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Chronicles Chapter Seven
New King James Version (NKJV)
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 7
In
this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar
1 Chronicles 7:1 of
Benjamin
1 Chronicles 7:6
Naphtali
1 Chronicles 7:13
of Manasseh
1 Chronicles 7:14
of Ephraim
1 Chronicles 7:20
and of Asher
1 Chronicles 7:30
even of the chief men of them; and their numbers are reckoned as in the times
of David. The tribes of Dan and Zebulun are omitted.
1 Chronicles
7:1 The sons of
Issachar were Tola
Puah
[a] Jashub
and Shimron—four in all.
YLT
1And sons of Issachar; Tola
and Puah
Jashub
and Shimron
four.
Now the sons of Issachar were Tola
Puah
Jashub
and Shimron
four. The same number is given
Genesis 46:13 with
a small variation of two of their names
there called Phuvah and Job
from
whence so many families sprang
mentioned Numbers 26:23
where the names are the same as here.
1 Chronicles
7:2 2 The
sons of Tola were Uzzi
Rephaiah
Jeriel
Jahmai
Jibsam
and Shemuel
heads of their father’s house. The sons of Tola were mighty men
of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was
twenty-two thousand six hundred.
YLT
2And sons of Tola: Uzzi
and
Rephaiah
and Jeriel
and Jahmai
and Jibsam
and Shemuel
heads of the house of
their fathers
[even] of Tola
mighty of valour in their generations: their
number in the days of David [is] twenty and two thousand and six hundred.
And the sons of Tola
.... The eldest son of
Issachar
whose posterity are only reckoned by name:
Uzzi
and Rephaiah
and Jeriel
and Jahmai
and Jibsam
and
Shemuel
heads of their father's house
to wit
of Tola; the principal
man of his family:
they were valiant
men of might in their generations
famous for their courage
and military exploits
though they sprang from Tola
whose name signifies
"a worm"; and which name BochartF11Hierozoic. par. 2. l.
4. c. 21. col. 630. conjectures was given him by his parents
because he was so
weakly that they had no hopes of raising him; and yet from him sprung such mighty
men
and from them such a numerous race
as follows:
whose number was
in the days of David
two and twenty thousand
and six hundred; besides those of the posterity of Uzzi
after mentioned. This
was at the time Joab took the number of Israel
by the order of David
1 Chronicles 21:5.
1 Chronicles
7:3 3 The
son of Uzzi was Izrahiah
and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael
Obadiah
Joel
and Ishiah. All five of them were chief men.
YLT
3And sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah;
and sons of Izrahiah: Michael
and Obadiah
and Joel
Ishiah
Hamishah -- all
of them heads.
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah
.... Including his
posterity:
and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael
and Obadiah
and Joel
Ishiah
five; together with their father
all reckoned the sons of Uzzi:
all of them chief men; in their father's house
heads of families.
1 Chronicles
7:4 4 And
with them
by their generations
according to their fathers’ houses
were
thirty-six thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.
YLT
4And beside them
by their
generations
of the house of their fathers
[are] troops of the host of battle
thirty and six thousand
for they multiplied wives and sons;
And with them
by their generations
after the house of their
fathers
were bands of soldiers for war
.... Companies of men of
military courage and skill
who could and did go out to war upon occasion:
six and thirty thousand men; besides the 22
600 Tolaites
1 Chronicles 7:2
for they had many wives and sons; having many wives
they
had many sons; polygamy was the cause of their large numbers; and that they
gave into for the sake of the multiplication of Abraham's seed
according to
the divine promise.
1 Chronicles 7:5 5 Now their brethren among
all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor
listed by their
genealogies
eighty-seven thousand in all.
YLT
5and their brethren of all
the families of Issachar [are] mighty of valour
eighty and seven thousand
all
have their genealogy.
And their brethren among all the families of Issachar
.... As those
of Puah
Jashub
and Shimron
1 Chronicles 7:1.
were men of might; valiant and courageous:
reckoned in all
by their genealogies
fourscore and seven
thousand; that is
including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before
given.
1 Chronicles 7:6 6 The sons
of Benjamin were Bela
Becher
and Jediael—three in all.
YLT
6Of Benjamin: Bela
and
Becher
and Jediael
three.
The sons of Benjamin; Bela
and Becher
and Jediael
three. Benjamin had
ten sons
but three only are mentioned first; the latter of these seems to be
the same with Ashbel
Genesis 46:21.
