1 Chronicles 7:1

Old Testament Historical ASV (1901)

What does 1 Chronicles 7:1 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
1 Chronicles 7:1 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
1And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.] The same number is given, (<014613>Genesis 46:13) with a small variation of two of their names, there called Phuvah and Job, from whence so many families sprang, mentioned (<042623>Numbers 26:23,24), where the names are the same as here.”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“SONS OF ISSACHAR. (Ch1 7:1-5) Jashub--or Job (Gen 46:13).”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“7:1-40 In this chapter, the genealogies of the remaining tribes of Israel are given. • The sections on the tribes of Issachar, Benjamin, and Asher might have been derived from a military census; the lists are of nearly equal length, emphasize military terminology, record the father’s houses, and provide no information on settlements. • The tribes of Zebulun and Dan are omitted entirely, and Naphtali has a very brief record.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Gen 46:13, Phuvah, Job, Num 26:23, Num 26:24, Pua 1 Chronicles 7:2”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“Sons and families of Issachar. - Ch1 7:1. Instead of ולבני, we must certainly read בּני, as in Ch1 7:14, Ch1 7:30, or וּבני, as in Ch1 7:20; Ch1 5:11, and elsewhere. The לבני has come into the text only by the recollection of the copyist having dwelt on the so frequently recurring לבני in Ch1 6:42, Ch1 6:46-47, cf. Ch1 6:48, Ch1 6:56, Ch1 6:62, for it is not possible to take ל as the ל of introduction, because the names of the sons follow immediately. The names of the four sons are given as in Num 26:23., while in Gen 46:13 the second is written פּוּה, and the third יוב; vide on Gen. loc. cit. Ch1 7:2 The six sons of Tola are not elsewhere met with in the Old Testament. They were "heads of…”
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