1 Chronicles 7 — Overview

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In this chapter are given the genealogies of the tribes of Issachar, 1Ch 7:1 of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:6 Naphtali, 1Ch 7:13, of Manasseh, 1Ch 7:14 of Ephraim, 1Ch 7:20 and of Asher, 1Ch 7:30, even of the chief men of them; and their numbers are reckoned as in the times of David.

The tribes of Dan and Zebulun are omitted.Ver. 1. Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

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