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<BR><FONT SIZE=+3><B>F I R S T C H R O N I C L E S</B></FONT>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=+2>CHAP. VII.</FONT>
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In this chapter we have some account of the genealogies,
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I. Of Issachar,
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II. Of Benjamin,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:6-12">ver. 6-12</A>.
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III. Of Naphtali,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:13">ver. 13</A>.
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IV. Of Manasseh,
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V. Of Ephraim,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:20-29">ver. 20-29</A>.
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VI. Of Asher,
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Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. Why they only should be
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omitted we can assign no reason; only it is the disgrace of the tribe
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of Dan that idolatry began in that colony of the Danites which fixed in
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Laish, and called Dan, and there one of the golden calves was set up by
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Jeroboam. Dan is omitted,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Re+7:4-8">Rev. vii.</A></P>
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<FONT SIZE=+1>1 Now the sons of Issachar <I>were,</I> Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and
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Shimron, four.
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2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and
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Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house,
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<I>to wit,</I> of Tola: <I>they were</I> valiant men of might in their
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generations; whose number <I>was</I> in the days of David two and
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twenty thousand and six hundred.
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3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah;
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Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief
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4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their
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fathers, <I>were</I> bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty
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thousand <I>men:</I> for they had many wives and sons.
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5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar <I>were</I>
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valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies
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fourscore and seven thousand.
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6 <I>The sons</I> of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
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7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and
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Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of <I>their</I> fathers,
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mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies
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twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
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8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and
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Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and
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Alameth. All these <I>are</I> the sons of Becher.
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9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their
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generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of
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valour, <I>was</I> twenty thousand and two hundred.
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10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan;
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Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and
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Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
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11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their
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fathers, mighty men of valour, <I>were</I> seventeen thousand and two
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hundred <I>soldiers,</I> fit to go out for war <I>and</I> battle.
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12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, <I>and</I> Hushim,
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the sons of Aher.
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13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and
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Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
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14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (<I>but</I> his
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concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
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15 And Machir took to wife <I>the sister</I> of Huppim and Shuppim,
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whose sister's name <I>was</I> Maachah;) and the name of the second
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<I>was</I> Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
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16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called
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his name Peresh; and the name of his brother <I>was</I> Sheresh; and
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his sons <I>were</I> Ulam and Rakem.
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17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These <I>were</I> the sons of
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Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
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18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and
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Mahalah.
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I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a <I>strong
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ass, couching between two burdens</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+49:14">Gen. xlix. 14</A>),
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an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely
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and <I>rejoiced in their tents,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=De+33:18">Deut. xxxiii. 18</A>.
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And here it appears,
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1. That they were a numerous tribe; for they had many wives. So
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fruitful their country was that they saw no danger of over-stocking the
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pasture, and so ingenious the people were that they could find work for
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all hands. Let no people complain of their numbers, provided they
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suffer none to be idle.
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2. That they were a valiant tribe, <I>men of might</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:2,5"><I>v.</I> 2, 5</A>),
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<I>chief men,</I>
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Those that were inured to labour and business were of all men the
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fittest to serve their country when there was occasion, The number of
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the respective families, as taken in the days of David, is here set
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down, amounting in the whole to above 145,000 men fit for war. The
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account, some think, was taken when Joab numbered the people,
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But I rather think it refers to some other computation that was made,
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perhaps among themselves, because it is said
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+27:24">1 Chron. xxvii. 24</A>)
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that that account was not inserted in the chronicles of king David, it
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having offended God.</P>
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II. Of the tribe of Benjamin. Some account is here given of this tribe,
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but much larger in the next chapter. The militia of this tribe scarcely
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reached to 60,000; but they are said to be <I>mighty men of valour,</I>
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<I>Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf,</I>
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It was the honour of this tribe that it produced Saul the first king,
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and more its honour that it adhered to the rightful kings of the house
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of David when the other tribes revolted. Here is mention
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:12"><I>v.</I> 12</A>)
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of Hushim the sons of Aher. The sons of Dan are said to be
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<I>Hushim</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+46:23">Gen. xlvi. 23</A>),
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and therefore some read Aher appellatively, <I>Hushim</I>--the <I>sons
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of another</I> (that is, another of Jacob's sons) or the sons of a
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stranger, which Israelites should not be, but such the Danites were
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III. Of the tribe of Naphtali,
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The first fathers only of that tribe are named, the very same that we
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shall find,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+46:24">Gen. xlvi. 24</A>,
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only that <I>Shillem</I> there is <I>Shallum</I> here. None of their
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descendents are named, perhaps because their genealogies were lost.</P>
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IV. Of the tribe of Manasseh, that part of it which was seated within
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Jordan; for of the other part we had some account before,
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&c. Of this tribe observe,
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1. That one of them married an Aramitess, that is, a Syrian,
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This was during their bondage in Egypt, so early did they begin to
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mingle with the nations.
