The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. Benjamin had ten sons, but three only are mentioned first; the latter of these seems to be the same with Ashbel, Genesis 46:21 . read more
And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five ,.... These are thought by some to be the grandsons of Bela, because of the different names in 1 Chronicles 8:3 , heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour ; principal men in their tribe and families, and of great courage: and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four ; who sprung from these men. read more
And the sons of Becher ,.... Another son of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:6 , Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth ; the two last of these, according to Kimchi, gave names to two cities in Benjamin, built by them; Anathoth, the native place of Jeremiah the prophet, and Alameth, the same with Bahurim, 2 Samuel 16:5 . all these are the sons of Becher ; before named. read more
And the number of them ,.... Of the posterity of the sons of Becher: after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour ; as they increased in succeeding ages, and at the time of David: was twenty thousand and two hundred . read more
The sons also of Jediael ,.... The third son of Benjamin before mentioned, 1 Chronicles 7:6 . Bilhan, including his posterity, as follows: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin ; called so after his great grandfather: and Ehud ; who was the second judge in Israel, Judges 3:15 . and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar ; of whom we nowhere else read. read more
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. Which, with the above sums put together, make of the tribe of Benjamin, besides what follow, 59,430; who, if numbered by Joab, the account was not given in by him, 1 Chronicles 21:6 . read more
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir ,.... The same with Iri, 1 Chronicles 7:7 so that these were not sons of Benjamin, as they seem to be, if they are the same with Muppim and Huppim in Genesis 46:21 but his great-grandchildren, and are the same with Shupham and Hupham, from whom families of the tribe of Benjamin sprung, Numbers 26:39 the Targum calls them the inhabitants of a city, but of what is not said, unless Geba should be meant, 1 Chronicles 8:6 and Hushim, the... read more
The sons of Benjamin ; Bela , and Becher and Jediael - In Genesis 46:21 , ten sons of Benjamin are reckoned; viz., Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Eri, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. In Numbers 26:38 , etc., five sons only of Benjamin are mentioned, Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram, Shupham, and Hupham: and Ard and Naaman are there said to be the sons of Bela; consequently grandsons of Benjamin. In the beginning of the following chapter, five sons of Benjamin are mentioned, viz.,... read more
The sons of Benjamin; Bela , and Becher , and Jediael , three. We have four passages for our authorities as to the sons of Benjamin, and it is not altogether easy to bring them into verbal harmony. They are Genesis 46:21 ; Numbers 26:38-41 ; the present passage; and Numbers 8:1-26 . Our present passage mentions three sons, as though they were all, and immediately proceeds to their posterity. The list in Genesis mentions ten, of whom, however, we know ( Numbers 26:40 ; 1... 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