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1 Chronicles retells Israel's history from Adam to David, emphasizing the temple, worship, and the Davidic covenant for the returned exiles.

Author: Ezra (traditionally)Written: c. 450-400 BCReading time: ~5 minVerses: 40
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1 Chronicles 7

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The Descendants of Issachar

Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**VII. THE GREAT CLANS OF ISSACHAR, BENJAMIN, NAPTHALI, WEST MANASSEH, EPHRAIM, AND ASHER.** (1–5) The tribe of Issachar, its clans and their military strength. (1) **Now the sons of Issachar.**—Heb., *and to the sons*—*i.e., *“and as for the sons of Issachar, Tola, Puah, &c., four were they.” The Vatic, LXX., has the dative; the Alex, the nominative, which is perhaps a correction. The four names ...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**21-23. the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, &amp;c.--**It was observed with great solemnity and was attended not only by his own subjects, but by the remnant people from Israel (see on 2Ch 35:1-19). Many of the Israelites who were at Jerusalem might have heard of, if they did not hear, the law read by Josiah. It is probable that they might even hav...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**21-23. the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, &amp;c.--**It was observed with great solemnity and was attended not only by his own subjects, but by the remnant people from Israel (see on 2Ch 35:1-19). Many of the Israelites who were at Jerusalem might have heard of, if they did not hear, the law read by Josiah. It is probable that they might even hav...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

-31Chronicles 8:1— All the lists make Bela the first of Benjamin’s sons. In other respects they differ greatly. 1Chronicles 7:6 assigns him two brothers—Éecher and Jediael. Of these, Becher occurs in Genesis 46, Jediael here only.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**21-23. the king commanded all the people, saying, Keep the passover unto the Lord your God, &amp;c.--**It was observed with great solemnity and was attended not only by his own subjects, but by the remnant people from Israel (see on 2Ch 35:1-19). Many of the Israelites who were at Jerusalem might have heard of, if they did not hear, the law read by Josiah. It is probable that they might even hav...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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The Descendants of Benjamin

The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(6-11) The tribe of Benjamin. (6) **Benjamin.**—Before this word *bnê* (sons of . . .) has been lost, because Benjamin in Hebrew begins with the same three letters. The present list of the sons of Benjamin may be compared with three others, that of Gen. xlvi 21, that of Num. xxvi 38-41, and that of the next 1chron 1Chronicles 7:1-5. (6) **Becher** with different vowels would mean *firstborn;* and ...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**26. Notwithstanding, the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his wrath,--**&amp;c. The national reformation which Josiah carried on was acquiesced in by the people from submission to the royal will; but they entertained a secret and strong hankering after the suppressed idolatries. Though outwardly purified, their hearts were not right towards God, as appears from many passages of the prophet...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(7) **And the sons of Bela.**—The names are wholly different in 1Chronicles 8:3-4. The reason would seem to be that the names before us represent the chieftains and clans of Bela as they existed at a given epoch, viz., the time of David’s census. The list of 1 Chronicles 8 belongs to another period. Here, as elsewhere, it is evident enough that the chronicler has faithfully followed or rather tran...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>The sons of Becher</strong>—this genealogy catalogs Benjamin's clan through Becher (בֶּכֶר 'young camel' or 'firstborn'). The eight sons listed—<strong>Zemira</strong> (זְמִירָה 'song'), <strong>Joash</strong> (יוֹעָשׁ 'Yahweh has given'), <strong>Eliezer</strong> (אֱלִיעֶזֶר 'God is help'), <strong>Elioenai</strong> (אֶלְיוֹעֵינַי 'to Yahweh are my eyes'), <strong>Omri</strong> (עָמְרִי '...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(8) Nine sons of Becher. **The sons of Becher.**—See Note on 1Chronicles 7:6. The nine Benjamite houses here enumerated might have been known as “sons of the firstborn.” They are nowhere else recorded. The remarkable name Elioenai is frequent in the Chronicles. (See 1Chronicles 3:23; 1Chronicles 4:36; 1Chronicles 7:8; Ezra 10:22; Ezra 10:27; uncontracted, Eliohenai, 1Chronicles 26:3, Ezra 8:4.) **...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(9) **And the number** **. . .**—Render, “And their census (*hithyahsâm*) according to their birth-rolls, heads of their clans, valiant warriors, was 20,200.” This means that the total number of the warriors of Becher, chiefs with clans, was 20,200. “Their census:” that is, the census of the chiefs who are regarded as one with their clans. Others assume that the names in these registers are merely...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**29. In his days Pharaoh-nechoh--**(See 2Ch 35:20-27).

