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1 Chronicles 2:1 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 2 · verse 1
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,1 Chronicles 2:1 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 2:1 in context
1These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- IssacharYissâˢkârJissaskar, a son of JacobH3485 →
- ZebulunZᵉbûwlûwnZebulon, a son of JacobH2074 →
- IsraelYisrâʼêlJisrael, a symbolical name of JacobH3478 →
- ReubenRᵉʼûwbênReuben, a son of JacobH7205 →
- SimeonShimʻôwnShimon, one of Jacob's sons, also the tribe descended from himH8095 →
- JudahYᵉhûwdâhJehudah , the name of five IsraelitesH3063 →
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Here is, I. The family of Jacob. His twelve sons are here named, that illustrious number so often celebrated almost throughout the whole Bible, from the first to the last book of it. At every turn we meet with the twelve tribes that descended from these twelve patriarchs.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-17