1 Chronicles 7 · Verse 6

1 Chronicles 7:6

The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
1 Chronicles 7:6, King James Version

1 Chronicles 7:6 in other translations

BSBThe three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
WEBThe sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three.
ASVThe sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
YLTOf Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
DARBYThe sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
BBEThe sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.
WebsterThe sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

What does 1 Chronicles 7:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
6. The sons of Benjamin--Ten are named in Ge 46:21, but only five later (1Ch 8:1; Nu 26:38). Perhaps five of them were distinguished as chiefs of illustrious families, but two having fallen in the bloody wars waged against Benjamin (Jud 20:46), there remained only three branches of this tribe, and these only are enumerated. Jediael--Or Asbel (Genesis 46. 21).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher and Jediael - In Gen 46:21, ten sons of Benjamin are reckoned; viz., Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Eri, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard. In Num 26:38, etc., five sons only of Benjamin are mentioned, Bela, Ashbel, Ahiram, Shupham, and Hupham: and Ard and Naaman are there said to be the sons of Bela; consequently grandsons of Benjamin. In the beginning of the following chapter, five sons of Benjamin are mentioned, viz., Bela, Ashbel, Aharah, Nohah, and Rapha; where also Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, a second Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram, are all represented as grandsons, not sons, of Benjamin: hence we see that in many cases grandsons are called sons, and both are often confounded in the genealogical tables. To attempt to reconcile such discrepancies would be a task as endless as it would be useless. The rabbins say that Ezra, who wrote this book, did not know whether some of these were sons or grandsons; and they intimate also that the tables from which he copied were often defective, and here we must leave all such matters.

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1 Chronicles 7:6 in the original Hebrew

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בִּנְיָמִ֗ןbin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144
בֶּ֧לַעBe.la'BelaH1106
וָבֶ֛כֶרva.Ve.kherand BekerH1071
וִידִֽיעֲאֵ֖לvi.di.'a.'Eland JediaelH3043
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃she.lo.ShahthreeH7969

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 7:6

  • Genesis 46:21

    And the sons of Benjamin were Belah, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, Ehi, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard.

  • 1 Chronicles 8:1-40

    Now Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, …

  • Numbers 26:38-41

    The sons of Benjamin after their families: of Bela, the family of the Belaites: of Ashbel, the family of the Ashbelites: of Ahiram, the family of the Ahiramites: Of Shupham, the family of the Shuphamites: of Hupham, the family of the Huphamites. And the sons of Bela were Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family of the Ardites: and of Naaman, the family of the Naamites. These are the sons of Benjamin after their families: and they that were numbered of them were forty and five thousand and six hundred.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:10-11

    The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar. All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
of Benjamin.In the parallel place of Genesis, ten sons of Benjamin are reckoned, Bela, Becher, Ashbel, Gera, Naaman, Ehi, Rosh, Muppim, Huppim, and Ard; and in Numbers, five only are mentioned, Bela, Ashbel, Ahiraim, Shupham, and Hupham; and Ard and Naaman are said to be the sons of Bela, and consequently Benjamin's grandsons. In the beginning of the following chapter, also, five are only mentioned, Bela, Ashbel, Aharah, Nohah, and Rapha; and Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abishua, Naaman, Ahoha, another Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram, are all represented as grandsons, not sons of Benjamin: hence we see that in many cases, grandsons are called sons, and both are often confounded in the genealogical tables. It seems, also, that the persons mentioned in the following verses were neither sons nor grandsons of Bela and Becher, but distinguished persons among their descendants.
8:1-12; Ge 46:21; Nu 26:38-41
Jediael.
10,11

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 7:5

    And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:6

    The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

  • 1 Chronicles 7:7

    And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

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1 Chronicles 7:6 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los hijos de Benjamín fueron tres: Bela, Bechêr, y Jediael.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		✶Fils de Benjamin: Béla, et Béker, et Jediaël, trois.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Von Benjamin: Bela und Beker und Jediael, drei.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Filii Benjamin: Bela, et Bechor, et Jadihel, tres.