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(10) Eight sons of Jediael. **Bilhan.**—1Chronicles 1:42, a son of Seir. Perhaps an Edomite element in Benjamin. (Comp. 1Chronicles 2:34; 1Chronicles 4:18; 1Chronicles 2:46, and especially the case of Caleb the Kenizzite.) **Jeush.**—So Heb., margin. Text, Jeish; a son of Esau (1Chronicles 1:35). **Benjamin.**—It is curious that a Benjamite clan should have borne the tribal name. (Comp. 1Chronicle...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(11) **All these the sons of Jediael.**—Render, “All these were sons of Jediael; (according) to the heads of the clans, valiant warriors; 17,200 going out in host to the battle.” Perhaps the particle (*according to*) should be omitted. In any case, the chiefs or the clans are regarded as one with their warriors. The sum of the warriors of Benjamin is thus 54,434. The Mosaic census (Numbers 26:41) ...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. Ir: or, Iri Aher: or, Ahiram

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(12) **Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir.**—Literally, *and Shuppim and Huppim sons of Ir; Hushim sons of Aher.* The copulative *and* suggests that “Shuppim and Huppim” are other Benjamite clans thrown in at the end of the account. We have seen (see Note on 1Chronicles 7:6-11) that Genesis 46:21 names “Muppim and. Huppim” as sons of Benjamin, and that Numbers 26 has “Snephupham and Huph...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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The Descendants of Naphtali

The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(13) **The sons of Naphtali.**—See Numbers 26:48 *seq.,* and Genesis 46:24, which read Jahzeel and Shillem. **Sons of Bilhah.**—Dan and Naphtali were her sons (Genesis 46:25). That does not, however, prove that a reference to Dan is intended here. Both in Genesis, *50100,* and in the present text, grandsons are reckoned THE TRIBE OF WEST MANASSEH (1Chronicles 7:14-19). 1Chronicles 7:14-15 are very...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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The Descendants of Manasseh

The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ( but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(14) **The sons of Manasseh.**—Translate, *the sons* *of Manasseh, Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bare. *(*She bare Machir, father of Gilead.*) Numbers 27:1, Joshua 17:3, give the line Zelophehad has five daughters, but no sons. Numbers 26:29-33 gives the same line with additions thus:— This last passage is important, because it expressly declares that the names all represent clans, with the e...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(15) **And Machir took** to **wife.**—The Hebrew cannot mean this. Translate, *now Machir took a wife of Huppim and of Shuppim* (the two Benjamite clans of 1Chronicles 7:12); *and the name of the first* (read *‘ahath*)* was Maachah, and the name of the second* (read *shēnîth*)* was*. . . .” (the name is omitted). It is tempting to make Zeiophehad the other wife, who had only daughters, whereas Maa...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(16) **Peresh . . . Sheresh** occur nowhere else. **Ulam and Rakem** (Rekem) were probably sons of the elder, Peresh, whose line would naturally be continued, as usual.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(17) **Bedan** (*i.e., ben Dan* “the Danite” in 1Samuel 12:11 is a judge between Jerubbaal and Jephthah. Here a clan is meant, not a person. **These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.**—These words appear to refer to a series of names which has dropped out of the text, but which may be inferred from Numbers 26:30-32 to have included Abiezer (of which Jeezer is a contr...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

