1 Chronicles 7:13

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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, 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 sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war. 12The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites the descendants of Aher. The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem—the descendants of Bilhah. 14The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 15Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

1 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: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem.
• Numbers 26:48The descendants of Naphtali by their clans were: through Jahzeel, the Jahzeelite clan; through Guni, the Gunite clan;
• Numbers 26:49through Jezer, the Jezerite clan; through Shillem, the Shillemite clan.
• Genesis 30:3Then she said, “Here is Bilhah, my servant. Sleep with her so that she can bear children for me and I too can build a family through her.”
• Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard of it. Jacob had twelve sons:
• Genesis 46:25These were the sons born to Jacob by Bilhah, whom Laban had given to his daughter Rachel—seven 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

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:13

• Guni
• Jahzeel
• Jahziel
• Jezer
• Naphtali
• Shillem

In the dictionaries

• Bilhah
• Naphtali
• Shallum
• Bilhah (1)
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Guni; Gunites
• Jahzeel and Jahziel
• Jezer
• Shallum (1)

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