1 Chronicles 7:7 7 The sons of Bela were
Ezbon
Uzzi
Uzziel
Jerimoth
and Iri—five in all. They were
heads of their fathers’ houses
and they were listed by their
genealogies
twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.
YLT
7And sons of Bela: Ezbon
and Uzzi
and Uzziel
and Jerimoth
and Iri
five; heads of a house of fathers
mighty of valour
with their genealogy
twenty and two thousand
and thirty and
four.
And the sons of Bela; Ezbon
and Uzzi
and Uzziel
and Jerimoth
and Iri
five
.... These are thought by some to be the grandsons of Bela
because of the different names in 1 Chronicles 8:3
heads of the house of their fathers
mighty men of valour; principal men
in their tribe and families
and of great courage:
and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and
thirty and four; who sprung from these men.
1 Chronicles 7:8 8 The sons of Becher were
Zemirah
Joash
Eliezer
Elioenai
Omri
Jerimoth
Abijah
Anathoth
and
Alemeth. All these are the sons of Becher.
YLT
8And sons of Becher:
Zemirah
and Joash
and Eliezar
and Elioenai
and Omri
and Jerimoth
and
Abijah
and Anathoth
and Alameth. All these [are] sons of Becher
And the sons of Becher
.... Another son of
Benjamin
1 Chronicles 7:6
Zemira
and Joash
and Eliezer and Elioenai
and Omri
and
Jerimoth
and Abiah
and Anathoth
and Alameth; the two last of these
according to Kimchi
gave names to two cities in Benjamin
built by them;
Anathoth
the native place of Jeremiah the prophet
and Alameth
the same with
Bahurim
2 Samuel 16:5.
all these are the sons of Becher; before named.
1 Chronicles 7:9 9 And they were recorded by
genealogy according to their generations
heads of their fathers’ houses
twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor.
YLT
9with their genealogy
after
their generations
heads of a house of their fathers
mighty of valour
twenty
thousand and two hundred.
And the number of them
.... Of the posterity of
the sons of Becher:
after their genealogy by their generations
heads of the house of
their fathers
mighty men of valour; as they increased in
succeeding ages
and at the time of David:
was twenty thousand and two hundred.
1 Chronicles 7:10 10 The son of Jediael was
Bilhan
and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush
Benjamin
Ehud
Chenaanah
Zethan
Tharshish
and Ahishahar.
YLT
10And sons of Jediael:
Bilhan; and sons of Bilhan: Jeush
and Benjamin
and Ehud
and Chenaanah
and
Zethan
and Tarshish
and Ahishahar.
The sons also of Jediael
.... The third son of
Benjamin before mentioned
1 Chronicles 7:6.
Bilhan
including his posterity
as follows:
and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush
and Benjamin; called so
after his great grandfather:
and Ehud; who was the second judge in Israel
Judges 3:15.
and Chenaanah
and Zethan
and Tharshish
and Ahishahar; of whom we
nowhere else read.
1 Chronicles 7:11 11 All 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.
YLT
11All these [are] sons of
Jediael
even heads of the fathers
mighty in valour
seventeen thousand and
two hundred going out to the host for battle.
All these the sons of Jediael
by the heads of their fathers
mighty men of valour
were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers
fit to go out for war and battle. Which
with the above
sums put together
make of the tribe of Benjamin
besides what follow
59
430;
who
if numbered by Joab
the account was not given in by him
1 Chronicles 21:6.
1 Chronicles 7:12 12 Shuppim and Huppim[b] were
the sons of Ir
and Hushim was the son of Aher.
YLT
12And Shuppim and Huppim
[are] sons of Ir; Hushim son of Aher.
Shuppim also
and Huppim
the children of Ir
.... The same
with Iri
1 Chronicles 7:7 so
that these were not sons of Benjamin
as they seem to be
if they are the same
with Muppim and Huppim in Genesis 46:21 but
his great-grandchildren
and are the same with Shupham and Hupham
from whom
families of the tribe of Benjamin sprung
Numbers 26:39 the
Targum calls them the inhabitants of a city
but of what is not said
unless
Geba should be meant
1 Chronicles 8:6
and
Hushim
the sons of Aher: either the same with
Aharah
the third son of Benjamin
1 Chronicles 8:1 or
Ahiram
Numbers 26:38
though some read the words
"the sons of another"; whom they suppose
to be Dan
who otherwise is omitted; and Hushim is the only son of Dan
Genesis 46:23
where the same plural word is used as here; who
they think
is called another
by way of detestation
that tribe being guilty of gross idolatry; but he rather
seems to belong to Benjamin.
