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In this chapter we have some account of the genealogies, I. Of Issachar, 1Ch 7:1-5. II. Of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:6-12. III. Of Naphtali, 1Ch 7:13. IV. Of Manasseh, 1Ch 7:14-19. V. Of Ephraim, 1Ch 7:20-29. VI. Of Asher, 1Ch 7:30-40. Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. Why they only should be omitted we can assign no reason; only it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan that idolatry began in that colony of the Danites which fixed in Laish, and called Dan, and there one of the golden calves was set up by Jeroboam. Dan is omitted, Re 7:4-8
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Genealogies (1689 BC)
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家谱（主前1689年）
¹ 以萨迦的儿子是陀拉、普瓦、雅述、伸仑，共四人。 ² 陀拉的儿子是乌西、利法雅、耶列、雅买、伊伯散、示母利；这都是陀拉的族长，是大能的勇士；到大卫年间，他们按着家谱计算，共二万二千六百人。 ³ 乌西的儿子是伊斯拉希；伊斯拉希的儿子是米迦勒、俄巴底、约珥、伊示雅，共五人，都是族长。 ⁴ 此外按着他们世代、按着父家，还带兵丁三万六千人，因为他们有许多妻子和儿子。 ⁵ 他们的弟兄在以萨迦各族中都是大能的勇士，按家谱计算，共八万七千人。 ⁶ 便雅悯的儿子是比拉、比结、耶叠，共三人。 ⁷ 比拉的儿子是以斯本、乌西、乌薛、耶利摩、以利，共五人；都是他们父家的族长，是大能的勇士；按家谱计算，共二万二千零三十四人。 ⁸ 比结的儿子是细米拉、约阿施、以利以谢、以利约乃、暗利、耶利摩、亚比雅、亚拿突、亚勒篾。这都是比结的儿子。 ⁹ 按着他们家谱、按着世代、按着父家的族长、大能的勇士计算，他们的数目共二万零二百人。 ¹⁰ 耶叠的儿子是比罕；比罕的儿子是耶乌施、便雅悯、以忽、基拿拿、细坦、他施、亚希沙罗。 ¹¹ 这都是耶叠的儿子，按着父家的族长，是大能的勇士，共一万七千二百人，能出战行伍。 ¹² 还有书品、户品，都是珥的儿子；又有亚黑的儿子户伸。 ¹³ 拿弗他利的儿子是雅薛、沽尼、耶色、沙龙；这都是辟拉的儿子。 ¹⁴ 玛拿西的儿子是亚斯列，是他妾所生的；（那亚兰女妾又生了玛吉，就是基列的父亲； ¹⁵ 玛吉娶了户品和书品的姐妹为妻；这姐妹名叫玛迦；）那第二子的名叫西罗非哈；西罗非哈只有女儿。 ¹⁶ 玛吉的妻子玛迦生了一个儿子，她给他起名叫毗利施；他兄弟的名字叫示利施；示利施的儿子是乌兰和利金。 ¹⁷ 乌兰的儿子是比但。这些都是基列的儿子；基列是玛吉的儿子，玛吉是玛拿西的儿子。 ¹⁸ 他的姐妹哈摩利结生了伊示禾、亚比以谢、玛拉。 ¹⁹ 示米大的儿子是亚干、示剑、利克希、亚尼暗。
我们在此得到一份简短的概览，
I. 关于以萨迦支派——雅各曾把他比作一只强壮的驴，卧在羊圈之间（创49:14），是一支勤勉的支派，专心务本国农务，在自己的帐棚里欢乐（申33:18）。此处显明：一、他们是一支人数众多的支派；因为他们有许多妻子。他们的地如此肥沃，他们一点也不担心牧地过多，他们的人又如此灵巧，足以找到足够的工作给每双手。只要不让任何人闲懒，就任凭百姓因人多而不抱怨吧。二、他们是一支勇敢的支派，是大能的勇士（代上7:2、5），是族长（代上7:3）。惯于劳作和事务的人，是最适于在需要时服事本国的人。各家的数目在大卫年间被记下，合计算来能上阵的兵丁共有十四万五千多人。有人以为这数目是约押数点百姓时所记（撒下24:1-25）。但我以为它指另一处计算，也许是他们自己中间所作的，因为经上记着（代上27:24），那次计算未被记在大卫王的年代志上，因为它得罪了神。
II. 关于便雅悯支派。此处略有所记，但下一章记得更详尽。这支派的民兵不到六万人；但他们被称为大能的勇士（代上7:7、9、11）。便雅悯是个撕掠的狼（创49:27）。这支派的尊荣，在于它出了第一位君王扫罗；更大的尊荣，在于当其他支派背叛时，它仍忠于大卫家的正统诸王。此处（代上7:12）提到亚黑的儿子户伸。但的众子据说就是户伸（创46:23），所以有人把"亚黑"读作描述词——户伸——另一个的儿子（即雅各另一个儿子的众子），或是外人之子——以色列人本不当如此，但当但人设立米迦所造的雕刻和铸造的偶像时，他们就成了这样的人。
III. 关于拿弗他利支派（代上7:13）。此处只列了这支派的先祖，与创46:24所记相同，只是那里的示冷此处作沙龙。其后裔一个也没有记下，或许是因为他们的家谱已经失传。
IV. 关于玛拿西支派——即住在约旦河以内的那部分；因为另一部分我们前面已有记述（代上5:23-26等）。论到这支派当观察：一、他们中有一人娶了亚兰女为妻（代上7:14）。这是在他们埃及为奴之时，他们如此早就与外邦人混杂了。二、虽然父亲娶了亚兰女，但玛吉——那婚姻所生的儿子，或许看见父亲家中的不便，便娶了一位便雅悯的女子为妻（代上7:15）。儿女因父亲的过失受警惕，不在同一块石头上绊跌，这是好的。三、此处提到比但（代上7:17），他或许就是撒上12:11所记为以色列拯救者之一的比但。在玛拿西的睚珥（士10:3）或许就是这人。
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Genealogies (1689 BC)
¹ Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
² And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
³ And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
⁴ And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.
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.
⁶ The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
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.
⁸ And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
⁹ And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
¹⁰ The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
¹¹ 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.
¹² Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
¹³ The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
