In this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, 1 Chron. 7:1–5 of Benjamin, 1 Chron. 7:6–12 Naphtali, 1 Chron. 7:13, of Manasseh, 1 Chron. 7:14–19 of Ephraim, 1 Chron. 7:20–29 and of Asher, 1 Chron.

Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. ] The same number is given, with a small variation of two of their names, there called Phuvah and Job, from whence so many families sprang, mentioned (Num. 26:23, Num. 26:24) , where the names are the same as here.

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,…

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.

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, , for they had many wives and sons; having…

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar As those of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, 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.

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, .

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 , heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; principal men in their tribe and families, and of great courage: and…

And the sons of Becher Another son of Benjamin, , 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…

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.

The sons also of Jediael The third son of Benjamin before mentioned, . 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, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and…

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.

Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir The same with Iri, so that these were not sons of Benjamin, as they seem to be, if they are the same with Muppim and Huppim in but his great-grandchildren, and are the same with Shupham and Hupham, from whom families of the tribe of Benjamin sprung, the…

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum Called Shillem, , 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, (Num. 26:48, Num. 26:49) .

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…

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, whose name was Maachah: and the name of the second was Zelophehad; the second son of Manasseh, or of his posterity mentioned; for he…

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.

And the sons of Ulam: Bedan See 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, .

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…

And the sons of Shemida Another son of Gilead’s sister, unless the same with Ishod; from him sprung the family of the Shemidaites, 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…

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.

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, and Ezer, and Elead; two other sons of Zabad: whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew: that is,…

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…

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…

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…

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, , then Non or Nun, whose son…

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, , then Non or Nun, whose son…

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, , then Non or Nun, whose son…

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, and eastward Naaran: the same with Naarath, and westward Gezer,…

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 , in these dwelt the children of…

The son of Asher Which, and his two grandsons born before Jacob went down to Egypt, are here reckoned as in 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 son of Asher Which, and his two grandsons born before Jacob went down to Egypt, are here reckoned as in 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…

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.

And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath; these are the children of Japhlet. ] Of whom we read not elsewhere,

And the sons of Shamer Or Shomer, the brother of Japhlet, . Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram; of whom nothing is known but their names.

And the sons of his brother Helem Or Helem his brother, that is, the brother of Shomer, who, according to Hillerus [[12]], is Hotham, . Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Aram; nowhere else mentioned. 13: Onomastic. Sacr. p. 551.

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.

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.

And the sons of Jether The same with Ithran, the last of Zophah’s sons but one, , Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara; not Jephunneh the father of Caleb; he was not of the tribe of Asher, but of Judah.

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.

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…