1 Chronicles 7

1 Chronicles · Chapter 7

1 Chronicles 7:3

1Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.2And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.3And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.4And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.6The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.7And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.8And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.9And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.10The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.11All 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.12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.13The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.14The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:15And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.16And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.17And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.18And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.19And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.20And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,21And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.23And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.24(And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron the nether, and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)25And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,26Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,27Non his son, Jehoshuah his son,28And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:29And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.30The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.31And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.32And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.33And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.34And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.35And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.36The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.38And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.39And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.40All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father’s house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

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VerseKJVBSBASV
3And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah:And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and [the] sons ofוּבְנֵ֥יu-ve-NEIH1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

Uzziעֻזִּ֖י'u-ZIH5813H
Uzzi

עֻזִּי (uz.zi) A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.2; son of: Tola (H8439); brother of: Rephaiah (H7509I), Jeriel (H3400), Jahmai (H3181), Ibsam (H3005) and Shemuel (H8050I); father of: Izrahiah (H3156) § Uzzi = "strong" 1) a Levite, son of Bukki and father of Zerahiah in the line of the high priest although apparently never high priest himself 2) son of Tola and grandson of Issachar 3) a Benjamite, son of Bela and head of a family of Benjamin …

Izrahiahיִֽזְרַֽחְיָ֑הyiz-rach-YAHH3156G
Izrahiah

יִזְרַחְיָה (yiz.rach.yah) A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.3; son of: Uzzi (H5813H); father of: Michael (H4317K), Obadiah (H5662I), Joel (H3100L) and Isshiah (H3449) § Izrahiah or Jezrahiah = "Jehovah will shine" 1) a chieftain of Issachar 2) a Levite and leader of the chorus at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah

and [the] sonsוּבְנֵ֣יu-ve-NEIH1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

Izrahiahיִֽזְרַֽחְיָ֗הyiz-rach-YAHH3156G
Izrahiah

יִזְרַחְיָה (yiz.rach.yah) A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ch.7.3; son of: Uzzi (H5813H); father of: Michael (H4317K), Obadiah (H5662I), Joel (H3100L) and Isshiah (H3449) § Izrahiah or Jezrahiah = "Jehovah will shine" 1) a chieftain of Issachar 2) a Levite and leader of the chorus at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem under Nehemiah

Michaelמִֽיכָאֵ֡לmi-kha-'ELH4317K
Michael

מִיכָאֵל (mi.kha.el) A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.3; son of: Izrahiah (H3156); brother of: Obadiah (H5662I), Joel (H3100L) and Isshiah (H3449) § Michael = "who is like God" 1) one of, the chief, or the first archangel who is described as the one who stands in time of conflict for the children of Israel 2) an Asherite, father of Sethur, one of the 12 spies of Israel 3) one of the Gadites who settled in the land of Bashan 4) another Gadite, ancestor of Abihail 5) a Gershonite Levite, ancestor of Asaph …

and Obadiahוְ֠עֹבַדְיָהVE-'oad-yahH5662I
Obadiah

עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ (o.vad.yah) A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.3; son of: Izrahiah (H3156); brother of: Michael (H4317K), Joel (H3100L) and Isshiah (H3449) § Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah" 1) the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel 1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom 2) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David …

and Joelוְיוֹאֵ֧לve-yo-'ELH3100L
Joel

יוֹאֵל (yo.el) A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.3; son of: Izrahiah (H3156); brother of: Michael (H4317K), Obadiah (H5662I) and Isshiah (H3449) § Joel = "Jehovah is God" 1) son of Pethuel and the 2nd of the 12 minor prophets with a book by his name; probably prophesied in the time of king Uzziah of Judah 2) eldest son of Samuel the prophet and father of Heman the singer 3) a Simeonite chief 4) a Reubenite 5) a chief of Gad 6) son of Izrahiah and a chief of Issachar 7) brother of Nathan of Zobah and one of David's mighty warriors …

Isshiahיִשִּׁיָּ֛הyi-shi-YAHH3449G
Isshiah

יִשִּׁיָּהוּ (yish.shiy.yah) A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.3; son of: Izrahiah (H3156); brother of: Michael (H4317K), Obadiah (H5662I) and Joel (H3100L) § Ishiah or Ishijah or Jesiah = "Jehovah will lend" 1) a Korhite, one of David's mighty warriors who joined him at Ziklag 2) the 5th of 5 sons of Izrahiah and one of the heads of the tribe of Issachar in the time of David 3) a Levite, the 2nd son of Uzziel and grandson of Kohath 4) another Levite, son of Rehabiah 5) a descendant of Harim who had a foreign wife

fiveחֲמִשָּׁ֖הcha-mi-SHAHH2568
five

חָמֵשׁ (cha.mesh) 1) five 1a) five (cardinal number) 1b) a multiple of five (with another number) 1c) fifth (ordinal number)

chiefsרָאשִׁ֥יםra-SHIMH7218HNo entry
all of themכֻּלָּֽם׃ku-LAMH3605
all

כֹּל (kol) 1) all, the whole 1a) all, the whole of 1b) any, each, every, anything 1c) totality, everything Aramaic equivalent: kol (כֹּל "all" H3606)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.