¹⁴ The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
¹⁵ 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.
¹⁶ And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
¹⁷ And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
¹⁸ And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
¹⁹ And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
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 (Ge 49:14), an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely and rejoiced in their tents, De 33:18. And here it appears, 1. That they were a numerous tribe; for they had many wives. So fruitful their country was that they saw no danger of over-stocking the pasture, and so ingenious the people were that they could find work for all hands. Let no people complain of their numbers, provided they suffer none to be idle. 2. That they were a valiant tribe, men of might (1Ch 7:2,5), chief men, 1Ch 7:3. Those that were inured to labour and business were of all men the fittest to serve their country when there was occasion, The number of the respective families, as taken in the days of David, is here set down, amounting in the whole to above 145,000 men fit for war. The account, some think, was taken when Joab numbered the people, 2Sa 24:1-25 But I rather think it refers to some other computation that was made, perhaps among themselves, because it is said (1Ch 27:24) that that account was not inserted in the chronicles of king David, it having offended God.
II. Of the tribe of Benjamin. Some account is here given of this tribe, but much larger in the next chapter. The militia of this tribe scarcely reached to 60,000; but they are said to be mighty men of valour, 1Ch 7:7,9,11. Benjamin shall ravin as a wolf, Ge 49:27. It was the honour of this tribe that it produced Saul the first king, and more its honour that it adhered to the rightful kings of the house of David when the other tribes revolted. Here is mention (1Ch 7:12) of Hushim the sons of Aher. The sons of Dan are said to be Hushim (Ge 46:23), and therefore some read Aher appellatively, Hushim—the sons of another (that is, another of Jacob's sons) or the sons of a stranger, which Israelites should not be, but such the Danites were when they set up Micah's graven and molten image among them.
III. Of the tribe of Naphtali, 1Ch 7:13. The first fathers only of that tribe are named, the very same that we shall find, Ge 46:24, only that Shillem there is Shallum here. None of their descendents are named, perhaps because their genealogies were lost.
IV. Of the tribe of Manasseh, that part of it which was seated within Jordan; for of the other part we had some account before, 1Ch 5:23-26, etc. Of this tribe observe, 1. That one of them married an Aramitess, that is, a Syrian, 1Ch 7:14. This was during their bondage in Egypt, so early did they begin to mingle with the nations. 2. That, though the father married a Syrian, Machir, the son of that marriage, perhaps seeing the inconvenience of it in his father's house, took to wife a daughter of Benjamin, 1Ch 7:15. It is good for the children to take warning by their father's mistakes and not stumble at the same stone. 3. Here is mention of Bedan (1Ch 7:17), who perhaps is the same with that Bedan who is mentioned as one of Israel's deliverers, 1Sa 12:11. Jair perhaps, who was of Manasseh (Jdg 10:3), was the man.
