1 Chronicles 7:6

_THE SONS OF BENJAMIN; BELA, AND BECHER, AND JEDIAEL, THREE._ The sons of Benjamin - ten are reckoned, Genesis 46:21, but only five, 1 Chronicles 8:1; Numbers 26:38. Perhaps five of them were distinguished as chiefs of illustrious families, but two having fallen in the bloody wars waged against Benjamin (Judges 20:46), there remained only three branches of this tribe, and these only are enumerated; and Becher became incorporated, by marriage with an Ephraimite heiress, with the tribe Ephraim (see the notes at 1 Chronicles 7

Verse 1 Chronicles 7:6. THE SONS _OF BENJAMIN; BELA, AND BECHER AND JEDIAEL_] In Genesis 46:21, _ten_ sons of Benjamin are reckoned; viz., _Bela, Becher, Ashbel,_ _Gera, Naaman, Eri, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim_, and _Ard_. In Numbers 26:38, c., _five_ sons only of Benjamin are mentioned, _Bela, Ashbel,_ _Ahiram, Shupham_, and _Hupham_: and Ard and Naaman are there said to be the sons of Bela consequently grandsons of Benjamin. In the beginning of the following chapter, _five_ sons of Benjamin are mentioned, viz., _Bela, Ashbel, Aharah, Nohah_, and _Rapha_; where also _Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah_, a second _Gera,_ Shephuphan...

THREE - In Genesis, ten “sons” of Benjamin are mentioned; in Numbers, five (marginal references). Neither list, however, contains Jediael who was perhaps a later chieftain. If so, “son” as applied to him means only “descendant.” It is conjectured that Becher has disappeared from the lists in 1 Chronicles 8 and in Numbers, because he, or his heir, married an Ephraimite heiress, and that his house thus passed over in a certain sense into the tribe of Ephraim, in which the “Bachrites” are placed in Numbers Numbers 26:35. He retains, however, his place here, because, by right of blood, he really belonged to Benjamin....

EXPOSITION 1 CHRONICLES 7:1 The great tribes of Judah and Levi being now passed, as well as the minor ones of Simeon, Reuben, and Gad, we reach the SONS OF ISSACHAR. Issachar was Jacob's fifth son by Leah (Genesis 35:23). In the list of Genesis 46:13 our PUAH (פוּאָח) appears differently spelt as Phuvah (פֻוָּח), and JASHUB is found as Job, which is corrected by the Samaritan Codex to Jashub, and this reading the Septuagint follows. In the other parallel passage (Numbers 26:23) the Phuvah form obtains, but the other names are the same as her

THE SONS OF BENJAMIN; BELA, AND BECHER, AND JEDIAEL, THREE. Benjamin had ten sons, but three only are mentioned first; the latter of these seems to be the same with Ashbel, Genesis 46:21....

5. ISSACHAR, NAPHTALI, HALF MANASSEH, EPHRAIM, AND ASHER CHAPTER 7 _ 1. Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:1)_ 2. Of Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:6) 3. Naphtali (1 Chronicles 7:13) 4. Half Manasseh (1 Chronicles 7:14) 5. Ephraim (1 Chronicles 7:20) 6. Asher (1 Chronicles 7:30) The other tribes are given except Dan and Zebulun, which are missing. Issachar's had the t

PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). GENEALOGICAL LISTS, TOGETHER WITH GEOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTES. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogies, often in an incomplete form: Adam to Israel (1 Chronicles 1:1 to 1 Chronicles 2:2) with the exception of Cain's descendants (Genesis 4:16) the whole material is taken from Genesis 1-36; Judah (1 Chronicles 2:3); David (1 Chronicles 3:1); Judah again, and made up of fragments ...

THREE. In Genesis 46:21 there were ten. When Chronicles was written the others probably had become extinct. Even in Numbers 26:38 only five are mentioned. in 1 Chronicles 8:1; 1 Chronicles 8:2 only five are given....

The treatment of different tribes is unequal in this chapter. In the case of Issachar (1 Chronicles 7:1-5), Benjamin (1 Chronicles 7:6-12), and Asher (1 Chronicles 7:30-40), genealogies are given and the number of fighting-men of each tribe is stated. To Naphtali is devoted a single verse, giving only the names of his sons. For Manasseh and Ephraim genealogies are given and their possessions are shortly enumerated. The mention of Dan is obliterated, owing to the state of the text of 1 Chronicles 7:12....

10. THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TRIBE OF BENJAMIN (1 Chronicles 7:6-12) TEXT 1 Chronicles 7:6. The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7. And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers-' houses, mighty men of Valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. 8. And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9. And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers-' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred. 10. And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaan