Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 7:15
Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records the genealogy of Manasseh to establish tribal boundaries and inheritance rights for post-exilic Israel. This passage functions as a historical register documenting Machir’s marriage and his descendant Zelophehad.
The words — לָקַח (la.Kach) means he took, and אִשָּׁה ('i.Shah) means a wife, describing Machir’s marriage to women from the Huppim and Shuppim clans.
The thread — The mention of Zelophehad and his daughters appears in Numbers 27:1, 26:33, and 36:1, where the family’s lack of sons triggers inheritance laws. The genealogy also connects directly to 1 Chronicles 7:14 and 16, which frame Machir’s lineage and his wife Maacah’s children.
Why it lands — The text requires readers to recognize how tribal records preserve legal precedents for property transmission. It establishes that inheritance rights were determined by documented lineage rather than assumed primogeniture.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:33 Now Zelophehad son of Hepher had no sons but only daughters. The names of his daughters were Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah.
- Numbers 36:1 Now the family heads of the clan of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh, one of the clans of Joseph, approached Moses and the leaders who were the heads of the Israelite families and addressed them,
- 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