1 Chron. 7 The sons of Issachar, 1 Chron. 7:1–5. Of Benjamin, 1 Chron. 7:6–12. Of Naphtali, 1 Chron. 7:13. Of Manasseh, 1 Chron. 7:14–19. Of Ephraim; their calamity; and habitations, 1 Chron. 7:20–29. Of Asher, 1 Chron. 7:30–40.

Jashub, called, by way of contraction, Job, Gen. 46:13.

In the days of David, when he numbered the people, 2 Sam. 24:1;c.

The sons, for the son; for he names but one son. Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five, including their father Izrahiah.

Six and thirty thousand men, to wit, of the posterity of Uzzi, as the other twenty-two thousand six hundred, 1 Chron. 7:2, were the posterity of Tola.

There were ten, Gen. 46:21, and five of them are named, 1 Chron. 8:1, but here only three are mentioned, either because these were most eminent for courage or fruitfulness, or because the other families were now extinct.

Heads of the house of their fathers; each of them head, or chief, or commander of that house or family from which he was descended, or to which he belonged. For it may seem, by comparing this with 1 Chron. 8:3;c.

Shuppim also, and Huppim, called Muppim and Huppim, Gen. 46:21, also Hupham and Shupham, Num. 26:39. The sons of Aher; but divers take the Hebrew word aher for a common, not proper name, and render the words thus, another son, or the son of another family or tribe, to wit, of Dan, as may be…

The sons of Bilhah, i.e. the grandchildren; for Bilhah was Jacob’s concubine, and mother both to Naphtali, the father of these last named persons, and to Dan. See Poole “1 Chron. 7:12”.

The sons of Manasseh, i.e. grandchildren, as 1 Chron. 7:13. For both Ashriel and Zelophehad were the grandchildren of Machir son of Manasseh, Num. 26:29;c. Num. 27:1. Whom she bare, to wit, his wife, as may be thought, because his concubine is here opposed to her.

The sister; which word is here fitly understood out of the following clause, where it is expressed, and she is called Maachah, who also is called the wife of Machir, 1 Chron. 7:16. The name of the second; of the second son or grandson of Machir; for so Zelophehad was, Num. 26:29;c.

These, to wit, Ashriel and Zelophehad, named 1 Chron. 7:14–15; the relative being here referred to the remoter antecedent, as is frequent in the Hebrew.

His sister, i.e. Gilead’s sister. Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah; understand, and Shemidah, out of the next verse.

Bered his son; either, 1. The son of Shuthelah; and so Tahath the son of Bered; and so the rest, which make up seven succeeding generations. Or, 2. The son of Ephraim; and so Tahath is the son not of Bered, but of Ephraim, and so forward.

This history is not recorded elsewhere in Scripture, but it is in the ancient Hebrew writers, though mixed with many fables. The Philistines (one of whose cities this Gath was) and the Egyptians were next neighbours; and in those ancient times it was usual for such to make inroads one into…

Ephraim their father; either, 1. That Ephraim of whom he speaks, 1 Chron. 7:20, whose sons are here named. But that to many seems hard, especially if these several sons, named 1 Chron.

His daughter, i.e. his grandchild, or great-grandchild, for such are oft called sons or daughters in Scripture. Who built Beth-horon, i.e. rebuilt or repaired, which possibly she did in Joshua’s time.

Elishama; the head of the tribe of Ephraim in the wilderness, Num. 1:10.

Their possessions, i.e. the portion allotted to the tribe of Ephraim. Beth-el; which stood in the border of Benjamin, but belonged to Ephraim. Unto Gaza, not that of the Philistines, which belonged to another tribe, and was remote from Ephraim; but another of the same name.

The children of Joseph, i.e. of Ephraim, Joseph’s eldest son, who is sometimes called Joseph, as hath been noted before.

His brother; brother either of Shamer the eldest, namely, Hotham; or of Aram last mentioned.

Ulla; another son of Jether, as may be gathered by the course of the genealogy, though he be not expressed with his brethren, 1 Chron. 7:38. See the like defect 1 Chron. 7:18, 1 Chron. 7:34.