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<strong>And his sister Hammoleketh</strong> (הַמֹּלֶכֶת 'the queen' or 'the reigning one')—this rare feminine genealogical entry appears in Manasseh's tribal register. Most biblical genealogies trace patrilineal descent, but Hammoleketh's inclusion suggests she had inheritance rights (cf. Zelophehad's daughters, Numbers 27:1-11) or bore sons of special significance. Her name's meaning, 'the queen,...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(19) **Shechem.**—See Joshua 17:2. The name points to West Manasseh. **Ahian, Likhi,** and **Aniam,** are not mentioned elsewhere.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 24 2Ki 24:1-7. Jehoiakim Procures His Own Ruin. **1-2. Nebuchadnezzar--**the son of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Chaldee monarchy. This invasion took place in the fourth year of Jehoiakim's, and the first of Nebuchadnezzar's reign (Jr 25:1; compare Jr 46:2). The young king of Assyria being probably detained at home on account of his father's demise, despatched, along with the Chald...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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The Descendants of Ephraim

And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 24 2Ki 24:1-7. Jehoiakim Procures His Own Ruin. **1-2. Nebuchadnezzar--**the son of Nabopolassar, the founder of the Chaldee monarchy. This invasion took place in the fourth year of Jehoiakim's, and the first of Nebuchadnezzar's reign (Jr 25:1; compare Jr 46:2). The young king of Assyria being probably detained at home on account of his father's demise, despatched, along with the Chald...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**THE TRIBE OF EPHRAIM** (1Chronicles 7:20-29). **Shuthelah** (Numbers 26, 35) was head of the first of the four Ephraimitic clans (*mishpehôth*)*.* The names of six successive chieftains of his line appear to be given in 1Chronicles 7:20-21, ending with his namesake Shuthelah. It is likely, however, that these names really represent clans, as in other similar cases. (Comp. Numbers 26:29-33.) “Ber...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(22-23) This is either what we should call a metaphorical description of the enfeebling of the tribe of Ephraim by the disaster which had befallen two of its chief houses, and of its subsequent recovery owing to the natural increase of its numbers, and the formation of a new and populous clan, that of Beriah; or if this be deemed too bold an interpretation of the archaic record, we have nothing fo...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**4. the Lord would not pardon--**(see on 2Ki 23:26; Jr 15:1).

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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(23) **Because it went evil.**—Beriah is derived from a root, *bara’,* and apparently means *gift.* Heb., *because in evil it *(*i.e.,* the birth of Beriah) *happened in his house.* There is an allusive play on the words *Beriah* (“gift”) and *bera’ah* (“in evil”) such as we often meet with in Genesis (see Genesis 5:29; Genesis 11:9). To call such plays on words derivations would be a tasteless an...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(24) **His daughter**—*i.e.,* Ephraim’s. **Built** may mean rebuilt, or restored, or fortified (Joshua 6:26; Psalm 102:16; 2Chronicles 11:6). **Beth-horon the nether, and the upper.**—The two Beth-horons (Joshua 10:10) were apparently a Canaanite foundation. They are now *Beit ur et-Tahta* and *Beit-ur el-Fariqa*—i.e., Lower and Upper Beitur. **Uzzen-sherah.**—Sherah’s ear, or peak, only mentioned...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**6. Jehoiakim slept with his fathers--**This phraseology can mean nothing more than that he died; for he was not buried with his royal ancestors; and whether he fell in battle, or his body was subjected to posthumous insults, he was, according to the prediction (Jr 22:19), not honored with the rites of sepulture (Jr 36:30). **Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead--**The very brief reign of th...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(25) **And Rephah his son; and Resheph and Telah his son.**—(Heb. text). This seems to mean that Rephah was son of Beriah. But perhaps a son of Ephraim is intended. Rephah does not occur among the sons of Ephraim (Numbers 26:35-36). The word “his son” (*benô*) may have fallen out after Resheph. Otherwise Resheph is brother and Telah son of Rephah (the elder). Resheph, which means “arrow,” “lightni...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**7. the king of Egypt--**that is, Pharaoh-nechoh. 2Ki 24:8, 9. Jehoiachin Succeeds Him.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(26) **Blishama son** **of Ammihud** was tribal prince or Emir of Ephraim in the time of Moses (Numbers 7:47).