1 Chronicles 7:13 13 The sons of Naphtali were
Jahziel
[c] Guni
Jezer
and Shallum
[d] the sons of
Bilhah.
YLT
13Sons of Naphtali: Jahziel
and Guni
and Jezer
and Shallum
sons of Bilhah.
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel
and Guni
and Jezer
and Shallum
.... Called
Shillem
Genesis 46:24
the sons of Bilhah; Jacob's concubine; her grandsons; for
Naphtali
the father of them
was her son; from these sprung so many families
after their names
Numbers 26:48.
1 Chronicles 7:14 14 The descendants of
Manasseh: his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead
the father
of Asriel.[e]
YLT
14Sons of Manasseh: Ashriel
whom Jaladah his Aramaean concubine bare
with Machir father of Gilead.
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel
whom she bare
.... The wife
of Manasseh
as distinguished from his concubine in the next clause; though the
Targum reads
in connection with that
"whom his Aramitess (or Syrian)
concubine bare;'
and
then adds:
who also bare Machir the father of Gilead; so that
Ashriel and Machir were brethren; from which Ashriel sprung the family of the
Ashrielites
Numbers 26:29 as
from Machir the Machirites
Numbers 26:29.
1 Chronicles 7:15 15 Machir took as his wife the
sister of Huppim and Shuppim
[f] whose name
was Maachah. The name of Gilead’s grandson[g] was
Zelophehad
[h] but
Zelophehad begot only daughters.
YLT
15And Machir took wives for
Huppim and for Shuppim
and the name of the one [is] Maachah
and the name of
the second Zelophehad
and Zelophehad hath daughters.
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim
whose
sister's name was Maachah
.... He married into the tribe of Benjamin
a sister of the persons mentioned
1 Chronicles 7:12
whose name was Maachah:
and the name of the second was Zelophehad; the second
son of Manasseh
or of his posterity mentioned; for he was not his immediate
son; for he was the son of Hepher
the son of Gilead
the son of Machir
the
son of Manasseh
Numbers 27:1.
and Zelophehad had daughters; but no sons
the names
of his daughters are given
Numbers 26:33.
1 Chronicles 7:16 16 (Maachah the wife of
Machir bore a son
and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was
Sheresh
and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
YLT
16And Maachah wife of Machir
beareth a son and calleth his name Peresh
and the name of his brother [is]
Sheresh
and his sons [are] Ulam and Rakem.
And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son
and she called his name
Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh
.... He had both these
sons by her:
and his sons were Ulam and Rakem
that is
either the sons
of Peresh or Sheresh
the nearest
as Kimchi observes.
1 Chronicles 7:17 17 The son of Ulam was
Bedan.) These were the descendants of Gilead the son of Machir
the son
of Manasseh.
YLT
17And son of Ulam: Bedan.
These [are] sons of Gilead son of Machir
son of Manasseh.
And the sons of Ulam: Bedan
.... See 1 Samuel 12:11.
these were the sons of Gilead
the son of Machir
the son of
Manasseh; that is
were of his posterity
or belonged to his family; for
Ulam and Rakem were sons of a brother of Gilead
1 Chronicles 7:16.
1 Chronicles 7:18 18 His sister Hammoleketh
bore Ishhod
Abiezer
and Mahlah.
YLT
18And his sister Hammolecheth
bare Ishhod
and Abiezer
and Mahalah.
And his sister Hammoleketh
.... The sister of Gilead
so named; though the Targum renders it "that reigned"; and so Kimchi
that reigned in some part of Gilead; and the Vulgate Latin version translates
it
"a queen bare Ishod
and Abiezer
and Mahalah"; Abiezer is the
same with Jeezer
from whom a family sprung of that name
Numbers 26:30
of
which Gideon was
Judges 6:11.
1 Chronicles 7:19 19 And the sons of Shemida
were Ahian
Shechem
Likhi
and Aniam.
YLT
19And the sons of Shemida are
Ahian
and Shechem
and Likhi
and Aniam.
