1 Chronicles 7:21

1 Chronicles 7:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
• New International Version (NIV)Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:21

19The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam. 20These are the names of Ephraim's descendants. Ephraim's son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah's son was Bered and Bered's son was Tahath. Tahath's son was Eleadah and Eleadah's son was Tahath. Tahath's son was Zabad and Zabad's son was Shuthelah. Ezer and Elead were also sons of Ephraim. They went to Gath and they tried to take some cows and sheep from there. So some men who were born in that city killed them. 22Their father Ephraim cried for them and he was sad for many days. And his family came to help him. 23Then Ephraim had sex with his wife and they had another son. Ephraim called him Beriah. That name means ‘trouble’. Ephraim chose that name because of his family's troubles.

1 Chronicles 7:21 word by word

וְזָבָ֥ד בְּנ֛וֹ וְשׁוּתֶ֥לַח בְּנ֖וֹ וְעֵ֣זֶר וְאֶלְעָ֑ד וַהֲרָג֗וּם אַנְשֵׁי־גַת֙ הַנּוֹלָדִ֣ים בָּאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֣י יָרְד֔וּ לָקַ֖חַת אֶת־מִקְנֵיהֶֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Zabadזָבָדzâbâd · ZabadH2066
• his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• and Shuthelahשׁוּתֶ֫לַחshûthelach · ShuthelahH7803
• and Ezerעֶ֫זֶר‛ezer · EzerH5827
• and Eleadאֶלְעָד'el‛âd · EleadH496
• whom the menאֱנוֹשׁ'ĕnôsh · humanH582
• of Gathגַּתgath · GathH1661
• bornיָלַדyâlad · to begetH3205
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• slewהָרַגhârag · to killH2026
• because they came downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• to take awayלָקַחlâqach · to take: bringH3947
• their cattleמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21Whom the men of Gath - slew - We know nothing of this circumstance but what is related here. The Targum paraphrases the whole thus: "These were the leaders of the house of Ephraim; and they computed their period [or boundary, כיצא kitsa ] from the time in which the Word of the Lord of the universe spake with Abraham between the divisions, [i.e., the separated parts of the covenant sacrifice; see Genesis 15:9-21;], but they erred, for they should have…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20-27The genealogy of Ephraim's descendants includes a story about how the tribe settled in Canaan (1 Chronicles 7:21–24). The genealogy concludes with Joshua, son of Nun, who led Israel into the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. whom the men of Gath ... slew, &c.--This interesting little episode gives us a glimpse of the state of Hebrew society in Egypt; for the occurrence narrated seems to have taken place before the Israelites left that country. The patriarch Ephraim was then alive, though he must have arrived at a very advanced age; and the Hebrew people, at all events those of them who were his descendants, still retained their pastoral character. It was in perfect…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:21

• Beriah
• Elead
• Ephraim
• Ezer
• Shuthelah
• Zabad

In the dictionaries

• Gath
• Gath, Gittite
• Becher
• Beriah
• Ezer
• Amram
• Chronicles, Books of
• Egypt
• Elead
• Exodus, the

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