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1 Chronicles 7:14
The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — A chronicler compiles a tribal genealogy for the returned community, recording the descendants of Manasseh alongside the lineages of Naphtali and other tribes.
The words — פִּֽילַגְשׁ/וֹ֙ (pi.lag.sho) translates as "his concubine," and הָֽ/אֲרַמִּיָּ֔ה (ha./'a.ra.mi.yah) means "the Aramean," specifying the mother of Asriel and Machir.
The thread — Machir and Gilead reappear in Deuteronomy 3:13 and Joshua 13:31 as central to the half-tribe of Manasseh’s territorial inheritance, while Numbers 32:30 addresses the tribe’s military obligations in that same region.
Why it lands — The text establishes legal lineage and inheritance rights by documenting tribal descent and intermarriage without theological commentary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
Cross-references
- Numbers 32:30 But if they do not arm themselves and go across with you, then they must accept their possession among you in the land of Canaan.”
- Deuteronomy 3:13 To the half-tribe of Manasseh I gave the rest of Gilead and all of Bashan, the kingdom of Og. (The entire region of Argob, the whole territory of Bashan, used to be called the land of the Rephaim.)
- Joshua 13:31 half of Gilead; and Ashtaroth and Edrei, the royal cities of Og in Bashan. All this was for the clans of the descendants of Machir son of Manasseh, that is, half of the descendants of Machir.
- Joshua 17:1 Now this was the allotment for the tribe of Manasseh as Joseph’s firstborn son, namely for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh and father of the Gileadites, who had received Gilead and Bashan because Machir was a man of war.
- Genesis 50:23 He saw Ephraim’s sons to the third generation, and indeed the sons of Machir son of Manasseh were brought up on Joseph’s knees.
- Numbers 26:29 These were the descendants of Manasseh: The Machirite clan from Machir, the father of Gilead, and the Gileadite clan from Gilead.
- Numbers 27:1 Now the daughters of Zelophehad son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh, belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of Joseph. These were the names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah. They approached
- Judges 5:14 Some came from Ephraim, with their roots in Amalek; Benjamin came with your people after you. The commanders came down from Machir, the bearers of the marshal’s staff from Zebulun.
- 1 Chronicles 2:21 Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.