Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum — Bilhah’s sons. 14Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead. Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he 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. 17Ulam’s son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 7:15 word by word

וּמָכִ֞יר לָקַ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לְחֻפִּ֣ים וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים וְשֵׁ֤ם אֲחֹתוֹ֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י צְלָפְחָ֑ד וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד בָּנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• to wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• of Huppimחֻפִּיםchûppîym · HuppimH2650
• and Shuppimשֻׁפִּיםshûppîym · ShuppimH8206
• whose sister’sאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Maachahמַעֲכָהma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth · MaacahH4601
• of the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• Zelophehadצְלׇפְחָדtselophchâd · ZelophehadH6765
• had daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:15

• 1 Chronicles 7:12Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.
• Numbers 26:33Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons — only daughters. The names of Zelophehad’s daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Numbers 27:1The daughters of Zelophehad approached; Zelophehad was the son of Hepher, son of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh from the clans of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
• Numbers 36:1The family heads from the clan of the descendants of Gilead — the son of Machir, son of Manasseh — who were from the clans of the sons of Joseph, approached and addressed Moses and the leaders who were heads of the Israelite families.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:15

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-19These verses have several issues that suggest the Hebrew text might be damaged: Maacah is listed as both the sister and wife of Makir (1 Chronicles 7:15–16). Huppim and Shuppim were earlier listed with Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:12), not Manasseh. Those considered Gileadites (1 Chronicles 7:16–17) are vaguely linked to Gilead, whose direct descendants are not listed (compare Numbers 26:30–33). The sons of Shemida are not connected to the genealogy (1…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1514-15. The sons of Manasseh--or descendants; for Ashriel was a grandson, and Zelophehad was a generation farther removed in descent (Nu 26:33). The text, as it stands, is so confused and complicated that it is exceedingly difficult to trace the genealogical thread, and a great variety of conjectures have been made with a view to clear away the obscurity. The passage [1Ch 7:14, 15] should probably be rendered thus: "The sons of Manasseh were Ashriel, whom…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:15

• Huppim
• Maachah
• Shuppim
• Zelophehad

In the dictionaries

• Machir
• Abiezer
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Huppim
• Maacah; Maachah
• Machir; Machirite
• Manasseh (2)
• Muppim
• Shephupham, Shephuphan

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