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**8. Jehoiachin--**that is, "God-appointed," contracted into Jeconiah and Coniah (Jr 22:24). **eighteen years old when he began to reign--**At the age of eight his father took him into partnership in the government (2Ch 36:9). He began to reign alone at eighteen.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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Non his son, Jehoshua his son. Non: or, Nun

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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(27) **Non.**—Everywhere else Nun, the father of Joshua the servant and successor of Moses. 1Chronicles 7:25-27 trace his ancestry, as it would seem, through seven or eight generations to Rephah, son of Beriah or Ephraim. At 1Chronicles 6:1-3 only two names are given between Levi, uncle of Ephraim, and Moses, Joshua’s elder contemporary. But abundant reason has already been shown for not interpret...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**9. he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord--**Untaught by experience, and deaf to the prophetic warnings, he pursued the evil courses which had brought so many disasters upon the royal family as well as the people of Judah. This bad character is figuratively but strongly depicted (Eze 19:5-7). 2Ki 24:10-16. Jerusalem Taken.

Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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: towns: Heb. daughters unto Gaza: or, Adassa

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<strong>And their possessions and habitations were</strong> (וּמוֹשְׁבוֹתָם וּמוֹשְׁבֵיהֶם)—this territorial summary maps Ephraim's key settlements. <strong>Beth-el</strong> (בֵּית־אֵל 'house of God') heads the list, where Jacob dreamed of heaven's ladder (Genesis 28:19) and where Jeroboam later erected a golden calf (1 Kings 12:29), illustrating how holy places can become idolatrous shrines. The ...
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**THE BOUNDS OF EPHRAIM AND WEST MANASSEH** (1Chronicles 7:28-29). Comp. 1Chronicles 6:54, sqq., where a list of the cities of the Levites is similarly added to their tribal registers. (28) **And their possessions.**—Heb., *and their* *domain and their seats were Bethel and her daughters;* “their domain,” that is, the domain of both divisions of the tribe of Joseph. **Bethel**—originally assigned ...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**10-13. At that time--**within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hop...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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. towns: Heb. daughters

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**10-13. At that time--**within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hop...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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The Descendants of Asher

The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

**THE TRIBE OF ASHER** (1Chronicles 7:30-40). (30, 31) **The sons of Asher; Imnah**. . . . **Malchiel.**—This is a literal transcript of Genesis 46:17. Comp. also Numbers 26:44-46, where the clan (*mishpahath*) of each eponym is assigned; but the name of Isaah (Heb., *Yishwāh*) does not appear. **Beriah.**—Also the name of an Ephraimitic stock (1Chronicles 7:23). Malchiel is called the “father (ch...
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**10-13. At that time--**within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hop...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**10-13. At that time--**within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hop...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(32-34) The race of Heber (spelt differently from Heber, Abraham’s ancestor). Nothing is known of any of these families. The name Japhleti (the Japhletite) occurs as a clan (Joshua 16:3), but far away from the bounds of Asher.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**10-13. At that time--**within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hop...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**10-13. At that time--**within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hop...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(34) **Shamer** (pausai form of Shemer) probably identical with Shomer, the second son of Heber (1Chronicles 7:32). **Jehubbah.**—Heb. margin has *we-Hubbah*, “and Hubbah,” which is correct according to the prevailing form of this list (*and* before each name). **Aram** is the ordinary name of the Syrians east and west of the Euphrates. It may here designate a clan of half -Aramean extraction. (35...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**10-13. At that time--**within three months after his accession to the throne. It was the spring of the year (2Ch 36:10); so early did he indicate a feeling hostile to the interests of his Assyrian liege lord, by forming a league with Egypt. Nebuchadnezzar sent his generals to besiege Jerusalem, as Jeremiah had foretold (Jr 22:28; 34:20), and soon after he followed in person. Convinced of the hop...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**17-19. the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his stead--**Adhering to his former policy of maintaining a show of monarchy, Nebuchadnezzar appointed the third and youngest son of Josiah (1Ch 3:15), full brother of Jehoahaz, and uncle of the captive Jehoiachin. But, according to the custom of conquerors, who changed the names of the great men they took captives in war, ...
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Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(36) The branches of Helem through Zophah the elder house. Eleven names of the sons of Zophah. The second, “Harnepher,” has a name which looks like pure Egyptian: *Har nefer, “*the beauteous Horus,” or morning sun. Comp. the case of the Egyptian slave Jarha 34), and the marriage of Mered with “Pharaoh’s daughter” (1Chronicles 4:18). (See also the Notes on 1Chronicles 7:10.)

