1 Chronicles 7
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Issachar’s Descendants
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 all leaders of their families. Those men and their descendants were strong soldiers. Their families grew. By the time David was king, there were 22,600 men ready for war.
3 Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders of their families. 4 Their family history shows they had 36,000 soldiers ready for war. They had a large family because they had many wives and children.
5 The family history shows there were 87,000 strong soldiers in all the tribes of Issachar.
Benjamin’s Descendants
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 soldiers.
8 Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. They all were Beker’s children. 9 Their family history shows who the family leaders were. And it also shows they had 20,200 soldiers.
10 Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All of Jediael’s sons were leaders of their families. They had 17,200 soldiers ready for war.
12 The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir. Hushim was the son of Aher.
Naphtali’s Descendants
13 Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum.
And these are the descendants of Bilhah.[a]
Manasseh’s Descendants
14 These are Manasseh’s descendants: Manasseh’s Aramean slave woman had a son named Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead. 15 Makir married a woman from the Huppites and Shuppites. Makir’s sister was named Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad, who had only daughters. 16 Makir’s wife Maacah had a son. She named this son Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh. The sons of Sheresh were Ulam and Rakem.
17 Ulam’s son was Bedan.
These were the descendants of Gilead. Gilead was Makir’s son. Makir was Manasseh’s son. 18 Makir’s sister Hammoleketh[b] had Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 Shemida’s sons were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
Ephraim’s Descendants
20 These were the names of Ephraim’s descendants. Ephraim’s son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. 21 Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah.
Some men who grew up in the city of Gath killed Ezer and Elead. This happened because Ezer and Elead went there to steal cattle and sheep from those men in Gath. 22 Ephraim was the father of Ezer and Elead. He cried for many days because Ezer and Elead were dead. Ephraim’s family came to comfort him. 23 Then Ephraim had sexual relations with his wife. She became pregnant and had a son. Ephraim named this new son Beriah[c] because something bad had happened to his family. 24 Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. Sheerah built Lower Beth Horon and Upper Beth Horon and Lower Uzzen Sheerah and Upper 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 Nun’s son.
28 These are the cities and lands where Ephraim’s descendants lived: Bethel and the villages near it, Naaran to the east, Gezer and the villages near it on the west, and Shechem and the villages near it all the way to Ayyah and the villages near it. 29 Along the borders of Manasseh’s land were the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the small towns near them. The descendants of Joseph lived in these towns. Joseph was the son of Israel.
Asher’s Descendants
30 Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was named Serah.
31 Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith’s father.
32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and of their sister Shua.
33 Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s children.
34 Shomer’s sons were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah,[d] and Aram.
35 Shomer’s brother was Helem. Helem’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 the best men. They were soldiers and great leaders. Their family history shows 26,000 soldiers ready for war.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 7:13 Bilhah Jacob’s slave woman and the mother of Dan and Naphtali. See Gen. 30:4-8.
- 1 Chronicles 7:18 Hammoleketh Or “the woman who ruled” or “queen.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:23 Beriah This is like the Hebrew word meaning “bad” or “trouble.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:34 Jehubbah Or “Hubbah.”
1 Crónicas 7
La Biblia de las Américas
Descendientes de Isacar y de Benjamín
7 Los hijos de Isacar fueron cuatro: Tola, Fúa, Jasub[a] y Simrón. 2 Los hijos de Tola fueron Uzi, Refaías, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam y Samuel, jefes de sus casas paternas. Los hijos de Tola fueron hombres fuertes y valientes en sus generaciones; su número en los días de David era de veintidós mil seiscientos(A). 3 El hijo[b] de Uzi fue Israhías. Y los hijos de Israhías fueron Micael, Obadías, Joel e Isías; los cinco eran todos jefes(B). 4 Y con ellos por sus generaciones, conforme a sus casas paternas, fueron treinta y seis mil tropas[c] del ejército para la guerra, porque tenían muchas mujeres e hijos. 5 Y sus parientes[d] entre todas las familias de Isacar eran hombres fuertes y valientes, inscritos por genealogía, ochenta y siete mil en total.
6 (C)Los hijos de Benjamín fueron tres: Bela, Bequer y Jediael. 7 Los hijos de Bela fueron cinco: Ezbón, Uzi, Uziel, Jerimot e Iri[e]. Ellos fueron jefes de casas paternas, hombres fuertes y valientes, y fueron veintidós mil treinta y cuatro inscritos por genealogía. 8 Los hijos de Bequer fueron Zemira, Joás, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimot, Abías, Anatot y Alamet. Todos estos fueron los hijos de Bequer. 9 Y fueron inscritos por genealogía, conforme a sus generaciones, jefes de sus casas paternas, veinte mil doscientos hombres fuertes y valientes. 10 El hijo[f] de Jediael fue Bilhán. Y los hijos de Bilhán fueron Jeús, Benjamín, Aod, Quenaana, Zetán, Tarsis y Ahisahar. 11 Todos estos fueron hijos de Jediael, conforme a los jefes de sus casas paternas, diecisiete mil doscientos hombres fuertes y valientes, que estaban listos para salir[g] con el ejército a la guerra. 12 Y Supim[h] y Hupim[i] fueron hijos de Hir[j]; Husim fue hijo[k] de Aher[l].
