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,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was registered: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
• New Living Translation (NLT)Beerah’s relatives are listed in their genealogical records by their clans: Jeiel (the leader), Zechariah,

Context of 1 Chronicles 5:7

5Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, 6Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites. And his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. 9He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied 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 these were recorded in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
• 1 Chronicles 9:35In Gibeon lived the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, and the name of his wife was Maacah,
• 1 Chronicles 11:44Uzzia the Ashterathite, Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite,
• 1 Chronicles 15:18and with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
• 1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph was the chief, and second to him were Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, who were to play harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,
• 2 Chronicles 20:14And the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah, son of Benaiah, son of Jeiel, son of Mattaniah, a Levite of the sons of Asaph, in the midst of the assembly.
• 2 Chronicles 26:11Moreover, Uzziah had an army of soldiers, fit for war, in divisions according to the numbers in the muster made by Jeiel the secretary and Maaseiah the officer, under the direction of Hananiah, one of the king's commanders.
• 2 Chronicles 29:13and of the sons of Elizaphan, Shimri and Jeuel; and of the sons of Asaph, Zechariah and Mattaniah;
• 2 Chronicles 35:9Conaniah also, and Shemaiah and Nethanel his brothers, and Hashabiah and Jeiel and Jozabad, the chiefs of the Levites, gave to the Levites for the Passover offerings 5,000 lambs and young goats and 500 bulls.
• Ezra 8:13Of the sons of Adonikam, those who came later, their names being Eliphelet, Jeuel, and Shemaiah, and with them 60 men.
• Ezra 10:43Of the sons of Nebo: 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 15:21but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.
• 1 Chronicles 9:36and his firstborn son Abdon, 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, the son of Berechiah, son of Iddo, saying,

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