1 Chronicles 7

1 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Issachar [there is recompense]: Tola [a judge in Israel], Puah [father of Tola], Jashub [he will return], and Shimron [watch-height]—four [a simple counting number, a quantity of people] in all. word study 2 The sons [descendants, family members] of Tola [a judge in Israel]: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam [Jibsam], and Shemuel [Samuel], the heads [chiefs, leaders] of their families [households, clans]. In the days [time, era] of David, 22,600 descendants [men, warriors] of Tola were numbered [counted, recorded] in their genealogies [family histories, records] as mighty men [strong, valiant warriors] of valor [courage, strength]. word study 3 The son [descendant, offspring] of Uzzi: Izrahiah [Jezrahiah, God will shine]. The sons [descendants, family members] of Izrahiah: Michael [who is like God], Obadiah [servant of the Lord], Joel [Jehovah is God], and Isshiah [Jehovah will lend, God will provide]. All [everything, the whole] five [a quantity of five, a group of five] of them were chiefs [leaders, heads, princes]. word study 4 In addition to them, according to their [family history, genealogy] genealogy, they had [battle-ready, trained for war] 36,000 troops for [war, battle, conflict] battle, for they had many wives [female partners] and [sons, children, descendants] children. word study 5 Their kinsmen [relatives, brethren] belonging to all [every, the whole] the families [clans, tribes] of Issachar [there is recompense] who were mighty men [strong, valiant warriors] of valor [strength, might, power] totaled 87,000 [eighty-seven thousand, fourscore and seven thousand], as listed [reckoned, enrolled] in their genealogies [family records, histories]. word study 6 The three sons [descendants, or offspring] of Benjamin [son of the right hand, referring to the youngest son of Jacob and the tribe that descended from him]: Bela [meaning destruction], Becher [an Israelite name], and Jediael [God makes known]. word study 7 The sons [descendants, family members] of Bela [meaning destruction]: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel [my strength is God], Jerimoth [He is Most High], and Iri, heads [leaders, chiefs] of their families [households, clans]—five [a total of five] in all. There were 22,034 mighty men [strong warriors, valiant fighters] of valor [courage, strength] listed [officially recorded, enrolled] in their genealogies [family records, histories]. word study 8 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Becher [a Benjamite, an Israelite]: Zemirah, Joash [Jehovah hastens], Eliezer [God is help], Elioenai [unto Jehovah are my eyes], Omri [pupil of Jehovah], Jeremoth [He is Most High], Abijah [my Father is Jehovah], Anathoth [answers to prayer], and Alemeth [covering]; all [everything, every single one] these [specific individuals] were Becher’s [the father of these sons] sons [male children, descendants]. word study 9 Their genealogies [family histories, records of descent] were recorded [enrolled, officially listed] according to the heads [chiefs, leaders] of their families—20,200 [twenty thousand and two hundred] mighty men [strong warriors, valiant fighters] of valor [strength, courage, power]. word study 10 The son [descendant, offspring] of Jediael [God makes known]: Bilhan [a man of the tribe of Benjamin]. The sons [descendants, children] of Bilhan: Jeush [an Israelite name], Benjamin [son of the right hand], Ehud [a deliverer], Chenaanah [a name signifying lowliness], Zethan [a man of the tribe of Benjamin], Tarshish [a place of commerce], and Ahishahar [brother of the dawn, one who brings light]. word study 11 All [every single one] these sons [descendants, family members] of Jediael [God makes known] were heads [chiefs, leaders] of their families [households, clans], mighty men [strong warriors, valiant fighters] of valor [strength, courage]; there were 17,200 [seventeen thousand and two hundred] fit [able, equipped] for battle [war, combat]. word study 12 The Shuppites [sons of, descendants] and Huppites [children of Ir, from the line of] were descendants [sons, belonging to the family] of Ir [a Benjamite], and the Hushites [Hushim, one of the descendants] were descendants [sons, belonging to the family] of Aher [a Benjamite, father of Hushim, meaning following]. word study 13 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Naphtali [a son of Jacob and founder of one of the twelve tribes of Israel]: