1 Chronicles 7:18
in 1 Chronicles 7These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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ASV
And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
KJV
And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.
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This verse in 1 Chronicles 7
Commentary
3 notes on this verseAnd his sister Hammoleketh,.... The sister of Gilead so named; though the Targum renders it "that reigned"; and so Kimchi, that reigned in some part of Gilead; and the Vulgate Latin version translates it, "a queen bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah"; Abiezer is the same with Jeezer, from whom a family sprung of that name, Num 26:30, of which Gideon was, Jdg 6:11.
This site's exposition
The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel
on 1 Chronicles 7:13-19
Naphtali's whole entry is four sons and nothing more, the same four names Genesis 46:24 gives with one spelling changed, and Henry notes no later generations follow because the tribe's genealogies were lost by the Chronicler's day. Manasseh's entry by contrast is the chapter's most tangled, naming a concubine, a sister who reigns as Hammoleketh, and the daughters of Zelophehad without sons, the same family Numbers 27 and 36 already made a test case for inheritance through women. Women stand at the center of Manasseh's line here in a genealogy chapter that otherwise counts almost none, and Maachah's line through Machir the father of Gilead carries the tribe's name into the land east of Jordan.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Abiezer - His descendants formed one of the most important branches of the Manassites. They furnished to Israel the greatest of the Judges, Gideon Jdg 6:11, Jdg 6:24, Jdg 6:34, and were regarded as the leading family among the so-called “sons of Gilead.
The words behind it
9 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַאֲחֹת֖וֹ | vaachoto | and sister his | H269 → | 114 times |
| הַמֹּלֶ֑כֶת | hamolekhet | Hammoleketh | H4447 → | |
| יָלְדָה֙ | yaldah | she bore | H3205 → | 496 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אִישְׁה֔וֹד | ʾishhod | Ishhod | H379 → | |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶר | ʾaviezer | Abiezer | H44 → | 7 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַחְלָֽה׃ | machlah | Mahlah | H4244 → |
וַאֲחֹת֖וֹand sister his
vaachotoH269 →114 times
הַמֹּלֶ֑כֶתHammoleketh
hamolekhetH4447 →
יָלְדָה֙she bore
yaldahH3205 →496 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אִישְׁה֔וֹדIshhod
ʾishhodH379 →
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
אֲבִיעֶ֖זֶרAbiezer
ʾaviezerH44 →7 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מַחְלָֽה׃Mahlah
machlahH4244 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Judges 6:24So 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.
it leads to
- Genesis 22:14
And Abraham called that place The LORD Will Provide. So to this day it is said, “On the mountain of the LORD it will be provided.”
- Exodus 17:15
And Moses built an altar and named it The LORD Is My Banner.
- Genesis 22:14
Through
Judges 6:11Then 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…
it leads to
- Joshua 17:2
So this allotment was for the rest of the descendants of Manasseh—the clans of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the other male descendants of the clans of Manasseh son of…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 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?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Hebrews 11:32
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,
- Joshua 17:2
Through
Numbers 26:30These were the descendants of Gilead: the Iezerite clan from Iezer, the Helekite clan from Helek,
it leads to
- 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…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Judges 6:11
Through
Judges 6:34So the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, who blew the ram’s horn and rallied the Abiezrites behind him.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 24:20
Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada the priest, who stood up before the people and said to them, “This is what God says: ‘Why do you transgress the commandments…
- 1 Chronicles 12:18
Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the chief of the Thirty, and he said: “We are yours, O David! We are with you, O son of Jesse! Peace, peace to you, and peace to…
- 2 Chronicles 24:20
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.