1 Chronicles 7:5

1 Chronicles 7:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
• New International Version (NIV)The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:5

3The five descendants of Uzzi were Izrahiah and Izrahiah’s sons Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All of them were heads ⌞of families⌟. 4They had many wives and children. So in addition to these men grouped according to their ancestry and families, there were 36,000 soldiers. Their relatives (that is, all of Issachar’s families) were fighting men. A total of 87,000 of them was recorded in the genealogy. 6Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. 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.

1 Chronicles 7:5 word by word

וַאֲחֵיהֶ֗ם לְכֹל֙ מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת יִשָׂשכָ֔ר גִּבּוֹרֵ֖י חֲיָלִ֑ים שְׁמוֹנִ֤ים וְשִׁבְעָה֙ אֶ֔לֶף הִתְיַחְשָׂ֖ם לַכֹּֽל׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And their brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-relativeH251
• among all the familiesמִשְׁפָּחָהmishpâchâh · familyH4940
• of Issacharיִשָּׂשכָרyiώώâώkâr · IssacharH3485
• valiantגִּבּוֹרgibbôr gibbôr · mighty manH1368
• men of mightחַ֫יִלchayil · armyH2428
• reckoned in all by their genealogiesיָחַשׂyâchaώ · to enrollH3187
• fourscoreשְׁמֹנִיםshemônîym shemônîym · eightyH8084
• and sevenשֶׁ֫בַעsheba‛ shib‛âh · sevenH7651
• thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:5

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40This chapter provides the genealogies of the remaining tribes of Israel. The sections on the tribes of Issachar, Benjamin, and Asher may come from a military census. These lists are almost the same length, use military terms, record the father's houses, and do not mention settlements. The tribes of Zebulun and Dan are completely omitted, and Naphtali has only a short record.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. fourscore and seven thousand--exclusive of the 58,600 men which the Tola branch had produced (1Ch 7:24), so that in the days of David the tribe would have contained a population of 45,600. This large increase was owing to the practice of polygamy, as well as the fruitfulness of the women. A plurality of wives, though tolerated among the Hebrews, was confined chiefly to the great and wealthy; but it seems to have been generally esteemed a privilege by…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:5

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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