Jahziel [God divides], Guni [a name meaning strength or fortune], Jezer [forming, shaping], and Shallum [peace, completeness] —the descendants [sons, children] of Bilhah [a concubine of Jacob, meaning troubled]. word study 14 The descendants [sons, offspring] of Manasseh [a grandson of Jacob, ancestor of a large tribe]: Through his Aramean [from Aram, a region in Syria] concubine [a woman living with a man but not his wife], Asriel [I shall be prince], as well as Machir [a son of Manasseh, the father of Gilead] the father [abba, a paternal figure] of Gilead [a mountainous region, rocky region]. word study 15 Machir took [as his own, to possess] a wife [a female partner, companion] from among the Huppites [sons of Huppim] and Shuppites [sons of Shuppim]. The name [identity, character] of his sister [biological sibling, close relative] was Maacah [oppression, pressure]. Another descendant [offspring, heir] was named [designated, called] Zelophehad [he who fears, trembles], who had only [exclusively, solely] daughters [female children, inheritors]. word study 16 Machir’s wife [a woman of oppression] Maacah gave birth [to beget, brought forth a child] to a son [a male descendant], and she named [to call, designated] him Peresh [an Israelite man]. His brother [male sibling, close relative] was named [designated, called] Sheresh [an Israelite man], and his sons [male descendants, children] were Ulam [a man from the tribe of Benjamin] and Rekem [a man from the tribe of Manasseh]. word study 17 The son [descendant, offspring] of Ulam: Bedan [a Manassite]. These [specific ones, those mentioned] were the sons [descendants, heirs] of Gilead [rocky region, mountainous area] son [offspring, heir] of Machir [an Israelite], the son [descendant, offspring] of Manasseh [a grandson of Jacob]. word study 18 His sister [a biological sibling, close relative, or half-sister] Hammolecheth [the queen, a woman of the tribe of Manasseh] gave birth [to beget, brought forth] to Ishhod [man of majesty], Abiezer [my father is help], and Mahlah [disease, sickness]. word study 19 And these were the sons [descendants, offspring] of Shemida [an Israelite from the tribe of Manasseh]: Ahian [meaning brotherly or fraternal], Shechem [also the name of a Hivite and two Israelites], Likhi [an Israelite from the tribe of Manasseh], and Aniam [meaning lament of people, a son of Shemida]. word study 20 The descendants [sons, offspring, or posterity] of Ephraim [doubly fruitful, referring to Joseph’s son and the tribe that descended from him]: Shuthelah [meaning noisemaker or noisy, a son of Ephraim], Bered [a place in southern Palestine and the name of an Israelite, a descendant of Ephraim] his son [a son or descendant, and can also refer to a grandson, nation, or quality], Tahath [referring to a place in the Desert and three Israelites, including a Kohathite Levite and a descendant of Ephraim] his son, Eleadah [an Israelite man who lived during the time of the Divided Monarchy] his son, Tahath [referring to a place in the Desert and three Israelites, including a Kohathite Levite and a descendant of Ephraim] his son, word study 21 Zabad [a descendant of Judah] his son, and Shuthelah [meaning no deceit] his son. Ezer [help, a son of Ephraim] and Elead [God has testified] were killed [slain with intent] by the natives [men born in the land] of Gath [a major Philistine city, winepress], because they went down [to a lower place, to invade] to steal [take away, seize] their livestock [cattle, domestic animals]. word study 22 Their father Ephraim [doubly fruitful] mourned [to lament, cried out in sorrow] for many [numerous, a long time] days, and his relatives [brethren, close family] came to comfort [show pity, sympathize with] him. word study 23 And again he [went in to, had intimate relations with] slept with his wife, and she conceived [became pregnant, was with child] and gave birth [brought forth, delivered] to a son [a male child, a descendant]. So he named him Beriah [with a friend, in a time of trouble], because tragedy [evil, adversity, affliction] had come upon his house [family, household, dwelling place]. word study 24 His daughter [female child, woman] was Sheerah [a woman of noble character], who built [established, constructed] Lower [nether, bottommost] and Upper [higher, elevated] Beth-horon [house of hollowness], as well as [including, namely] Uzzen-sheerah [a place of strength, Uzzen of Sheerah]. word study 25 Additionally, Rephah [son of Beriah, an Israelite] was