Discovery Box1 Chronicles 7:1-2 
ContextIssachar’s Descendants
7:1 The sons of Issachar:
Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron – four in all.
7:2 The sons of Tola:
Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, 1 and Samuel. 2 They were leaders of their families. 3 In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records. 4
1 tn Many English versions spell this name “Ibsam.”
2 tn Many English versions retain a form of this name closer to the Hebrew, i.e., “Shemuel.”
3 tn Heb “heads of the house of their fathers.”
4 tn Heb “to Tola [there were] warriors by their generations, their number in the days of David [was] 22,600.”
