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Selected Verse: 1 Chronicles 7:17 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| 1Ch 7:17 |
King James |
And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. |
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| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| These were the sons of Gilead - i. e. these descendants of Machir were reckoned to the family of Gilead. The name "Gilead" prevailed above all others in the line of Manasseh, the term "Gileadite" almost taking the place of "Manassite." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| These - Ashriel and Zelophehad, named Ch1 7:14-15, the relative being here referred to the remoter antecedent; as is frequent in the Hebrew. |
14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:
15 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.