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**17-19. the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his stead--**Adhering to his former policy of maintaining a show of monarchy, Nebuchadnezzar appointed the third and youngest son of Josiah (1Ch 3:15), full brother of Jehoahaz, and uncle of the captive Jehoiachin. But, according to the custom of conquerors, who changed the names of the great men they took captives in war, ...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

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KJV Study Commentary

<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**17-19. the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his stead--**Adhering to his former policy of maintaining a show of monarchy, Nebuchadnezzar appointed the third and youngest son of Josiah (1Ch 3:15), full brother of Jehoahaz, and uncle of the captive Jehoiachin. But, according to the custom of conquerors, who changed the names of the great men they took captives in war, ...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

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<strong>And the sons of Jether</strong>—this genealogical fragment lists <strong>Jephunneh</strong> (יְפֻנֶּה 'he will be turned'), <strong>Pispah</strong> (פִּסְפָּה 'expansion' or 'dispersion'), and <strong>Ara</strong> (אֲרָא 'wandering' or 'wayfaring'). These names appear in Asher's tribal register (v. 30-40), one of Scripture's least-developed tribal genealogies. Asher's relative obscurity in...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(38) **The sons of Jether.**—Jether and Ithran (1Chronicles 7:37) are virtually the same name, and perhaps to be identified here. This will connect 1Chronicles 7:38 with the preceding line of the sons of Zophah. **Jephunneh.**—The name of the father of Caleb the Kenizzite.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

**20. through the anger of the Lord ... he cast them out from his presence--**that is, in the course of God's righteous providence, his policy as king would prove ruinous to his country. **Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon--**instigated by ambassadors from the neighboring states who came to congratulate him on his ascension to the throne (compare Jr 17:3, with Jr 28:1), and at the sa...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(39) **The sons of Ulla.**—Apparently Ulla is not connected with the foregoing genealogy. But he seems to be the same as *Ara* (1Chronicles 7:38). *‘Arâ’* is a very curious form, and may be due to a copyist’s eye having wandered to *Be-era* at the end of last verse; ‘*Ullâ*’ is intelligible, and probably correct. If the identification be allowed, we get a complete concatenation from 1Chronicles 7:...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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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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<strong>Genealogical Significance:</strong> This verse appears within the Northern tribes and their heritage section of Chronicles' genealogical framework. The Hebrew term <em>שֵׁבֶט (shevet) - tribe/scepter</em> is central to understanding this passage's purpose. The Chronicler, writing to post-exilic Israel (c. 450-400 BCE), uses these genealogies not merely as historical records but as theologi...
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Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers

(40) The summing up of the list. “All these were sons of Asher, picked chiefs of the father-houses, valiant warriors, chiefs of the princes.” This declares that the names in the foregoing series are those of the chiefs of the different Asherite clans. They are called “choice,” picked men, *eximii,* and chiefs of the princes or emirs. The clans appear to be identified with their chieftains. **And t...
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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 25 2Ki 25:1-3. Jerusalem Again Besieged. **1. Nebuchadnezzar ... came ... against Jerusalem--**Incensed by the revolt of Zedekiah, the Assyrian despot determined to put an end to the perfidious and inconstant monarchy of Judea. This chapter narrates his third and last invasion, which he conducted in person at the head of an immense army, levied out of all the tributary nations under hi...
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Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary

Chapter 7 Genealogies. --Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dn We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Jud 18 and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the tr...
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