1 Chronicles 7:22

1 Chronicles 7:22 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
• New International Version (NIV)Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

Context of 1 Chronicles 7:22

20The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath, 21Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath. Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered. 24He had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah.

1 Chronicles 7:22 word by word

וַיִּתְאַבֵּ֛ל אֶפְרַ֥יִם אֲבִיהֶ֖ם יָמִ֣ים רַבִּ֑ים וַיָּבֹ֥אוּ אֶחָ֖יו לְנַחֲמֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And Ephraimאֶפְרַ֫יִם'ephrayim · EphraimH669
• their fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• mournedאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• manyרַבrab · manyH7227
• daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• and his brethrenאָח'âch · brother: male-siblingH251
• cameבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to comfortנָחַםnâcham · to be sorry: comfortH5162

Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes and dressed himself in burlap. He mourned deeply for his son for a long time.
• Job 2:11When three of Job’s friends heard of the tragedy he had suffered, they got together and traveled from their homes to comfort and console him. Their names were Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite.

Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 22Ephraim is recorded as the father of Ezer and Elead. However, Ephraim, the son of Joseph, could not have settled in Canaan after the Exodus. Traditionally, people imagined an early exodus for Ephraim's family. Other possibilities include that the name Ephraim is a scribal error or that Ephraim referred to the tribe, not Joseph's son.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Chronicles 7:22

• Beriah
• Ephraim

In the dictionaries

• Ephraim
• Ephraim, Ephraimite
• Beriah
• Amram
• Chronicles, Books of
• Genealogy
• Dan
• Shuthelah

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