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家谱（主前1630年）
²⁰ 以法莲的儿子是书提拉；他的儿子是比列；比列的儿子是他哈；他哈的儿子是以拉大；以拉大的儿子是他哈； ²¹ 他哈的儿子是撒拔；撒拔的儿子是书提拉；又有以谢、以列；这是迦特本地的人杀的，因为他们下去夺取他们的牲畜。 ²² 他们的父亲以法莲为他们悲哀多日，他的弟兄都来安慰他。 ²³ 以法莲与妻子同房，她怀孕生子；以法莲给他起名叫比利亚，因为他的家遭了患难。 ²⁴ 他的女儿是舍伊拉，就是建筑上伯和仑、下伯和仑与乌羡舍伊拉的。 ²⁵ 利法是他的儿子；利实也是；利实的儿子是他拉；他拉的儿子是他罕； ²⁶ 拉但的儿子是亚米忽；亚米忽的儿子是以利沙玛； ²⁷ 以利沙玛的儿子是嫩；嫩的儿子是约书亚。 ²⁸ 他们的产业和住处是伯特利和属伯特利的村庄；东边拿兰，西边基色和属基色的村庄；又有示剑和属示剑的村庄，直到迦萨和属迦萨的村庄。 ²⁹ 还有靠近玛拿西人境界的伯善和属伯善的村庄、他纳和属他纳的村庄、米吉多和属米吉多的村庄、多珥和属多珥的村庄。以色列的儿子约瑟的子孙住在这一些地方。 ³⁰ 亚设的儿子是音拿、亦施瓦、亦施韦、比利亚；还有他们的姐妹西拉。 ³¹ 比利亚的儿子是希别、玛结；玛结是比撒威的父亲。 ³² 希别生雅弗勒、朔默、霍坦，和他们的姐妹书亚。 ³³ 雅弗勒的儿子是巴萨、宾哈、亚斯瓦。这都是雅弗勒的儿女。 ³⁴ 朔默的儿子是亚希、罗加、耶户巴、亚兰。 ³⁵ 他兄弟希勒的儿子是琐法、音那、示利施、亚抹。 ³⁶ 琐法的儿子是书亚、哈尼弗、书阿、比列、音拉、 ³⁷ 比悉、何得、玛、施沙、益兰、比拉。 ³⁸ 益帖的儿子是耶孚尼、毗斯巴、亚拉。 ³⁹ 乌拉的儿子是亚拉、汉尼业、利细亚。 ⁴⁰ 这些都是亚设的子孙，都是父家的族长，是精挑的大能勇士，是首领中的首领。按家谱计算、能上阵出战的人，共有二万六千人。
我们在此读到一份记述，
I. 关于以法莲支派。这支派长大成熟之后，我们在经上读到关于它的大事。此处记载的，却是它婴孩时期的灾难，似乎是仍在埃及时所发生的事；因为以法莲本人那时还活着——然而若按此处所推算的相隔七代，又难以想象。所以我倾向认为，要么这是另一位以法莲，要么被杀的是约瑟之子以法莲的亲儿子。这段只在此处记载的事中，我们有：一、以法莲家族所受的大击打。迦特人——非利士人、巨人——杀了那家族的许多儿子，因为他们下去夺取他们的牲畜（代上7:21）。此处谁是先动手的，并不确定。有人以为迦特人是先动手的——他们生在埃及地，如今却住在迦特——猜想他们下到歌珊地，要赶走以法莲人的牲畜，又因牲主起而护卫便杀了他们。许多人的性命因自己的财富而暴露并遭害；财富远非坚固的城。又有人以为以法莲人攻打迦特人去抢夺他们，以为承受迦南的时日已到；但他们为自己的莽撞和急躁付出了惨重代价。不愿等候神的时候的人，不能期望神的赐福。我倒以为迦特人下来攻击以法莲人，因为在埃及的以色列人是牧人，不是战士，自己的牲畜甚多，未必为邻舍的牲畜去舍命；而且这话也可读作：迦特人杀了他们，因为他们下来夺取他们的牲畜。 莱特富特博士以为，被杀的乃是以法莲的儿子撒拔、书提拉、以谢、以列（他的孙子）。雅各早已预言以法莲的后裔必成为多族（创48:19），然而这棵嫩芽却被这样掐折。神的护理常常似乎与他的应许相反；但这样行的时候，其实是放大了应许，使应许的成就因此更加辉煌。以法莲人是约瑟的后裔，然而约瑟的能力却不能保护他们——虽然有人以为约瑟那时还活着。刀剑吞灭此人，也吞灭彼人。二、家族之父因此所受的大忧伤：以法莲悲哀多日。 再没有比白发人送黑发人更使年迈之人悲伤地进入坟墓的了，尤其是死于流血。年迈之人常担的担子，就是看见那些他们曾说这些人必安慰我们的人先他们而去。他的弟兄行了一件兄弟之爱的善事——他们来安慰他，在他的大苦中表达同情和关切，又向他提说那能在此可悲的护理中支持他、使他安静的话。或许他们提醒他，雅各曾把手按在他头上为他祝福，应许他必增多。虽然他的家不像他所盼望的那样蒙神赐福，反倒成了悲哀之家、破碎之家，然而那应许仍是确实的（撒下23:5）。三、这破口借着他年老时家中又添一子而部分地修补了（代上7:23），如同塞特——代替亚伯的另一种子，亚伯被该隐所杀（创4:25）。当神这样把安慰归还给为他哀伤的人，照着使他所愁苦的日子使他喜乐，把恩惠摆在苦楚相对之处，我们当在其中留意神圣护理的恩慈与温柔；这正如神因他的仆人而后悔（诗90:13、15）。