1 Chronicles 7 · Geneva Bible Notes (1599)
Now the sons of Issachar [were], Tola, and Puah, (a) Jashub, and Shimron, four. (a) Who also is called Job, ( Gen 46:13 ). 1 Chronicles 7:2
And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, [to wit], of Tola: [they were] valiant men of might in their generations; (b) whose number [was] in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred. (b) That is, their number was found to be this big when David counted the people, ( Sa2 24:1 ). 1 Chronicles 7:3
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, (c) five: all of them chief men. (c) Meaning, the four sons and the father. 1 Chronicles 7:6
[The sons] of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and (d) Jediael, (e) three. (d) Also called Ashbel, ( Gen 46:21 ; Num 26:38 ). (e) Who were the chief: or else there were seven in all as it appears in ( Gen 46:21 ). 1 Chronicles 7:12
Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, [and] Hushim, the sons of (f) Aher. (f) Meaning that he was not the son of Benjamin, but of Dan ( Gen 46:23 ). 1 Chronicles 7:13
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, (g) the sons of Bilhah. (g) These came from Dan and Naphtali, who were the sons of Bilhah, ( Gen 46:23-25 ). 1 Chronicles 7:18
And (h) his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. (h) Meaning, the sister of Gilead. 1 Chronicles 7:21
And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of (i) Gath [that were] born in [that] land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. (i) Which was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines and who slew the Ephraimites. 1 Chronicles 7:25
And Rephah [was] his (k) son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, (k) That is, of Ephraim.