Bible Strands
1 Chronicles 7:22
Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ephraim grieves the violent death of his sons Ezer and Elead, who were killed by natives of Gath while attempting to steal livestock; his extended family arrives to respond to his loss.
The words — The Hebrew verb יִתְאַבֵּל (yit'abbel) denotes prolonged mourning, while נִחַם (nicham) describes the relatives' arrival to bring consolation.
The thread — This pattern of prolonged paternal grief and communal consolation parallels Jacob’s mourning for Joseph (Genesis 37:34) and the traditional response to sudden household tragedy (Job 2:11).
Why it lands — The text records a factual response to violent loss without moralizing, leaving the reader to observe how grief and communal support function within the genealogical record.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
Cross-references
- Genesis 37:34 Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
- Job 2:11 Now when Job’s three friends—Eliphaz the Temanite, Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite—heard about all this adversity that had come upon him, each of them came from his home, and they met together to go and sympathize with Job and comfort him.