“ And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. ”
Abiezer - His descendants formed one of the most important branches of the Manassites. They furnished to Israel the greatest of the Judges, Gideon Judges 6:11 , Judges 6:24 , Judges 6:34 , and...
And (h) his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. (h) Meaning, the sister of Gilead.
PART I (1 Chronicles 1-9). Genealogical Lists, together with Geographical and Historical Notes. These Chapter s form a general introduction to the whole work. They contain the following genealogi...
his sister: i.e. Gilead's sister. Mahalah. Supply Figure of speech Ellipsis , "Mahalah [and Shemidah] and the sons". The name of one of the daughters of Zelophehad ( Numbers 26:33 ).
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. No JFB commentary on these...
Genealogies (continued) This chapter traces the descendants of Issachar, Benjamin (Dan), Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher.
In this chapter we have the genealogies of six of the tribes, and again the bias of the chronicler is evident in his treatment. Those tribes more directly associated with Judah have fuller treatment...
The Reader will remember that we had the register of the half-tribe of Manasseh, which dwelt in the land of Canaan, before, 1 Chronicles 5:23 . What is here recorded of Manasseh, means the other hal...
And his sister Hammoleketh ,.... The sister of Gilead so named; though the Targum renders it "that reigned"; and so Kimchi, that reigned in some part of Gilead; and the Vulgate Latin version transla...
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. Ver. 18. And his sister, ] i.e., Gilead's sister.
These were the sons of Gilead Namely, Ashriel and Zelophehad, named 1 Chronicles 7:14-15 , the relative being here referred to the remoter antecedent, as is frequent in the Hebrew. His Gilead's...
Genealogies. B. C. 1689. 1 Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shi...
His sister, i.e. Gilead's sister. Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah; understand, and Shemidah , out of the next verse.
CRITICAL NOTES.] 1 Chronicles 7:1-5 .— Issachar . A tribe of more than average strength, since the entire return from all the tribes, except Judah, was no more than 800,000 men ( 2 Samuel 24:9 ) [...
1 Chronicles 7:2 . Whose number in the days of David. This proves that David, in time of peace, numbered the people for war. This very much surprised Joab, and in this lay a great part of the sin....
EXPOSITION 1 Chronicles 7:1 The great tribes of Judah and Levi being now passed, as well as the minor ones of Simeon, Reuben, and Gad, we reach the sons of Issachar . Issachar was Jacob's...
The Line of Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher
Judges 6:11 ; Judges 6:24 ; Judges 6:34 ; Judges 8:2 ; Numbers 26:30
His — Gilead's sister. Mahalah — Understand, and Shemida, out of the next verse.