Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version

1 Chronicles 7:1-13 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

1. Issachar had four sons. Their names were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

2. Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel. They were all leaders of their families. Those men and their descendants were strong soldiers. Their families grew. By the time David was king, there were 22,600 men ready for war.

3. Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders of their families.

4. Their family history shows they had 36,000 soldiers ready for war. They had a large family because they had many wives and children.

5. The family history shows there were 87,000 strong soldiers in all the tribes of Issachar.

6. Benjamin had three sons. Their names were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

7. Bela had five sons. Their names were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had 22,034 soldiers.

8. Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. They all were Beker’s children.

9. Their family history shows who the family leaders were. And it also shows they had 20,200 soldiers.

10. Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11. All of Jediael’s sons were leaders of their families. They had 17,200 soldiers ready for war.

12. The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir. Hushim was the son of Aher.

13. Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. And these are the descendants of Bilhah.