1 Chronicles 7:1
The sons of Issachar:
What it says
Issachar’s sons are named as Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. The verse opens the tribe’s genealogy at its foundational line.
What it is doing
It introduces the tribe and sets the line of descent in motion.
In context
1The 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.