1 Chronicles 2:1
These [are] sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
In Context
2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32and Leah conceives, and bears a son, and calls his name Reuben, for she said, “Because YHWH has looked on my affliction; because now does my husband love me.”
Genesis 32:28And He says, “Your name is no longer called Jacob, but Israel; for you have reigned with God and with men, and prevail.”
Genesis 35:22and it comes to pass in Israel’s dwelling in that land, that Reuben goes, and lies with his father’s concubine Bilhah; and Israel hears.
Genesis 49:2Be assembled, and hear, sons of Jacob, || And listen to your father Israel.
Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah,
Numbers 13:4and these [are] their names: for the tribe of Reuben, Shammua son of Zaccur;
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 2:1
We have now come to what was principally intended, the register of the children of Israel, that distinguished people, that were to "dwell alone, and not be reckoned among the nations." Here we have, I. The names of the twelve sons of Israel, ver. 1, 2 . II. An account of the tribe of Judah, which has the precedency, not so much for the sake of David as for the sake of the Son of David, our Lord, who sprang out of Judah, Heb. vii. 14 . 1. The first descendants from Judah, down to Jesse, ver. 3-12 . 2. The children… Read the whole commentary →