1 Chronicles 7 · Verse 2

1 Chronicles 7:2

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.
1 Chronicles 7:2, King James Version

1 Chronicles 7:2 in other translations

BSBThe 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.
WEBThe 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.
ASVAnd 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.
YLTAnd sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of the house of their fathers, even of Tola, mighty of valour in their generations: their number in the days of David is twenty and two thousand and six hundred.
DARBYAnd 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.
BBEAnd the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of their families; they were men of war; in the record of their generations their number in the time of David was twenty-two thousand, six hundred.
WebsterAnd 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.

What does 1 Chronicles 7:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred--Although a census was taken in the reign of David by order of that monarch, it is not certain that the sacred historian had it in mind, since we find here the tribe of Benjamin enumerated [1Ch 7:6-12], which was not taken in David's time; and there are other points of dissimilarity.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Whose number was in the days of David - Whether this was the number returned by Joab and his assistants, when they made that census of the people with which God was so much displeased, we know not. It is worthy of remark that we read here the sum of three tribes, Benjamin, Issachar, and Asher, under the reign of David, which is mentioned nowhere else; and yet we have no account here of the other tribes, probably because the author found no public registers in which such enumeration was recorded.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

1 Chronicles 7:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּבְנֵ֣יu.ve.Neiand [the] sons ofH1121
תוֹלָ֗עto.La'TolaH8439
עֻזִּ֡י'u.ZiUzziH5813
וּרְפָיָ֡הu.re.fa.Yahand RephaiahH7509
וִֽ֠ירִיאֵלVi.ri.'eland JerielH3400
וְיַחְמַ֨יve.yach.Maiand JahmaiH3181
וְיִבְשָׂ֜םve.yiv.Samand JibsamH3005
וּשְׁמוּאֵ֗לu.she.mu.'Eland SamuelH8050
רָאשִׁ֤יםra.ShimchiefsH7218
לְבֵית\־le.veit-of [the] house ofH1004
אֲבוֹתָם֙'a.vo.Tamancestors theirH1
לְתוֹלָ֔עle.to.La'of TolaH8439
גִּבּ֥וֹרֵיgi.Bo.reimighty [men] ofH1368
חַ֖יִלCha.yilstrengthH2428
לְתֹלְדוֹתָ֑םle.to.le.do.Tamto generations theirH8435
מִסְפָּרָם֙mis.pa.Ramnumber theirH4557
בִּימֵ֣יbi.Meiin [the] days ofH3117
דָוִ֔ידda.VidDavidH1732
עֶשְׂרִֽים\־'es.rim-[was] twentyH6242
וּשְׁנַ֥יִםu.she.Na.yimand twoH8147
אֶ֖לֶף'E.lefthousandH505
וְשֵׁ֥שׁve.Sheshand sixH8337
מֵאֽוֹת\׃\ \סme.'othundred<s>H3967

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 7:2

  • 2 Samuel 24:1-9

    And again the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah. For the king said to Joab the captain of the host, which was with him, Go now through all the tribes of Israel, from Dan even to Beer–sheba, and number ye the people, that I may know the number of the people. And Joab said unto the king, Now the Lord thy God add unto the people, how many soever they be, an hundredfold, and that the eyes of my lord the king may see it: but why doth my lord the king delight in this thing? Notwithstanding the king’s word prevailed against Joab, and against the captains of the host. And Joab and the captains of the host went out from the presence of the king, to number the people of Israel. …

  • 1 Chronicles 27:23-24

    But David took not the number of them from twenty years old and under: because the Lord had said he would increase Israel like to the stars of the heavens. Joab the son of Zeruiah began to number, but he finished not, because there fell wrath for it against Israel; neither was the number put in the account of the chronicles of king David.

  • 1 Chronicles 27:1

    Now the children of Israel after their number, to wit, the chief fathers and captains of thousands and hundreds, and their officers that served the king in any matter of the courses, which came in and went out month by month throughout all the months of the year, of every course were twenty and four thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 21:1-5

    And Satan stood up against Israel, and provoked David to number Israel. And David said to Joab and to the rulers of the people, Go, number Israel from Beer–sheba even to Dan; and bring the number of them to me, that I may know it. And Joab answered, The Lord make his people an hundred times so many more as they be: but, my lord the king, are they not all my lord’s servants? why then doth my lord require this thing? why will he be a cause of trespass to Israel? Nevertheless the king’s word prevailed against Joab. Wherefore Joab departed, and went throughout all Israel, and came to Jerusalem. …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
whose number.This was probably the number returned by Joab and his assistants, when they made that census of the people with which God was so much displeased. We find that the effective men of Issachar amounted to 87,000 (ver. 5;) 22,600 of whom descended from Tola his eldest son; but whether the 36,000 (ver. 4) were descendants of Tola by Uzzi, and the 22,600 his descendants by Tola's other sons; or whether another of Issachar's sons be intended, does not clearly appear; though the former seems the more obvious meaning.
21:1-5; 27:1,23,24; 2Sa 24:1-9

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 7:1

    Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:2

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:3

    And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.

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1 Chronicles 7:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hijos de Thola: Uzzi, Rephaías, Jeriel, Jamai, Jibsam y Samuel, cabezas en las familias de sus padres. De Thola fueron contados por sus linajes en el tiempo de David, veintidós mil seiscientos hombres muy valerosos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et les fils de Thola: Uzzi, et Rephaïa, et Jeriel, et Jakhmaï, et Jibsam, et Samuel, chefs de leurs maisons de pères, de Thola, hommes forts et vaillants, dans leurs générations; leur nombre, aux jours de David, fut de 22 600.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und die Söhne Tolas: Ussi und Rephaja und Jeriel und Jachmai und Jibsam und Samuel, Häupter ihrer Vaterhäuser, von Tola, streitbare Männer, nach ihren Geschlechtern; ihre Zahl war in den Tagen Davids 22600.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Thola: Ozi, et Raphaia, et Jeriel, et Jemai, et Jebsem, et Samuel, principes per domos cognationum suarum. De stirpe Thola viri fortissimi numerati sunt in diebus David, viginti duo millia sexcenti.