Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. The same number is given, Genesis 46:13 with a small variation of two of their names, there called Phuvah and Job, from whence so many families sprang, mentioned Numbers 26:23 , where the names are the same as here. read more
And the sons of Tola ,.... The eldest son of Issachar, whose posterity are only reckoned by name: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola ; the principal man of his family: they were valiant men of might in their generations , famous for their courage and military exploits, though they sprang from Tola, whose name signifies "a worm"; and which name Bochart F11 Hierozoic. par. 2. l. 4. c. 21. col. 630. ... read more
Whose number was in the days of David - Whether this was the number returned by Joab and his assistants, when they made that census of the people with which God was so much displeased, we know not. It is worthy of remark that we read here the sum of three tribes, Benjamin, Issachar, and Asher, under the reign of David, which is mentioned nowhere else; and yet we have no account here of the other tribes, probably because the author found no public registers in which such... read more
EXPOSITION The great tribes of Judah and Levi being now passed, as well as the minor ones of Simeon, Reuben, and Gad, we reach the sons of Issachar . Issachar was Jacob's fifth son by Leah ( Genesis 35:23 ). In the list of Genesis 46:13 our Puah ( פוּאָח ) appears differently spelt as Phuvah ( פֻוָּח ), and Jashub is found as Job, which is corrected by the Samaritan Codex to Jashub, and this reading the Septuagint follows. In the other parallel passage ( Numbers 26:23 ... read more
The six sons of Tola given here are stated to be the six heads of the house at the time of the census of David ( 2 Samuel 24:1-17 ). The verse further states that the Tolaites had grown to number at that time twenty-two thousand six hundred , and as this fact is not stated elsewhere, it is pretty clear proof that the compiler had other sources of information in addition to those possessed by us. read more
Whose number was in the days of David ... - The writer would seem by this passage to have had access to the statistics of the tribes collected by David, when he sinfully “numbered the people” (marginal reference). The numbers given in 1 Chronicles 7:4-5 probably came from the same source. read more
1 Chronicles 7:2. Whose number in the days of David, &c. That is, when David numbered the people, (2 Samuel 24:0.,) the descendants of Tola, Issachar’s firstborn, were found to be thus many; which was a very great increase. read more
Genealogies of the remaining tribes (7:1-8:40)Although the lists here are incomplete and in places difficult to follow, it seems that the tribes dealt with are Issachar (7:1-5), parts of Benjamin and Dan (6-12), Naphtali (13), the portion of Manasseh not listed earlier (14-19; cf. 5:23-24), Ephraim (20-29) and Asher (30-40).Benjamin is given in greater detail, possibly because it included Jerusalem in its tribal territory. Also this was the only tribe that joined Judah in the southern kingdom,... read more
Now the sons of Issachar were = And to the sons of Issachar belonged. Issachar born 1746 B.C. read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:1-19
We have here a short view given us, I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a strong ass, couching between two burdens (Gen. 49:14), an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely and rejoiced in their tents, Deut. 33:18. And here it appears, 1. That they were a numerous tribe; for they had many wives. So fruitful their country was that they saw no danger of over-stocking the pasture, and so ingenious the people were that they could find work for all... read more