And the sons of Shemida
.... Another son of
Gilead's sister
unless the same with Ishod; from him sprung the family of the
Shemidaites
Numbers 26:30.
were
Ahian
and Shechem
and Likhi
and Aniam; from Shechem came
the family of the Shethemites
as from Likhi
if he is the same with Helek
as
probably he may be
was the family of the Helekites
Numbers 26:30.
1 Chronicles 7:20 20 The sons of Ephraim were
Shuthelah
Bered his son
Tahath his son
Eladah his son
Tahath his son
YLT
20And sons of Ephraim:
Shuthelah
and Bered his son
and Tahath his son
and Eladah his son
and
Tahath his son
And the sons of Ephraim
.... A son of Joseph
and
father of a tribe of this name
whose genealogy through five generations
follows: Shuthelah
Bered
Tahath
Eladah
Tahath; the second.
1 Chronicles 7:21 21 Zabad his son
Shuthelah
his son
and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land
killed them because they came down to take away their cattle.
YLT
21and Zabad his son
and
Shuthelah his son
and Ezer
and Elead; and slain them have men of Gath who are
born in the land
because they came down to take their cattle.
And Zabad his son
.... Not the son of Tahath the second last
mentioned
but the son of Ephraim
a second son of his:
and Shuthelah; his son
the son of Zabad
called after his
uncle's name
1 Chronicles 7:20.
and Ezer
and Elead; two other sons of Zabad:
whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew: that is
Zabad and his three sons; these the men of Gath slew
who were Philistines that
dwelt there
and were originally of Egypt
and were born in that land
but had
removed into Palestine
which had its name from them
of which Gath was one of
its cities; and this bordering upon the land of Goshen
or being near it
where
the Israelites dwelt
they made inroads upon them
and plundered them:
because they came down to take away their cattle; and the sons
the grandsons of Ephraim
resisted them
and so were slain: and that the
aggressors were not the Ephraimites
who went out of Egypt before their time
and fell upon the men of Gath
born in the land of the Philistines
in order to
dispossess them of their land and substance
and were slain by them
which is
the sense of the Targum and other writers
both Jewish and Christian; but the
men of Gath
as is clear from this circumstance
that they
came down
as men did when they went from Palestine to Egypt
not when they
went from Egypt to Palestine
then they "went up"; which would have
been the phrase used
if this had been an expedition of the Ephraimites into
Palestine; besides
it is not reasonable to think
that the Ephraimites
addicted to husbandry and cattle
and not used to war
should engage in such an
enterprise; but rather the men of Gath
or the Philistines
who were a warlike
people
and given to spoil and plunder; this
according to a learned
chronologerF12Nic. Abrami Pharus
l. 9. c. 21. p. 242.
was seventy
four years after Jacob went down to Egypt
and one hundred and forty years
before the children of Israel came from thence.
1 Chronicles 7:22 22 Then Ephraim their father
mourned many days
and his brethren came to comfort him.
YLT
22And Ephraim their father
mourneth many days
and his brethren come in to comfort him
And Ephraim their father mourned many days
.... For the
loss of his son and grandchildren for the above fact was done while the
Israelites were in Egypt
and Ephraim the patriarch yet alive; nor is there any
need to suppose another Ephraim
different from him:
and his brethren came to comfort him; some of the
heads of the other tribes of Israel
particularly Manasseh
with some of his
family.
1 Chronicles 7:23 23 And when he went in to his
wife
she conceived and bore a son; and he called his name Beriah
[i] because
tragedy had come upon his house.
YLT
23and he goeth in unto his
wife
and she conceiveth and beareth a son
and he calleth his name Beriah
because in evil had been his house
--
And when he went in to his wife
.... After his grief and
sorrow in part at least had subsided:
she conceived and bare a son; which in some measure
made up for the loss he had sustained:
and he called his name Beriah; which signifies being
"in evil" or calamity
he being born in an evil time:
because it went evil with his house; or evil was in his
house
as NoldiusF13Ebr. Concord. Part. No. 750. p. 165.
in his
family; a great calamity had befallen it.
