1 Chronicles 7:14

1 Chronicles 7:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
• New International Version (NIV)The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:14

12Shuppim and Huppim were descendants of Ir. The people called the Hushim were descendants of Aher. 13Naphtali's sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum. They were Bilhah's grandsons. These are Manasseh's descendants. Manasseh had a woman that he lived with. She was from the country called Syria. She was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was Gilead's father. 15Makir's wife was one of the Huppim and Shuppim people. His sister's name was Maakah. Zelophehad was another descendant of Makir. Zelophehad had only daughters. 16Makir's wife Maakah had a son and she called him Peresh. Peresh's brother was Sheresh and Sheresh's sons were Ulam and Rekem.

1 Chronicles 7:14 word by word

בְּנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֔ה אַשְׂרִיאֵ֖ל אֲשֶׁ֣ר יָלָ֑דָה פִּֽילַגְשׁוֹ֙ הָֽאֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה יָלְדָ֕ה אֶת־מָכִ֖יר אֲבִ֥י גִלְעָֽד׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
• of Manassehמְנַשֶּׁהmenashsheh · ManassehH4519
• Ashrielאַשְׂרִיאֵל'aώrîy'êl · AsrielH844
• whom she bareיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• his concubineפִּלֶ֫גֶשׁpîylegesh pilegesh · concubineH6370
• the Aramitessאֲרַמִּי'ărammîy · ArameanH761
• Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• the fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• of Gileadגִּלְעָדgil‛âd · GileadH1568

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:14

• 1 Chronicles 2:21After some time, when Hezron was 60 years old, he married Makir's daughter. She was Gilead's sister. Hezron had sex with her and she gave birth to a son called Segub.
• Genesis 50:23And he was still alive to see Ephraim's children and grandchildren. He also saw Makir's children. Makir was Manasseh's son. Joseph took Makir's children to be his own children.
• Numbers 26:29The tribe of Manasseh had these clans: Makir's family and Gilead's family. Makir was Gilead's father.
• Numbers 27:1Then the daughters of Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, came to speak to Moses. Hepher was the son of Gilead, the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh, the son of Joseph. So Zelophehad belonged to the tribe of Manasseh. His daughters were called Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah and Tirzah.
• Numbers 32:30If they refuse to fight together with the other tribes, they will have no land here. They must have part of the land in Canaan, like the other tribes.’
• Deuteronomy 3:13I gave the other part of Gilead to one half of the tribe of Manasseh. I also gave Og's kingdom, Bashan, to them. People called all the region of Argob in Bashan the land of the Rephaites.
• Joshua 13:31It included half of Gilead, Ashtaroth and Edrei. (These were the cities that belonged to King Og in Bashan.) This land was for half the descendants of Makir, Manasseh's son, to live in, family by family.
• Joshua 17:1This is the land that Manasseh's tribe received. Manasseh was Joseph's firstborn son. Manasseh's firstborn son was Makir. He was the father of Gilead. Makir's descendants were brave soldiers. Because of that, Moses had already given Gilead and Bashan to them, east of the Jordan River.
• Judges 5:14Some men of Ephraim's tribe came to help, from the land where Amalek lived. They followed men of Benjamin's tribe, with their soldiers. Leaders also came from Makir. Army officers came from Zebulun's tribe.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:14

• 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 7:14

• Asriel
• Concubinage
• Gilead

In the dictionaries

• Gilead
• Manasseh
• Gilead, Gileadite
• Machir
• Abiezer
• Aramitess
• Asriel
• Chronicles, Books of
• David
• Genealogy

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