1 Chronicles 7:14-19

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:14

The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare ,.... The wife of Manasseh, as distinguished from his concubine in the next clause; though the Targum reads, in connection with that,"whom his Aramitess (or Syrian) concubine bare;' and then adds: who also bare Machir the father of Gilead ; so that Ashriel and Machir were brethren; from which Ashriel sprung the family of the Ashrielites, Numbers 26:29 as from Machir the Machirites, Numbers 26:29 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:15

And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah ,.... He married into the tribe of Benjamin, a sister of the persons mentioned, 1 Chronicles 7:12 whose name was Maachah: and the name of the second was Zelophehad ; the second son of Manasseh, or of his posterity mentioned; for he was not his immediate son; for he was the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, Numbers 27:1 . and Zelophehad had daughters ;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:16

And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh ,.... He had both these sons by her: and his sons were Ulam and Rakem , that is, either the sons of Peresh or Sheresh, the nearest, as Kimchi observes. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:17

And the sons of Ulam: Bedan ,.... See 1 Samuel 12:11 . these were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh ; that is, were of his posterity, or belonged to his family; for Ulam and Rakem were sons of a brother of Gilead, 1 Chronicles 7:16 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:18

And his sister Hammoleketh ,.... The sister of Gilead so named; though the Targum renders it "that reigned"; and so Kimchi, that reigned in some part of Gilead; and the Vulgate Latin version translates it, "a queen bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah"; Abiezer is the same with Jeezer, from whom a family sprung of that name, Numbers 26:30 , of which Gideon was, Judges 6:11 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:19

And the sons of Shemida ,.... Another son of Gilead's sister, unless the same with Ishod; from him sprung the family of the Shemidaites, Numbers 26:30 . were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam ; from Shechem came the family of the Shethemites, as from Likhi, if he is the same with Helek, as probably he may be, was the family of the Helekites, Numbers 26:30 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:14

The sons of Manasseh . The tribe of Manasseh has been partly treated of in 1 Chronicles 5:23-26 , viz. those of the tribe who inhabited Gilead and Bashan. Here those who inhabited this side Jordan are treated of. And it is very difficult to give any coherent account of the differences of this passage when compared with Numbers 26:28-34 and Joshua 17:1-4 . In these places six families, or heads of families, are noted to only two, or at most three here, viz. Askriel, Shemida, and perhaps... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:15

Maachah . Of this Maachah, one among tea of the same name, nothing else is known. The Peshito Syriac makes her the mother instead of wife of Machir. The distinct mention of the marriage of a Manassite to a Benjamite woman is to be noticed. Zelophehad . The meaning of the preceding words, and the name of the second , is unintelligible. Zelophehad was son of Hephen, who was (through Gilead and Maehir) great-grandson of Manasseh ( Joshua 17:3 ). The number and names and wise appeal and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 7:17

Bedan . While all the names of the preceding verse are strange to us, this name excites much interest, as possibly to be identified with the Bedan ( 1 Samuel 12:11 ) who is placed after Jerubbaal ( i.q. Gideon ), and before Jephthah and Samuel. Who in the Book of Judges is to answer to this Bedan of the Book of Samuel it is impossible to say. See Bishop Cotton's excellent short article. These were the sons of Gilead (see verse 14). The name Gilead surpassed the name Machir, and... read more

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