1 Chronicles 2:1
These are the sonnes of Israel, Reuben, Simeon, Leui and Iudah, Isshachar, and Zebulun,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,
In Context
2Dan, Ioseph, and Beniamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Cross References
Genesis 29:32And Leah conceiued and bare a sonne, and she called his name Reuben: for she said, Because the Lord hath looked vpon my tribulation, now therefore mine husband will loue me.
Genesis 32:28Then said he, Thy name shalbe called Iaakob no more, but Israel: because thou hast had power with God, thou shalt also preuaile with men.
Genesis 35:22Now, when Israel dwelt in that land, Reuben went, and lay with Bilhah his fathers concubine, and it came to Israels eare. And Iaakob had twelue sonnes.
Genesis 49:2Gather your selues together, and heare, ye sonnes of Iaakob, and hearken vnto Israel your father.
Exodus 1:2Reuben, Simeon, Leui, and Iudah,
Numbers 13:4Then Moses sent them out of the wildernesse of Paran at the commandement of the Lord: all those men were heades of the children 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 →