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1 Chronicles

Chapter 7

The Descendants of Issachar and more

1 Chronicles 7 moves through northern and central tribal lines, naming clans, chiefs, and fighting men from Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher. Within these lists, Ephraim’s grief and recovery briefly come into view, and the chapter closes by tying these families to towns, borders, and remembered strength.

Set within the Chronicler’s wider genealogies of Israel, this chapter widens the map beyond Judah and Levi and keeps the scattered tribes present in Israel’s memory. It links names to numbers, settlements, and lines of descent so the people appear as an ordered whole.

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1 Chronicles 7

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vv. 1-5

The Descendants of Issachar

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T1he sons of Issachar: 2The sons of Tola: 3The son of Uzzi:

4Michael, 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. 5Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

vv. 6-12

The Descendants of Benjamin

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T6he three sons of Benjamin: 7The sons of Bela: 8The sons of Becher:

9Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families— 20,200 mighty men of valor. 10The son of Jediael: 11Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle. 12The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

vv. 13

The Descendants of Naphtali

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T13he sons of Naphtali:

vv. 14-19

The Descendants of Manasseh

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T14he descendants of Manasseh: Asriel 15Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. 16Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

17The son of Ulam: 18These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19And these were the sons of Shemida:

vv. 20-29

The Descendants of Ephraim

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T20he descendants of Ephraim: 21Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.

24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah. 25Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27Nun his son, and Joshua his son.

28Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages. 29And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

vv. 30-40

The Descendants of Asher

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T30he children of Asher: 31The sons of Beriah: 32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua. 33The sons of Japhlet: 34The sons of Shemer: 35The sons of his brother Helem: 36The sons of Zophah: 37Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38The sons of Jether: 39The sons of Ulla:

40All these were the descendants of Asher — heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.

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  1. 01vv. 1-5The Descendants of IssacharThe line of Issachar is traced through Tola and Uzzi to a set of clan chiefs, then widened to include the tribe’s larger body of fighting men. The section joins family descent to military strength and careful genealogical record.
  2. 02vv. 6-12The Descendants of BenjaminBenjamin’s lines are traced through Bela, Becher, and Jediael, with their family heads and troop numbers carefully counted. The section ends by noting related clan groups whose place is tied to the same genealogical frame.
  3. 03vv. 13The Descendants of NaphtaliNaphtali’s genealogy is compressed into a single brief line naming his sons. The section is spare, but it still preserves the tribe’s place in Israel’s remembered family order.
  4. 04vv. 14-19The Descendants of ManassehManasseh’s descendants are traced through Machir, Gilead, and Shemida, with mothers, sisters, and clan links brought into view along the way. The section shows the tribe’s line growing through households and related branches rather than through numbers.
  5. 05vv. 20-29The Descendants of EphraimEphraim’s line is first traced through generations, then interrupted by grief after the loss of sons, before the family continues through Beriah, Sheerah, and finally Joshua. The section ends by naming the towns and borders where the descendants of Joseph lived.
  6. 06vv. 30-40The Descendants of AsherAsher’s descendants are listed through several family lines, then gathered into a final portrait of household heads and able fighting men. The section closes the chapter by pairing genealogy with strength, rank, and recorded numbers.
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