God’s Word Translation
1 Chronicles 7:12
12The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir’s descendants. The Hushites were descendants of someone else.
1 Chronicles 7:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
- New International Version (NIV)The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites the descendants of Aher.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher.
Context of 1 Chronicles 7:12
10Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11All of these men were Jediael’s descendants. They headed families that produced 17,200 fighting men who could go to war. The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir’s descendants. The Hushites were descendants of someone else. 13Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. They were Bilhah’s grandsons. 14Manasseh’s sons were Asriel and Machir. Their mother was Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. Machir was the first to settle Gilead.
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וְשֻׁפִּ֤ם וְחֻפִּם֙ בְּנֵ֣י עִ֔יר חֻשִׁ֖ם בְּנֵ֥י אַחֵֽר׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:12
- 1 Chronicles 7:15He married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His wife’s name was Maacah. The name of his second son was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters.
- Genesis 46:21The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard.
- Numbers 26:39the family of Shupham, and the family of Hupham.
- 1 Chronicles 7:7Bela’s five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families and fighting men. In the genealogy 22,034 of them were recorded.
- Genesis 46:23The son of Dan was Hushim.
- Numbers 26:38The families descended from Benjamin were the family of Bela, the family of Ashbel, the family of Ahiram,
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:12
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12The Hebrew text of this verse seems disrupted, likely due to a loss during scribal copying, as there is no introduction for Ir or Hushim. The names Shuppim and Huppim appear in the tribe of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 8:8, 11; Genesis 46:21; Numbers 26:39). If the Hebrew text is indeed damaged, Hushim might be a descendant of Dan (compare Genesis 46:23; Numbers 26:42).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. Shuppim also, and Huppim--They are called Muppim and Huppim (Ge 46:21) and Hupham and Shupham (Nu 26:39). They were the children of Ir, or Iri (1Ch 7:7). and Hushim, the sons--"son." of Aher--"Aher" signifies "another," and some eminent critics, taking "Aher" as a common noun, render the passage thus, "and Hushim, another son." Shuppim, Muppim, and Hushim are plural words, and therefore denote not individuals, but the heads of their respective…Read the comment
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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
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