1 Chronicles 7
International Children’s Bible
Issachar’s Children
7 Issachar had four sons. Their names were Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.
2 Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel. They were leaders of their families. In the family history of Tola’s descendants, 22,600 men were listed as fighting men. This was during the time David was king.
3 Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah.
Izrahiah’s sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders. 4 Their family history shows they had 36,000 men ready to serve in the army. This was because they had many women and children.
5 The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were 87,000 fighting men.
Benjamin’s Children
6 Benjamin had three sons. Their names were Bela, Beker and Jediael.
7 Bela had five sons. Their names were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had 22,034 fighting men.
8 Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. They all were Beker’s sons. 9 Their family history listed the family leaders and 20,200 fighting men.
10 Jediael’s son was Bilhan.
Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All these sons of Jediael were leaders of their families. They had 17,200 fighting men ready to serve in the army.
12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir. And the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
Naphtali’s Children
13 Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. They were Bilhah’s grandsons.
Manasseh’s Children
14 These are Manasseh’s descendants: Manasseh had an Aramean slave woman. She was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. 15 Makir took a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister was named Maacah. His second son was named Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters. 16 Makir’s wife Maacah had a son whom she named Peresh. Peresh’s brother was named Sheresh. Sheresh’s sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 Ulam’s son was Bedan.
These were the sons of Gilead. Gilead was Makir’s son. Makir was Manasseh’s son. 18 Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.
19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.
Ephraim’s Children
20 These are the names of Ephraim’s descendants. Ephraim’s son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was Tahath. 21 Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah.
Ezer and Elead went to Gath to steal the people’s cows and sheep. So some men who grew up in that city killed Ezer and Elead. 22 Their father Ephraim cried for them many days. And his family came to comfort him. 23 Then he had intimate relations with his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named his son Beriah[a] because of the bad things that had happened to his family. 24 Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower Beth Horon and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah.
25 Rephah was Ephraim’s son. Resheph was Rephah’s son. Telah was Resheph’s son. Tahan was Telah’s son. 26 Ladan was Tahan’s son. Ammihud was Ladan’s son. Elishama was Ammihud’s son. 27 Nun was Elishama’s son. Joshua was the son of Nun.
28 Ephraim’s descendants lived in these lands and cities: Bethel and the villages near it, Naaran on the east, Gezer and the villages near it on the west, and Shechem and the villages near it. These villages went all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 29 Along the borders of Manasseh’s land were the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor. There were also villages near them. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
Asher’s Children
30 Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.
31 Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith’s father.
32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and their sister Shua.
33 Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. They were Japhlet’s children.
34 Japhlet’s brother was Shomer. Shomer’s sons were Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.
35 Shomer’s brother was Hotham. Hotham’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.
36 Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.
38 Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.
39 Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.
40 All these men were descendants of Asher. They were leaders of their families. They were powerful warriors and outstanding leaders. Their family history lists that they had 26,000 soldiers ready to serve in the army.
Footnotes
- 7:23 Beriah This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “trouble.”
1 Chronicles 7
Lexham English Bible
The Descendants of Issachar
7 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses; for Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David were twenty-two thousand six hundred. 3 The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah; all five of them were chiefs.[a] 4 And in addition to them, according to their generations, according to the house of their fathers, were troops of the army for war: thirty-six thousand. For they had[b] many wives and sons. 5 Now their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled according to their genealogy.
The Descendants of Benjamin
6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, and Jediael, three. 7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, the heads of the house of the fathers, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogy was twenty-two thousand thirty-four. 8 The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. 9 And their enrollment by genealogy according to their generations, as heads of the house of their fathers, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred. 10 The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of the families,[c] mighty warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, able to go to war.[d] 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim, the son of Aher.
The Descendants of Naphtali
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the descendants[e] of Bilhah.
The Descendants of Manasseh
14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. And the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second, Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Machir gave birth to a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17 The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Makir, son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister, Hammolecheth, gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
The Descendants of Ephraim
20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath who were born in the land killed them because they came down to take their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And he called his name Beriah because disaster had been upon his house. 24 And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built Lower and Upper Beth-Horon and Uzzen-Sheerah. 25 And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, Joshua his son. 28 And their property and their dwellings were Bethel and its towns.[f] And to the east, Naaran. And to the west, Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, up to Aija and its towns. 29 And along the borders of the sons of Manasseh: Beth-Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.
The Descendants of Asher
30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzayith.[g] 32 And Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All of these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen mighty warriors, heads of the princes. And their number enrolled by genealogy, in the army for the war, was twenty-six thousand men.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 7:3 Or “heads”
- 1 Chronicles 7:4 Literally “there were”
- 1 Chronicles 7:11 Literally “fathers”
- 1 Chronicles 7:11 Literally “going out to the army to the war”
- 1 Chronicles 7:13 Literally “sons”
- 1 Chronicles 7:28 Literally “her daughters,” here and below
- 1 Chronicles 7:31 According to the reading tradition (Qere)
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