1 Chronicles 7:15

1 Chronicles 7:15 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
• New International Version (NIV)Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And 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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose name was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s grandson was Zelophehad, but Zelophehad begot only daughters.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:15

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. He 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. 16Maacah, Machir’s wife, had a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh, whose sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17Ulam’s son was Bedan. These were the people of Gilead, descendants of Machir (son of Manasseh).

1 Chronicles 7:15 word by word

וּמָכִ֞יר לָקַ֤ח אִשָּׁה֙ לְחֻפִּ֣ים וּלְשֻׁפִּ֔ים וְשֵׁ֤ם אֲחֹתוֹ֙ מַעֲכָ֔ה וְשֵׁ֥ם הַשֵּׁנִ֖י צְלָפְחָ֑ד וַתִּהְיֶ֥נָה לִצְלָפְחָ֖ד בָּנֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Machirמָכִירmâkîyr · MachirH4353
• tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• to wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• of Huppimחֻפִּיםchûppîym · HuppimH2650
• and Shuppimשֻׁפִּיםshûppîym · ShuppimH8206
• whose sister’sאָחוֹת'âchôth · sisterH269
• nameשֵׁםshêm · nameH8034
• Maachahמַעֲכָהma‛ăkâh ma‛ăkâth · MaacahH4601
• of the secondשֵׁנִיshênîy · secondH8145
• Zelophehadצְלׇפְחָדtselophchâd · ZelophehadH6765
• had daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:15

• 1 Chronicles 7:12The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir’s descendants. The Hushites were descendants of someone else.
• Numbers 26:33(Zelophehad, son of Hepher, had no sons—only daughters. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.)
• Numbers 27:1The daughters of Zelophehad, son of Hepher, grandson of Gilead, descendant of Machir, whose father was Manasseh, belonged to the families of Manasseh, son of Joseph. Their names were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They came
• Numbers 36:1The heads of the households whose families were descended from Gilead, son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh, (families of Joseph’s descendants) came and spoke to Moses and the leaders of the other Israelite households.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:15

• 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 7:15

• Huppim
• Maachah
• Shuppim
• Zelophehad

In the dictionaries

• Machir
• Abiezer
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Huppim
• Maacah; Maachah
• Manasseh (2)
• Muppim
• Shephupham, Shephuphan
• Shuppim

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