1 Chronicles 7:1-5·~1 min

The Descendants of Issachar

The section begins by naming Issachar’s sons, then narrowing through Tola to Uzzi and his line. The genealogy moves in a steady, descending order through the family.

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

Uzzi’s line is marked by chiefs, large households, and many troops, and the wider families of Issachar are counted as mighty men of valor. The record ends with a large tribal total drawn from the genealogies.

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.

Section summaryThe 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.

Role in the chapterThis opening section keeps the chapter’s genealogies concrete by pairing names with numbers. It presents Issachar as a well-ordered tribe whose households and warriors are both remembered.