然而家中添了一个儿子所带来的喜乐，并不能使他忘记忧伤；所以他给儿子起了一个忧愁的名字——比利亚——在患难中，因为生他时家中正举哀，他的家遭了患难。记念苦难和痛苦、苦艾和茵陈原是好的，使我们的魂在我们里面谦卑（哀3:19-20）。人为妇人所生，再没有比比利亚更贴切的名字，因为他生在一个充满苦难的世界里。此处又加记一笔，作为以法莲家进一步的尊荣：（一）那支派的一位女子，名叫西拉，在以色列人定居迦南之时建造了几座城，或出资或亲自督建；其中一座以她得名，乌羡西拉（代上7:24）。一位贤德的女子，对一个家族可能是极大的尊荣和祝福，如同一位勇士。（二）那支派的一位男子，在征服迦南的事上被神使用，就是嫩的儿子约书亚（代上7:27）。以法莲家所受的破口由此进一步得了修补；或许从前迦南人对以法莲人所加的伤害，使约书亚在争战中更加奋发。
II. 关于亚设支派。该支派几位有名之人被列在此处。其民兵与其他支派相比不算众多，总共只有二万六千人；但他们的首领是精挑的大能勇士、首领中的首领（代上7:40）；也许他们的智慧正在于不求常备军众多，而宁可少而有，但要善于出战、能办事的人。
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Genealogies (1630 BC)
²⁰ And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,
²¹ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
²² And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
²³ And when he went in to his wife, she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
²⁴ (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)
²⁵ And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,
²⁶ Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
²⁷ Non his son, Jehoshua his son.
²⁸ And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:
²⁹ And by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
³⁰ The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
³¹ And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.
³² And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
³³ And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
³⁴ And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
³⁵ And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
³⁶ The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,
³⁷ Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.
³⁸ And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
³⁹ And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.
⁴⁰ All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.
