1 Tawarikh 7:6-13

Benjamin’s Descendants

7:6 The sons of Benjamin: ¹ 

Bela, Beker, and Jediael – three in all.

7:7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.

7:8 The sons of Beker:

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker. 7:9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

7:10 The son ²  of Jediael:

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 7:11 All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

7:12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher. ³ 

Naphtali’s Descendants

7:13 The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel, ⁴  Guni, Jezer, and Shallum ⁵  – sons of Bilhah.

[7:6]  ¹ tc The Hebrew text has simply “Benjamin,” but בְּנֵי (bÿney, “sons of”) has dropped out by haplography (בְּנֵי בִּנְיָמִן, bÿney binyamin).

[7:10]  ² tn The Hebrew text has the plural “sons,” but only one son is listed.

[7:12]  ³ tn The name “Aher” appears as “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.

[7:13]  ⁴ tn The name “Jahziel” appears as “Jahzeel” in Gen 46:24.

[7:13]  ⁵ tc Most Hebrew mss read “Shallum”; some Hebrew mss and some LXX mss read “Shillem,” the form of the name that appears in Gen 46:24 and Num 26:49.