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2. That, though the father married a Syrian, Machir, the son of that
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marriage, perhaps seeing the inconvenience of it in his father's house,
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took to wife a daughter of Benjamin,
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It is good for the children to take warning by their father's mistakes
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and not stumble at the same stone.
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3. Here is mention of Bedan
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:17"><I>v.</I> 17</A>),
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who perhaps is the same with that Bedan who is mentioned as one of
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Israel's deliverers,
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Jair perhaps, who was of Manasseh
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<FONT SIZE=+1>20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and
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Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
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21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and
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Elead, whom the men of Gath <I>that were</I> born in <I>that</I> land slew,
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because they came down to take away their cattle.
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22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren
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came to comfort him.
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23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a
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son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his
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24 (And his daughter <I>was</I> Sherah, who built Beth-horon the
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nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
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25 And Rephah <I>was</I> his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son,
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and Tahan his son,
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26 Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
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27 Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
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28 And their possessions and habitations <I>were,</I> Bethel and the
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towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the
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towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and
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the towns thereof:
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29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean
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and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor
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and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of
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Israel.
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30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah,
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and Serah their sister.
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31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who <I>is</I> the
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father of Birzavith.
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32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua
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their sister.
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33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath.
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These <I>are</I> the children of Japhlet.
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34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
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35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and
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Shelesh, and Amal.
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36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and
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Beri, and Imrah,
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37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and
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Beera.
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38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
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39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
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40 All these <I>were</I> the children of Asher, heads of <I>their</I>
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father's house, choice <I>and</I> mighty men of valour, chief of the
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princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that
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were apt to the war <I>and</I> to battle <I>was</I> twenty and six thousand
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I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it
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came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its
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infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem; for Ephraim himself
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was alive when those things were done, which yet is hard to imagine if
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it were, as is here computed, seven generations off. Therefore I am apt
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to think that either it was another Ephraim or that those who were
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slain were the immediate sons of that Ephraim that was the son of
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Joseph. In this passage, which is related here only, we have,
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1. The great breach that was made upon the family of Ephraim. The men
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of Gath, Philistines, giants, slew many of the sons of that family,
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<I>because they came down to take away their cattle,</I>
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It is uncertain who were the aggressors here. Some make the men of Gath
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the aggressors, men <I>born in the land of Egypt,</I> but now resident
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in Gath, supposing that they came down into the land of Goshen, to
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drive away the Ephraimites' cattle, and slew the owners, because they
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stood up in the defence of them. Many a man's life has been exposed and
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betrayed by his wealth; so far is it from being a strong city. Others
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think that the Ephraimites made a descent upon the men of Gath to
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plunder them, presuming that the time had come when they should be put
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in possession of Canaan; but they paid dearly for their rashness and
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precipitation. Those that will not wait God's time cannot expect God's
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blessing. I rather think that the men of Gath came down upon the
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Ephraimites, because the Israelites in Egypt were shepherds, not
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soldiers, abounded in cattle of their own, and therefore were not
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likely to venture their lives for their neighbours' cattle: and the
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words may be read, <I>The men of Gath slew them, for they came down to
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take away their cattle.</I> Zabad the son of Ephraim, and Shuthelah,
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and Ezer, and Elead (his grandchildren), were, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks,
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the men that were slain. Jacob had foretold that the seed of Ephraim
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should become a <I>multitude of nations</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+48:19">Gen. xlviii. 19</A>),
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and yet that plant is thus nipped in the bud. God's providences often
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seem to contradict his promises; but, when they do so, they really
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magnify the promise, and make the performance of it, notwithstanding,
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so much more illustrious. The Ephraimites were the posterity of
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Joseph, and yet his power could not protect them, though some think he
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was yet living. The sword devours one as well as another.