We have here an account,
I. Of the tribe of Ephraim. Great things we read of that tribe when it came to maturity. Here we have an account of the disasters of its infancy, while it was in Egypt as it should seem; for Ephraim himself was alive when those things were done, which yet is hard to imagine if it were, as is here computed, seven generations off. Therefore I am apt to think that either it was another Ephraim or that those who were slain were the immediate sons of that Ephraim that was the son of Joseph. In this passage, which is related here only, we have, 1. The great breach that was made upon the family of Ephraim. The men of Gath, Philistines, giants, slew many of the sons of that family, because they came down to take away their cattle, 1Ch 7:21. It is uncertain who were the aggressors here. Some make the men of Gath the aggressors, men born in the land of Egypt, but now resident in Gath, supposing that they came down into the land of Goshen, to drive away the Ephraimites' cattle, and slew the owners, because they stood up in the defence of them. Many a man's life has been exposed and betrayed by his wealth; so far is it from being a strong city. Others think that the Ephraimites made a descent upon the men of Gath to plunder them, presuming that the time had come when they should be put in possession of Canaan; but they paid dearly for their rashness and precipitation. Those that will not wait God's time cannot expect God's blessing. I rather think that the men of Gath came down upon the Ephraimites, because the Israelites in Egypt were shepherds, not soldiers, abounded in cattle of their own, and therefore were not likely to venture their lives for their neighbours' cattle: and the words may be read, The men of Gath slew them, for they came down to take away their cattle. Zabad the son of Ephraim, and Shuthelah, and Ezer, and Elead (his grandchildren), were, as Dr. Lightfoot thinks, the men that were slain. Jacob had foretold that the seed of Ephraim should become a multitude of nations (Ge 48:19), and yet that plant is thus nipped in the bud. God's providences often seem to contradict his promises; but, when they do so, they really magnify the promise, and make the performance of it, notwithstanding, so much more illustrious. The Ephraimites were the posterity of Joseph, and yet his power could not protect them, though some think he was yet living. The sword devours one as well as another. 2. The great grief which oppressed the father of the family hereupon: Ephraim mourned many days. Nothing brings the aged to the grave with more sorrow than their following the young that descend from them to the grave first, especially if in blood. It is often the burden of those that live to be old that they see those go before them of whom they said, These same shall comfort us. It was a brotherly friendly office which his brethren did, when they came to comfort him under this great affliction, to express their sympathy with him and concern for him, and to suggest that to him which would support and quiet him under this sad providence. Probably they reminded him of the promise of increase which Jacob had blessed him when he laid his right hand upon his head. Although his house was not so with God as he hoped, but a house of mourning, a shattered family, yet that promise was sure, 2Sa 23:5. 3. The repair of this breach, in some measure, by addition of another son to his family in his old age (1Ch 7:23), like Seth, another seed instead of that of Abel whom Cain slew, Ge 4:25. When God thus restores comfort to his mourners, makes glad according to the days wherein he afflicted, setting the mercies over against the crosses, we ought therein to take notice of the kindness and tenderness of divine Providence; it is as if it repented God concerning his servants, Ps 90:13,15. Yet joy that a man was born into his family could not make him forget his grief; for he gives a melancholy name to his son, Beriah—in trouble, for he was born when the family was in mourning, when it went evil with his house. It is good to have in remembrance the affliction and the misery, the wormwood and the gall, that our souls may be humbled within us, La 3:19,20. What name more proper for man that is born of a woman than Beriah, because born into a troublesome world? It is added, as a further honour to the house of Ephraim, (1.) That a daughter of that tribe, Sherah by name, at the time of Israel's setting in Canaan, built some cities, either at her own charge or by her own care; one of them bore her name, Uzzen-sherah, 1Ch 7:24. A virtuous woman may be as great an honour and blessing to a family as a mighty man. (2.) That a son of that tribe was employed in the conquest of Canaan, Joshua the son of Nun, 1Ch 7:27. In this also the breach made on Ephraim's family was further repaired; and perhaps the resentment of this injury formerly done by the Canaanites to the Ephraimites might make him more vigorous in the war.
II. Of the tribe of Asher. Some men of note of that tribe are here named. Their militia was not numerous in comparison with some other tribes, only 26,000 men in all; but their princes were choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes (1Ch 7:40), and perhaps it was their wisdom that they coveted not to make their trained bands numerous, but rather to have a few, and those apt to the war and serviceable men.
本章记载了若干支派的谱系：I. 以萨迦，代上7:1-5。II. 便雅悯，代上7:6-12。III. 拿弗他利，代上7:13。IV. 玛拿西，代上7:14-19。V. 以法莲，代上7:20-29。VI. 亚设，代上7:30-40。此处没有记载西布伦和但两个支派。为何唯独这两个支派被省略，我们无法确知缘由；只能说，但支派的耻辱在于：偶像崇拜正是始于那支定居在拉亿、将该地改名为但的但人移民群体，后来耶罗波安也在那里设立了金牛犊之一。在启7:4-8中，但支派同样被略去。