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.
• New International Version (NIV)The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem—the descendants of Bilhah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants 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 their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle. 12Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher. The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. 14The descendants of Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel. 15Machir 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.

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 were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.
• Numbers 26:48The sons of Naphtali according to their families were: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites; of Guni, the family of the Gunites;
• Numbers 26:49of Jezer, the family of the Jezerites; of Shillem, the family of the Shillemites.
• Genesis 30:3So she said, “Here is my maid Bilhah; go in to her, and she will bear a child on my knees, that I also may have children by her.”
• Genesis 35:22And it happened, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine; and Israel heard about it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
• Genesis 46:25These were the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave to Rachel his daughter, and she bore these 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

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