1 Chronicles 7:6

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 Chronicles 8:3 , 1 Chronicles 8:4 ) that three, Naaman, Ard, and Gem, were grandsons, being sons of Bela, under which circumstances the order in which the two former stand in Genesis is remarkable. Again, while Becher is given as the second son in both Genesis and our present place, he is not mentioned in Numbers 26:38-41 and in 1 Chronicles 8:1 . Ashbel, who in Genesis is given as the third, is expressly called the second son. Among the Ephraimites, however ( Numbers 26:35 ), a Becher, with his descendants the Bachrites, is mentioned, and it is not improbable that, by marriage, the family were at that time , for manifest reasons of inheritance and possession, reckoned in this tribe, though by blood of the tribe of Benjamin. This subject is skilfully discussed by Lord A. C. Hervey (Smith's 'Bible Dictionary,' 1:175). Lastly, Jediael of this passage and verse 10 is not found in Genesis, in Numbers, or in our Numbers 8:1-26 . This name seems to have superseded in our passage the name Ashbel in Genesis, though it is impossible to speak certainly. It cannot be supposed to designate the same person, but rather a descendant in the same branch, whose family had come to importance "in the days of David."