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2. The great grief which oppressed the father of the family hereupon:
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<I>Ephraim mourned many days.</I> Nothing brings the aged to the grave
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with more sorrow than their following the young that descend from them
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to the grave first, especially if in blood. It is often the burden of
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those that live to be old that they see those go before them of whom
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they said, <I>These same shall comfort us.</I> It was a brotherly
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friendly office which his brethren did, when <I>they came to comfort
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him</I> under this great affliction, to express their sympathy with him
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and concern for him, and to suggest that to him which would support and
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quiet him under this sad providence. Probably they reminded him of the
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promise of increase which Jacob had blessed him when he laid his right
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hand upon his head. Although his house was not so with God as he
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hoped, but a house of mourning, a shattered family, yet that promise
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was sure,
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=2Sa+23:5">2 Sam. xxiii. 5</A>.
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3. The repair of this breach, in some measure, by addition of another
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son to his family in his old age
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:23"><I>v.</I> 23</A>),
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like Seth, <I>another seed instead of that of Abel whom Cain slew,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ge+4:25">Gen. iv. 25</A>.
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When God thus restores comfort to his mourners, <I>makes glad according
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to the days wherein he afflicted,</I> setting the mercies over against
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the crosses, we ought therein to take notice of the kindness and
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tenderness of divine Providence; it is as if <I>it repented God
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concerning his servants,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=Ps+90:13,15">Ps. xc. 13, 15</A>.
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Yet joy that a man was born into his family could not make him forget
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his grief; for he gives a melancholy name to his son, <I>Beriah--in
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trouble,</I> for he was born when the family was in mourning, when
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<I>it went evil with his house.</I> It is good to have in remembrance
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the affliction and the misery, the wormwood and the gall, that our
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souls may be <I>humbled within us,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=La+3:19,20">Lam. iii. 19, 20</A>.
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What name more proper for <I>man that is born of a woman</I> than
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<I>Beriah,</I> because born into a troublesome world? It is added, as a
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further honour to the house of Ephraim,
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(1.) That a daughter of that tribe, <I>Sherah</I> by name, at the time
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of Israel's setting in Canaan, built some cities, either at her own
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charge or by her own care; one of them bore her name,
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<I>Uzzen-sherah,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:24"><I>v.</I> 24</A>.
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A virtuous woman may be as great an honour and blessing to a family as
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a mighty man.
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(2.) That a son of that tribe was employed in the conquest of Canaan,
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<I>Joshua the son of Nun,</I>
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<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:27"><I>v.</I> 27</A>.
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In this also the breach made on Ephraim's family was further repaired;
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and perhaps the resentment of this injury formerly done by the
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Canaanites to the Ephraimites might make him more vigorous in the
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war.</P>
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II. Of the tribe of Asher. Some men of note of that tribe are here
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named. Their militia was not numerous in comparison with some other
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tribes, only 26,000 men in all; but their princes were <I>choice and
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mighty men of valour, chief of the princes</I>
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(<A HREF="http://bible.gospelcom.net/bible?version=KJV&passage=1Ch+7:40"><I>v.</I> 40</A>),
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and perhaps it was their wisdom that they coveted not to make their
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trained bands numerous, but rather to have a few, and those apt to the
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war and serviceable men.</P>
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