his son [a descendant, a grandson], Resheph [of the tribe of Ephraim] his son, Telah [father of Tahan] his son, Tahan [a descendant of Ephraim] his son, word study 26 Ladan [Laadan, his son by birth] his son, Ammihud [my kinsman is majesty] his son, Elishama [God has heard, my kinsman is exalted] his son, word study 27 Nun [father of a great leader] his son, and Joshua [Jehoshua, a leader who succeeded Moses] his son. word study 28 Their holdings [possessions, inheritances] and settlements [habitats, dwelling places] included Bethel [house of God] and its villages, Naaran [on the eastern border] to the east, Gezer [a city, a portion] and its villages to the west, and Shechem [a city, a shoulder] and its villages as far as Ayyah [Gaza, a strong city] and its villages. word study 29 And along the borders [boundaries, territories] of Manasseh [a grandson of Jacob, ancestor of a large tribe] were Beth-shean [house of ease, a place in ancient Palestine], Taanach [an ancient city, conquered by Joshua], Megiddo [an important city, located near Mount Carmel], and Dor [a city, located in the territory of Manasseh], together with their villages [daughter-towns, surrounding cities]. The descendants [sons, offspring] of Joseph [Jehovah has added, a name given to several Israelites] son of Israel [the symbolic name of Jacob, referring to his descendants] lived in these [specific, designated] towns. word study 30 The children [sons, descendants] of Asher [the eighth son of Jacob, one of the twelve tribes of Israel]: Imnah [meaning right hand], Ishvah [he will resemble], Ishvi [a man of Saul’s lineage], Beriah [with a friend, companion], and their sister [biological sibling, close relative] Serah [the prince breathed, a woman of Asher]. word study 31 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Beriah [with a friend]: Heber [comrade, companion], as well as Malchiel [my king is God], who was the father [parent, ancestor] of Birzaith [a personal name]. word study 32 Heber [a comrade, or friend] was the father [to beget, or give birth to] of Japhlet [he will deliver], Shomer [a watchman, or guardian], and Hotham [a seal, or signet], and of their sister [a biological sibling, or close relative] Shua [a wealthy, or rich one]. word study 33 The sons [children, descendants] of Japhlet [he will deliver]: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath [one who is straight, upright]. These [specific ones] were Japhlet’s [he will deliver] sons [offspring, descendants]. word study 34 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Shemer [an Israelite name]: Ahi [a term of endearment, brother], Rohgah [an Israelite living during the Divided Monarchy], Hubbah [also known as Jehubbah, meaning hidden], and Aram [referring to a region, also known as Syria]. word study 35 The sons [descendants, male offspring] of his brother [close relative, male sibling] Helem [smiter, one who strikes]: Zophah [son of Hotham], Imna [leader of the tribe], Shelesh [might, strength], and Amal [faithful, trustworthy]. word study 36 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Zophah [an Israelite from the tribe of Asher]: Suah [a son of Zophah], Harnepher [a brother of Suah], Shual [a member of the tribe of Asher], Beri [a chief of the tribe], Imrah [a son of Zophah, a chief of the tribe], word study 37 Bezer [a remote fortress], Hod [meaning splendor], Shamma [having renown], Shilshah [having three], Ithran [also known as Jether], and Beera [a well]. word study 38 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Jether [abundance, Jethro]: Jephunneh [a leader in Israel], Pispa [disappointment, Pispah], and Ara [a gatherer, watcher]. word study 39 The sons [descendants, offspring] of Ulla [an Israelite from the tribe of Asher]: Arah [a personal name, referring to an Israelite], Hanniel [favored of God, having God’s nature], and Rizia [delight, showing God’s pleasure]. word study 40 All [every single one] these were the descendants [sons, children] of Asher [the eighth son of Jacob]—heads [chiefs, leaders] of their families [households, clans], choice [select, noble] and mighty men [strong warriors, valiant] of valor [courage, strength], and chiefs [princes, rulers] among the leaders [princes, captains]. The number [total count, sum] of men [individuals, warriors] fit for battle [prepared for war, skilled in combat], recorded [enrolled, listed] in their genealogies [family records, histories], was 26,000 [twenty-six thousand, a large army]. word study