Descendientes de Neftalí, Manasés y Efraín
13 Los hijos de Neftalí fueron Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer y Salum[m], hijos de Bilha.
14 Los hijos de Manasés fueron Asriel, a quien su concubina aramea[n] dio a luz; ella dio a luz también a Maquir, padre de Galaad. 15 Y Maquir tomó mujer para Hupim y Supim, y el nombre de su hermana fue Maaca. Y el nombre del segundo fue Zelofehad, y Zelofehad tuvo hijas. 16 Y Maaca, mujer de Maquir, dio a luz un hijo, y le llamó Peres; y el nombre de su hermano fue Seres, y sus hijos fueron Ulam y Requem. 17 El hijo[o] de Ulam fue Bedán. Estos fueron los hijos de Galaad, hijo de Maquir, hijo de Manasés. 18 Y su hermana Hamolequet dio a luz a Isod y Abiezer[p] y Mahala. 19 Los hijos de Semida fueron Ahián, Siquem, Likhi y Aniam.
20 (D)Los hijos de Efraín fueron Sutela y Bered[q] su hijo, Tahat su hijo, Elada su hijo, Tahat su hijo, 21 Zabad su hijo, Sutela su hijo, Ezer y Elad. Los hombres de Gat que nacieron en la tierra los mataron, porque descendieron a tomar sus ganados. 22 Y su padre Efraín hizo duelo por muchos días(E), y sus parientes vinieron a consolarlo(F). 23 Después se unió a su mujer, y ella concibió y dio a luz un hijo, y él lo llamó Bería[r], porque la calamidad había venido sobre su casa. 24 Y su hija fue Seera, que edificó a Bet-horón la de abajo y la de arriba(G), y también Uzen-seera. 25 Y Refa fue su hijo junto con Resef, Telah su hijo, Tahán su hijo, 26 Laadán su hijo, Amiud su hijo, Elisama su hijo, 27 Non[s] su hijo, y Josué(H) su hijo.
28 Sus posesiones y moradas fueron Betel con sus aldeas, y hacia el oriente Naarán[t], y hacia el occidente Gezer con sus aldeas, y Siquem con sus aldeas hasta Aya[u] con sus aldeas(I); 29 y junto a los límites de los hijos de Manasés, Bet-seán con sus aldeas, Taanac con sus aldeas, Meguido con sus aldeas, Dor con sus aldeas. En estas habitaron los hijos de José(J), hijo de Israel.
Descendientes de Aser
30 (K)Los hijos de Aser fueron Imna, Isúa, e Isúi, Bería y su hermana Sera. 31 Los hijos de Bería fueron Heber y Malquiel, que fue padre de Birzavit. 32 Y Heber engendró a Jaflet, a Somer[v] y a Hotam, y a Súa su hermana. 33 Los hijos de Jaflet fueron Pasac, Bimhal y Asvat. Estos fueron los hijos de Jaflet. 34 Los hijos de Semer[w] fueron Ahí y Rohga, Jehúba y Aram. 35 Los hijos[x] de su hermano Helem fueron Zofa, Imna, Seles y Amal. 36 Los hijos de Zofa fueron Súa, Harnefer, Súal, Beri e Imra, 37 Beser, Hod, Sama, Silsa, Itrán y Beera. 38 Los hijos de Jeter fueron Jefone, Pispa y Ara. 39 Los hijos de Ula fueron Ara, Haniel y Rezia. 40 Todos estos fueron los hijos de Aser, jefes de las casas paternas, escogidos, fuertes y valientes, jefes de príncipes. Y el número de ellos inscritos por genealogía para el servicio en la guerra fue de veintiséis mil hombres.
Footnotes
- 1 Crónicas 7:1 En Gén. 46:13, Job
- 1 Crónicas 7:3 En heb., E hijos
- 1 Crónicas 7:4 O, bandas
- 1 Crónicas 7:5 Lit., hermanos, y así en el vers. 22
- 1 Crónicas 7:7 En vers. 12, Hir
- 1 Crónicas 7:10 En heb., E hijos
- 1 Crónicas 7:11 Lit., saliendo
- 1 Crónicas 7:12 En Gén. 46:21, Mupim; en Núm. 26:39, Sufam
- 1 Crónicas 7:12 En Núm. 26:39, Hufam
- 1 Crónicas 7:12 En el vers. 7, Iri
- 1 Crónicas 7:12 En heb., hijos
- 1 Crónicas 7:12 En Gén. 46:21, Ehi; en Núm. 26:38, Ahiram; en 1 Crón. 8:1, Ahara
- 1 Crónicas 7:13 En Gén. 46:24 y Núm. 26:49, Silem
- 1 Crónicas 7:14 O, de Siria
- 1 Crónicas 7:17 En heb., E hijos
- 1 Crónicas 7:18 En Núm. 26:30, Jezer
- 1 Crónicas 7:20 En Núm. 26:35, Bequer
- 1 Crónicas 7:23 I.e., en calamidad
- 1 Crónicas 7:27 En Ex. 33:11, Nun
- 1 Crónicas 7:28 En Jos. 16:7, Naarat
- 1 Crónicas 7:28 Muchos mss. dicen: Gaza
- 1 Crónicas 7:32 En el vers. 34, Semer
- 1 Crónicas 7:34 En el vers. 32, Somer
- 1 Crónicas 7:35 En heb., E hijo
1 Chronicles 7
King James Version
7 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 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.
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son.
26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son.
27 Non his son, Jehoshuah his son.
28 And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
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