English Standard Version
1 Chronicles 7:13
13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.
1 Chronicles 7:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- New International Version (NIV)The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem—the descendants of Bilhah.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah.
Context of 1 Chronicles 7:13
11All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers' houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. 12And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher. The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah. 14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15And 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.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 71 Chronicles 7:13 word by word
בְּנֵ֣י נַפְתָּלִ֗י יַחֲצִיאֵ֧ל וְגוּנִ֛י וְיֵ֥צֶר וְשַׁלּ֖וּם בְּנֵ֥י בִלְהָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- The sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- of Naphtaliנַפְתָּלִיnaphtâlîy · NaphtaliH5321
- Jahzielיַחְצִיאֵלyachtsîy'êl · JahzielH3185
- and Guniגּוּנִיgûnîy · GuniH1476
- and Jezerיֵ֫צֶרyêtser · JezerH3337
- and Shallumשַׁלּוּםshallûm shallûm · ShallumH7967
- the sonsבֵּןbên · son: descendant/peopleH1121
- of Bilhahבִּלְהָהbilhâh · BilhahH1090
Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:13
- Genesis 46:24The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
- Numbers 26:48The sons of Naphtali according to their clans: of Jahzeel, the clan of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the clan of the Gunites;
- Numbers 26:49of Jezer, the clan of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the clan of the Shillemites.
- Genesis 30:3Then she said, "Here is my servant Bilhah; go in to her, so that she may give birth on my behalf, that even I may have children through her."
- Genesis 35:22While Israel lived in that land, Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine. And Israel heard of it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve.
- Genesis 46:25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and these she bore to Jacob—seven persons in all.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:13
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13Unlike other genealogies, this list of Naphtali's sons shows only the first generation (see Genesis 46:24; Numbers 26:48–50). The Chronicles manuscript might have been damaged early in its copying, which could explain why Dan and Zebulun are missing. It is also possible that records for Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali were lost when Tiglath-pileser attacked and exiled these tribes during Pekah’s reign (2 Kings 15:29). In that case, the Chronicler had no…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. Shallum--or Shillem (Ge 46:24). sons of Bilhah--As Dan and Naphtali were her sons, Hushim, as well as these enumerated in 1Ch 7:13, were her grandsons. 1Ch 7:14-40. Of Manasseh.Read the comment
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- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
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- 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
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