1 Chronicles 7:13
11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ( but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.
- KJV
- The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- WEB
- The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum, and the sons of Bilhah.
- ASV
- The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- DARBY
- The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- BLB
- The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
- ÅB
- Naftalis sønner var Jahsiel og Guni og Jeser og Sallum, Bilhas sønner.
- OTB
- Naftalis sønner var:
Jaseel, Guni, Jeser og Sjallum—sønner av Bilha. - B1930
- Naftalis sønner var Jahsiel og Guni og Jeser og Sallum, Bilhas sønner.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Numbers 26:48–49
Of the sons of Naphtali after their families: of Jahzeel, the family of the Jahzeelites: of Guni, the family of the Gunites:
Read in contextGenesis 35:22
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father’s concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
Read in contextGenesis 46:24–25
And the sons of Naphtali; Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem.
Read in contextGenesis 30:3–8
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Read in context