1 Chronicles 7:1-5
New English Translation
Issachar’s Descendants
7 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam,[a] and Samuel.[b] They were leaders of their families.[c] In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records.[d]
3 The son[e] of Uzzi: Izrahiah.
The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five were leaders.
4 According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.[f] 5 Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.[g]
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- 1 Chronicles 7:2 tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:2 tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:3 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.
- 1 Chronicles 7:4 tn Heb “and unto them by their generations to the house of their fathers [were] troops of war of battle, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.”
- 1 Chronicles 7:5 tn Heb “and their brothers, according to all the clans of Issachar, the warriors [were] 87,000 listed in the genealogical records for all.”
1 Chronicles 7:1-5
Legacy Standard Bible
Sons of Issachar
7 Now the sons of Issachar: Tola, [a]Puah, [b]Jashub, and Shimron, four.
2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers’ households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; (A)their number in the days of David was 22,600.
3 The [c]son of Uzzi was Izrahiah.
And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were (B)chief men.
4 With them by their generations according to their fathers’ households were 36,000 [d]troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their [e]relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, recorded by genealogy, in all 87,000.
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- 1 Chronicles 7:1 In Gen 46:13, Puvvah; in Num 26:23, Puvah
- 1 Chronicles 7:1 In Gen 46:13, Iob
- 1 Chronicles 7:3 Lit sons
- 1 Chronicles 7:4 Or bands
- 1 Chronicles 7:5 Lit brothers, so in ch
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