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- 1 Chronicles
- Chapter 7
- Verse 1
1 Chronicles 7:1
Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
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Gill's Exposition
Now the sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. The same number is given, Gen 46:13 with a small variation of two of their names, there called Phuvah and Job, from whence so many…
We have here a short view given us,
I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a strong ass, couching between two burdens (Gen 49:14), an industrious tribe, that minded their country…
The treatment of different tribes is unequal in this chapter. In the case of Issachar (1Ch 7:1-5), Benjamin (1Ch 7:6-12), and Asher (1Ch 7:30-40), genealogies are given and the number of fighting-men…