1 Chronicles 2:1
These are the names of the sons of Israel;
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
In Context
2Ruben, Symeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, Zabulon, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephthali, Gad, Aser.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32And Lea conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Ruben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.
Genesis 32:28And he said to him, Your name shall no longer be called Jacob, but Israel shall be your name; for you have prevailed with God, and shall be mighty with men.
Genesis 35:22And the sons of Jacob were twelve.
Genesis 49:2Assemble yourselves, that I may tell you what shall happen to you in the last days. Gather yourselves together, and hear me, sons of Jacob; hear Israel, hear your father.
Exodus 1:2Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Judas,
Numbers 13:4And Moses sent them out of the wilderness of Pharan by the word of the Lord; all these were the princes of the sons of Israel.
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 →