Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 7:18
His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records a genealogical segment within the Manasseh tribal records, positioned between the sons of Ulam and the sons of Shemida. The narrator lists the offspring of Hammolecheth as part of the broader Machir lineage.
The words — Hammoleketh (הַמֹּלֶ֑כֶת) identifies the sister whose name is preserved, while Yal.dah (יָלְדָה) literally means "she bore," marking the textual action of childbirth.
The thread — The name Abiezer reappears in Judges 6:11 and Judges 6:24 as the designation for Gideon's clan. Numbers 26:30 traces the Iezerite clan to Iezer, a separate figure in the Gilead lineage.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of a named woman's direct maternal contribution to a tribal line. It requires the reader to accept the recorded names as factual markers of inheritance rather than symbolic placeholders.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
Cross-references
- Numbers 26:30 These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek,
- Judges 6:11 Then the angel of the LORD came and sat down under the oak in Ophrah that belonged to Joash the Abiezrite, where his son Gideon was threshing wheat in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites.
- Judges 6:24 So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
- Judges 6:34 So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
- Judges 8:2 But Gideon answered them, “Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Are not the gleanings of Ephraim better than the grape harvest of Abiezer?