1 Chronicles 7

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7

In this chapter we have some account of the genealogies, I. Of Issachar, 1 Chron. 7:1-5. II. Of Benjamin, 1 Chron. 7:6-12. III. Of Naphtali, 1 Chron. 7:13. IV. Of Manasseh, 1 Chron. 7:14-19. V. Of Ephraim, 1 Chron. 7:20-29. VI. Of Asher, 1 Chron. 7:30-40. Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. Why they only should be omitted we can assign no reason; only it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan that idolatry began in that colony of the Danites which fixed in Laish, and called Dan, and... read more

Matthew Henry

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:20-40

We have here an account, I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem; for Ephraim himself was alive when those things were done, which yet is hard to imagine if it were, as is here computed, seven generations off. Therefore I am apt to think that either it was another Ephraim or that those who were slain were the immediate sons of that Ephraim that was... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 7 In this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, 1 Chronicles 7:1 of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:6 Naphtali, 1 Chronicles 7:13 , of Manasseh, 1 Chronicles 7:14 of Ephraim, 1 Chronicles 7:20 and of Asher, 1 Chronicles 7:30 , even of the chief men of them; and their numbers are reckoned as in the times of David. The tribes of Dan and Zebulun are omitted. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:1

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:2

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:3

And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah ,.... Including his posterity: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five ; together with their father, all reckoned the sons of Uzzi: all of them chief men ; in their father's house, heads of families. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:4

And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war ,.... Companies of men of military courage and skill, who could and did go out to war upon occasion: six and thirty thousand men ; besides the 22,600 Tolaites, 1 Chronicles 7:2 , for they had many wives and sons ; having many wives, they had many sons; polygamy was the cause of their large numbers; and that they gave into for the sake of the multiplication of Abraham's seed,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:5

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar ,.... As those of Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, 1 Chronicles 7:1 . were men of might ; valiant and courageous: reckoned in all, by their genealogies, fourscore and seven thousand ; that is, including with these those of Tola and Uzzi before given. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:6

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

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