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1 Chronicles 7:13

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What does 1 Chronicles 7:13 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
1 Chronicles 7:13 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 7

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
10And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
11All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers` [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.
12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bare: she bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister`s name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, etc.] Called Shillem, (<014624>Genesis 46:24), the sons of Bilhah; Jacob’s concubine; her grandsons; for Naphtali, the father of them, was her son; from these sprung so many families, after their names, (<042648>Numbers 26:48,49).”
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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
“OF NAPHTALI. (Ch1 7:13) Shallum--or Shillem (Gen 46:24). sons of Bilhah--As Dan and Naphtali were her sons, Hushim, as well as these enumerated in Ch1 7:13, were her grandsons.”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“7:13 In contrast with other genealogies, this abrupt listing of the sons of Naphtali includes only the first generation (cp. Gen 46:24; Num 26:48-50). The manuscript of Chronicles might have suffered damage at an early stage of scribal copying, which could also account for the omission of Dan and Zebulun. It is also possible that the records for Zebulun, Dan, and Naphtali were lost when Tiglath-pileser attacked and exiled these tribes during Pekah’s reign (2 Kgs 15:29); in that case, the Chronicler had no records available to include.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Jahziel: Gen 46:24; Num 26:48, Jahzeel Shallum: Gen 46:24; Num 26:49, Shillem the sons of Bilhah: Gen 30:3-8, Gen 35:22, Gen 46:25 1 Chronicles 7:14”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The sons of Naphtali. - Only the sons of Naphtali are named, the families descended from them being passed over. The names correspond to those in Gen 46:24 and Num 26:48., except that there the first is יחצאל, and the last שׁלּם instead of שׁלּוּם. 1 Chronicles 7:14”
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