1 Chronicles 7:24 24 Now his daughter was
Sheerah
who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah;
YLT
24and his daughter [is]
Sherah
and she buildeth Beth-Horon
the lower and the upper
and Uzzen-Sherah –
And his daughter was Sherah
.... That is
the
daughter of Beriah; not an immediate daughter
but a descendant of his
otherwise she could not have reached the times of Joshua
as she did by what
follows:
who built Bethhoron the nether
and the upper; which were
cities on the border of the tribe of Ephraim; which the Israelites having taken
from the Canaanites
and destroyed
she rebuilt
see Joshua 16:3.
and Uzzensherah; which was called after her own name
and to
distinguish it from another place called Uzzen; though of neither of them do we
read elsewhere.
1 Chronicles 7:25 25 and Rephah was his
son
as well as Resheph
and Telah his son
Tahan his son
YLT
25and Rephah [is] his son
and Resheph
and Telah his son
and Tahan his son
Verses 25-27
And Rephah was his son
.... The son of Beriah
whose genealogy from him is traced down to Joshua in this and the two following
verses
and stands thus: after Rephah
Resheph
Telah
Tahan
Laadan
Ammihud
Elishama
who was prince of the tribe of Ephraim in the wilderness
Numbers 1:10
then
Non or Nun
whose son was Jehoshua or Joshua.
1 Chronicles 7:26 26 Laadan his son
Ammihud
his son
Elishama his son
YLT
26Laadan his son
Ammihud his
son
Elishama his son
1 Chronicles 7:27 27 Nun[j] his son
and Joshua his son.
YLT
27Non his son
Jehoshua his
son.
1 Chronicles 7:28 28 Now their possessions and
dwelling places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran
to the
west Gezer and its towns
and Shechem and its towns
as far as Ayyah[k] and its
towns;
YLT
28And their possession and
their dwellings [are] Beth-El and its small towns
and to the east Naaran
and
to the west Gezer and its small towns
and Shechem and its small towns
unto
Gaza and its small towns;
And their possessions and habitations
.... That is
of the sons of Ephraim
when come into the land of Canaan:
were Bethel
and the towns thereof; the villages belonging
to it
which was formerly called Luz
and was the border of Ephraim
Joshua 16:7.
and eastward Naaran: the same with Naarath
Joshua 16:7.
and westward Gezer
with the towns thereof; of which see Joshua 16:3
and Shechem also
and the towns thereof; which was a
city of refuge in Mount Ephraim
Joshua 20:7
unto Gaza
and the towns thereof; not Gaza
a city of the
Philistines
for the tribe of Ephraim did not reach so far; the Targum calls it
Aiah; it may be read Adaza
as in the margin of our Bibles.
1 Chronicles 7:29 29 and by the borders of the
children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns
Taanach and its
towns
Megiddo and its towns
Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the children of
Joseph
the son of Israel.
YLT
29and by the parts of the
sons of Manasseh
Beth-Shean and its small towns
Taanach and its small towns
Megiddo and its small towns
Dor and its small towns; in these dwelt the sons
of Joseph son of Israel.
And by the borders of the children of Manasseh
.... Of the
half tribe of Manasseh on this side Jordan: near to them the Ephraimites dwelt
even near to
Bethshean and her towns
Taanach and her towns
Megiddo and her
towns
Dor and her towns; of all which places see Joshua 17:11
in these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel; the
Ephraimites
in those mentioned in 1 Chronicles 7:28
and the Manassites
in those that are here mentioned; who were both the
children or posterity of Joseph
the beloved son of Israel.
1 Chronicles 7:30 30 The sons of Asher were
Imnah
Ishvah
Ishvi
Beriah
and their sister Serah.
YLT
30Son of Asher: Imnah
and
Ishve
and Ishvi
and Beriah
and Serah their sister.
Verse 30-31
The son of Asher
.... Which
and his two grandsons born
before Jacob went down to Egypt
are here reckoned as in Genesis 46:17 only
it is here added Malchiel his second grandson:
who is the father of Birzavith; which Jarchi interprets
prince of a city of this name
which signifies pure oil; which it might have
from the abundance of olives about it
Asher being a tribe which abounded with
them
see Deuteronomy 33:24
though some of the Rabbins take it to be the name of a man
whose daughters
they say
as Jarchi observes
were very beautiful
having much oil to anoint
with
and were married to kings and priests anointed with oil.
1 Chronicles 7:31 31 The sons of Beriah were
Heber and Malchiel
who was the father of Birzaith.[l]
YLT
31And sons of Beriah: Heber
and Malchiel -- he [is] father of Birzavith.
