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1 Chronicles 7:2 KJV
1 Chronicles · chapter 7 · verse 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; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.1 Chronicles 7:2 · King James Version
1 Chronicles 7:2 in context
1Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four.
2And 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; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
3And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
4And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- RephaiahRᵉphâyâhRephajah, the name of five IsraelitesH7509 →
- father'sʼâbfather, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationH1 →
- ShemuelShᵉmûwʼêlShemuel, the name of three IsraelitesH8050 →
- JerielYᵉrîyʼêlJeriel, an IsraeliteH3400 →
- JahmaiYachmayJachmai, an IsraeliteH3181 →
- JibsamYibsâmJibsam, an IsraeliteH3005 →
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We have here a short view given us, I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a strong ass, couching between two burdens (Gen 49:14), an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely and rejoiced in their tents, Deu 33:18. And here it appears, 1. That they were a numerous tribe;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-19