1 Chronicles 7

1 Chronicles · Chapter 7

1 Chronicles 7:4

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
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.Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.And with them, by their generations, after their fathers’ houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and with themוַעֲלֵיהֶ֨םva-'a-lei-HEMH5921A
upon

עַל (al) prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) …

to generations theirלְתֹלְדוֹתָ֜םle-to-le-do-TAMH8435
generation

תּוֹלֵדוֹת (to.le.dah) 1) descendants, results, proceedings, generations, genealogies 1a) account of men and their descendants 1a1) genealogical list of one's descendants 1a2) one's contemporaries 1a3) course of history (of creation etc) 1b) begetting or account of heaven (metaph)

of [the] house ofלְבֵ֣יתle-VEITH1004MNo entry
ancestors theirאֲבוֹתָ֗ם'a-vo-TAMH0001G
father

אָב (av) 1) father of an individual 2) of God as father of his people 3) head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan 4) ancestor 4a) grandfather, forefathers - of person 4b) of people 5) originator or patron of a class, profession, or art 6) of producer, generator (fig.) 7) of benevolence and protection (fig.) 8) term of respect and honour 9) ruler or chief (spec.) Also means: av (אַב "father" H0002)

troops ofגְּדוּדֵי֙ge-du-DEIH1416
band

גְּדוּד (ge.dud) 1) a band, troop, marauding band 1a) marauding band, raiding band 1b) troop, band (of divisions of army) 1c) foray, raid

war ofצְבָ֣אtze-VA'H6635A
army

צָבָא (tsa.va) : army 1) that which goes forth, army, war, warfare, host 1a) army, host 1a1) host (of organised army) 1a2) host (of angels) 1a3) of sun, moon, and stars 1a4) of whole creation 1b) war, warfare, service, go out to war 1c) service

warfareמִלְחָמָ֔הmil-cha-MAHH4421
battle

מִלְחָמָה (mil.cha.mah) battle, war

thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁ֥יםshe-lo-SHIMH7970
thirty

שְׁלֹשִׁים (she.lo.shim) thirty, thirtieth Aramaic equivalent: te.la.tin (תְּלָתִין "thirty" H8533)

and sixוְשִׁשָּׁ֖הve-shi-SHAHH8337
six

שֵׁשׁ (shesh) 1) six 1a) six (cardinal number) 1b) sixth (ordinal number) 1c) in combination with other numbers Aramaic equivalent: shet (שֵׁת "six" H8353)

thousandאָ֑לֶף'A-lefH0505G
thousand

אֶ֫לֶף (e.leph) : thousand 1) a thousand 1a) as numeral 2) a thousand, company 2a) as a company of men under one leader, troops

forכִּֽי־ki-H3588A
for

כִּי (ki) 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

they had manyהִרְבּ֥וּhir-BUH7235A
to multiply

רָבָה (ra.vah) 1) be or become great, be or become many, be or become much, be or become numerous 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to become many, become numerous, multiply (of people, animals, things) 1a2) to be or grow great 1b) (Piel) to make large, enlarge, increase, become many 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make much, make many, have many 1c1a) to multiply, increase 1c1b) to make much to do, do much in respect of, transgress greatly 1c1c) to increase greatly or exceedingly 1c2) to make great, enlarge, do much Aramaic equivalent: re.vah (רְבָה "to grow great" H7236)

wivesנָשִׁ֖יםna-SHIMH0802H
woman

אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) : woman 1) woman, wife, female 1a) woman (opposite of man) 1b) wife (woman married to a man) 1c) female (of animals) 1d) each, every (pronoun)

and sonsוּבָנִֽים׃u-va-NIMH1121A
son: child

בֵּן (ben) : child/son

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