1 Chronicles 7:32 32 And Heber begot Japhlet
Shomer
[m] Hotham
[n] and their
sister Shua.
YLT
32And Heber begat Japhlet
and Shomer
and Hotham
and Shua their sister.
And Heber
.... The other grandson of Asher; and son of Beriah:
begat Japhlet
and Shomer
and Hotham
and Shuah their sister; a place on
the borders of Ephraim is called the coast of Japhleti; but whether from this
Japhlet is uncertain.
1 Chronicles 7:33 33 The sons of Japhlet were
Pasach
Bimhal
and Ashvath. These were the children of Japhlet.
YLT
33And sons of Japhlet:
Pasach
and Bimhal
and Ashvath; these [are] sons of Japhlet.
And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach
and Bimhal
and Ashvath; these
are the children of Japhlet. Of whom we read not elsewhere
1 Chronicles 7:34 34 The sons of Shemer were
Ahi
Rohgah
Jehubbah
and Aram.
YLT
34and sons of Shamer: Ahi
and Rohgah
Jehubbah
and Aram.
And the sons of Shamer
.... Or Shomer
the brother
of Japhlet
1 Chronicles 7:32.
Ahi
and Rohgah
Jehubbah
and Aram; of whom nothing is known
but their names.
1 Chronicles 7:35 35 And the sons of his
brother Helem were Zophah
Imna
Shelesh
and Amal.
YLT
35And son of Helem his
brother: Zophah
and Imna
and Shelesh
and Amal.
And the sons of his brother Helem
.... Or Helem his
brother
that is
the brother of Shomer
who
according to HillerusF14Onomastic.
Sacr. p. 551.
is Hotham
1 Chronicles 7:32.
Zophah
and Imna
and Shelesh
and Aram; nowhere else
mentioned.
1 Chronicles 7:36 36 The sons of Zophah were
Suah
Harnepher
Shual
Beri
Imrah
YLT
36Sons of Zophah: Suah
and
Harnepher
and Shual
and Beri
and Imrah
Verse 36-37
And the sons of Zophah
.... The eldest of the
sons of Helem:
Suah
and Harnepher
and Shual
and Beri
and Imrah
Bezer; and
Hod
and Shamma
and Shilshah
and Ithran
and Beera; in all
eleven.
1 Chronicles 7:37 37 Bezer
Hod
Shamma
Shilshah
Jithran
[o] and Beera.
YLT
37Bezer
and Hod
and Shamma
and Shilshah
and Ithran
and Beera.
1 Chronicles 7:38 38 The sons of Jether were
Jephunneh
Pispah
and Ara.
YLT
38And sons of Jether:
Jephunneh
and Pispah
and Ara.
And the sons of Jether
.... The same with
Ithran
the last of Zophah's sons but one
1 Chronicles 7:37
Jephunneh
and Pispah
and Ara; not Jephunneh the father
of Caleb; he was not of the tribe of Asher
but of Judah.
1 Chronicles 7:39 39 The sons of Ulla were
Arah
Haniel
and Rizia.
YLT
39And sons of Ulla: Arah
and
Hanniel
and Rezia.
And the sons of Ulla
.... Who either was the
son of Ara
last mentioned
or another son of Jether:
Arah
and Haniel
and Rezia; here ends the genealogy
of Asher; the last of the tribes; Dan and Zebulun not being reckoned at all.
1 Chronicles 7:40 40 All these were the
children of Asher
heads of their fathers’ houses
choice men
mighty
men of valor
chief leaders. And they were recorded by genealogies among the
army fit for battle; their number was twenty-six thousand.
YLT
40All these [are] sons of
Asher
heads of the house of the fathers
chosen ones
mighty in valour
heads
of the princes
with their genealogy
for the host
for battle
their number
[is] twenty and six thousand men.
All these were the children of Asher
heads of their father's
house
.... Principal men in their tribe
and respective families:
choice and mighty men of valour; these were some selected
from others
being eminent for their courage and valour:
chief of the princes; or chief princes; the
Vulgate Latin version is
dukes of dukes
they were heads of their fathers'
families:
and the number throughout the
genealogy that were apt to war
and to battle
was twenty and six
thousand men; that is
in the days of David
1 Chronicles 7:4
this was the number
not of their chief men
nor of all the people in the
tribe
but of their militia.
──《John Gill’s
Exposition of the Bible》
New King James
Version (NKJV)