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1 Chronicles 7:2
The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The chronicler records the genealogy of Tola, a son of Issachar, situating the list within the administrative and military framework of David’s reign.
The words — תוֹלָע (Tola) = Tola; בְּנֵי (benei) = sons. These terms anchor the passage in tribal lineage rather than individual biography.
The thread — The verse’s focus on numbering descendants as mighty men runs parallel to David’s census efforts recorded in 2 Samuel 24:1 and 1 Chronicles 21:1, while echoing the military organization detailed in 1 Chronicles 27:1.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition of how tribal identity and martial capacity were systematically documented under David’s rule.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- 2 Samuel 24:1 Again the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He stirred up David against them, saying, “Go and take a census of Israel and Judah.”
- 1 Chronicles 21:1 Then Satan rose up against Israel and incited David to take a census of Israel.
- 1 Chronicles 27:1 This is the list of the Israelites—the heads of families, the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, and their officers who served the king in every matter concerning the divisions on rotating military duty each month throughout the year. There were 24,000 men in each division:
- 1 Chronicles 27:23 David did not count the men aged twenty or under, because the LORD had said that He would make Israel as numerous as the stars of the sky.