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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>1 Chronicles 7 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/1_chronicles/7.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/1_chronicles/7-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ESV</a> > 1 Chronicles 7</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../1_chronicles/6.htm" title="1 Chronicles 6">◄</a> 1 Chronicles 7 <a href="../1_chronicles/8.htm" title="1 Chronicles 8">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">English Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/esv/nas/1_chronicles/7.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div></a><div class="chap"><p class="heading">Descendants of Issachar</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>The sons<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Syriac (compare Vulgate); Hebrew And to the sons">a</a></sup></span> of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, namely of Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David being 22,600. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The son<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew sons; also verses 10, 12, 17">b</a></sup></span> of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were chief men. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>And along with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were units of the army for war, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all 87,000 mighty warriors, enrolled by genealogy.</p> <p class="heading">Descendants of Benjamin</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of fathers’ houses, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogies was 22,034. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And their enrollment by genealogies, according to their generations, as heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, was 20,200. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The son of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty warriors, 17,200, able to go to war. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.</p> <p class="heading">Descendants of Naphtali</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.</p> <p class="heading">Descendants of Manasseh</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.</p> <p class="heading">Descendants of Ephraim</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to raid their livestock. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because disaster had befallen his house.<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for disaster">c</a></sup></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>His daughter was Sheerah, who built both Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and Uzzen-sheerah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>Nun<span class="footnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="Hebrew Non">d</a></sup></span> his son, Joshua his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its towns, Shechem and its towns, and Ayyah and its towns; <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>also in possession of the Manassites, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.</p> <p class="heading">Descendants of Asher</p><p class="regular"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/1_chronicles/7-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>All of these were men of Asher, heads of fathers’ houses, approved, mighty warriors, chiefs of the princes. Their number enrolled by genealogies, for service in war, was 26,000 men.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="footnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> Syriac (compare Vulgate); Hebrew <i>And to the sons</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">3</span> Hebrew <i>sons</i>; also verses 10, 12, 17<br /><span class="footnotesbot">c</span> <span class="fnverse">23</span> <i class="catch-word">Beriah</i> sounds like the Hebrew for <i class="catch-word">disaster</i><br /><span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <span class="fnverse">27</span> Hebrew <i>Non</i><br /></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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