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1 Chronicles 7:1-5

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Issachar’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 

7:3 The son 5  of Uzzi:

Izrachiah.

The sons of Izrahiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five were leaders.

7:4 According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons. 6  7:5 Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors. 7 

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.”

5 tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

6 tn Heb “and unto them by their generations to the house of their fathers [were] troops of war of battle, 36,000, for they had many wives and sons.”

7 tn Heb “and their brothers, according to all the clans of Issachar, the warriors [were] 87,000 listed in the genealogical records for all.”



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