1 Chronicles 7:2

1 The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.

3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

4 In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.

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BSB
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
KJV
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.
WEB
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
ASV
And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers` houses, [to wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
DARBY
And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers' houses, of Tola, valiant men of might in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.
BLB
And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of the house of their fathers, of Tola, mighty men of valor in their generations. In the days of David their number [was] twenty-two thousand and six hundred.
ÅB
Og Tolas sønner var Ussi og Refaja og Jeriel og Jahmai og Jibsam og Samuel, hoder for sine familier, som stammet fra Tola, veldige stridsmenn i sine slekter; deres tall var i Davids dager to og tyve tusen og seks hundre.
OTB
Tolas sønner var:
Ussi, Refaja, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam og Samuel—overhoder for sine fedres hus.
Tolas etterkommere ble tildelt stridsmenn i sine generasjoner,
deres antall i Davids dager var tjueto tusen seks hundre.
B1930
Og Tolas sønner var Ussi og Refaja og Jeriel og Jahmai og Jibsam og Samuel, hoder for sine familier, som stammet fra Tola, veldige stridsmenn i sine ætter; deres tall var i Davids dager to og tyve tusen og seks hundre.

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Cross references

  • 2 Samuel 24:1–9

    Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:23–24

    David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.

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  • 1 Chronicles 27:1

    This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:

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  • 1 Chronicles 21:1–5

    Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.

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