Thematic Bible




1 Chronicles 7:1 (show verse)

Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

1 Chronicles 7:2 (show verse)

Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral houses. During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as warriors in their genealogies.

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Uzzi’s son: Izrahiah.
Izrahiah’s sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

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Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the genealogical records of their ancestral houses, for they had many wives and children.

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Their tribesmen who were warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

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Three of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

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Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five. They were warriors and heads of their ancestral houses; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

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Becher’s sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

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Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral houses—20,200 warriors.

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Jediael’s son: Bilhan.
Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

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All these sons of Jediael listed by heads of families were warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

1 Chronicles 7:12 (show verse)

Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

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Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—Bilhah’s sons.

1 Chronicles 7:14 (show verse)

Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 7:15 (show verse)

Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

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Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

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Ulam’s son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

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His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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Shemida’s sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

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Ephraim’s sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered,
his son Tahath, his son Eleadah,
his son Tahath,

1 Chronicles 7:21 (show verse)

his son Zabad,
his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead.


The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle.

1 Chronicles 7:22 (show verse)

Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

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He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.

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His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,

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his son Rephah, his son Resheph,
his son Telah, his son Tahan,

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his son Ladan, his son Ammihud,
his son Elishama,

1 Chronicles 7:27 (show verse)

his son Nun,
and his son Joshua.

1 Chronicles 7:28 (show verse)

Their holdings and settlements were Bethel and its villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,

1 Chronicles 7:29 (show verse)

and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

1 Chronicles 7:30 (show verse)

Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.

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Beriah’s sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

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Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.

1 Chronicles 7:33 (show verse)

Japhlet’s sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.

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Shemer’s sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

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His brother Helem’s sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

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Zophah’s sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

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Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

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Jether’s sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

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Ulla’s sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

1 Chronicles 7:40 (show verse)

All these were Asher’s sons. They were the heads of their ancestral houses, chosen men, warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.