1 Chronicles 2:1
These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
In Context
2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32And Leah conceived and gave birth to a son, and she named him Reuben, for she said, “The LORD has seen my affliction. Surely my husband will love me now.”
Genesis 32:28Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went in and slept with his father’s concubine Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons:
Genesis 49:2Come together and listen, O sons of Jacob; listen to your father Israel.
Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah;
Numbers 13:4and these were their names: From 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 →