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1 Chronicles 7:13
The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler compiles a tribal genealogy, listing Naphtali’s descendants between the records of Issachar and Manasseh.
The words — נַפְתָּלִ֗י (Naphtali) identifies the patriarch, while בִלְהָֽה (Bilhah) names the matriarch whose lineage the text explicitly traces.
The thread — Numbers 26:48 lists the same four names as clan heads for Naphtali, and Genesis 30:3 and 35:22 establish Bilhah as Rachel’s maidservant whose children were legally counted as Rachel’s.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how tribal records formally integrate secondary maternal lines into the official structure of Israel.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:48 These were the descendants of Naphtali by their clans: The Jahzeelite clan from Jahzeel, the Gunite clan from Guni,
- Genesis 30:3 Then she said, “Here is my maidservant Bilhah. Sleep with her, that she may bear children for me, so that through her I too can build a family.”
- Genesis 35:22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
- Genesis 46:24 The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.