1 Chronicles 7:12

12 The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites[a] the descendants of Aher.

1 Chronicles 7:12 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
English Standard Version (ESV)
12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.
New Living Translation (NLT)
12 The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher.
The Message Bible (MSG)
12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim were from the family of Aher.
American Standard Version (ASV)
12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
12 The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir's descendants. The Hushites were descendants of someone else.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
12 Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
12 The Shuppites and Huppites belonged to the family line of Ir. The Hushites belonged to the family line of Aher.

1 Chronicles 7:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:12

Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir
The same with Iri, ( 1 Chronicles 7:7 ) so that these were not sons of Benjamin, as they seem to be, if they are the same with Muppim and Huppim in ( Genesis 46:21 ) but his great-grandchildren, and are the same with Shupham and Hupham, from whom families of the tribe of Benjamin sprung, ( Numbers 26:39 ) the Targum calls them the inhabitants of a city, but of what is not said, unless Geba should be meant, ( 1 Chronicles 8:6 ) and

Hushim, the sons of Aher:
either the same with Aharah, the third son of Benjamin, ( 1 Chronicles 8:1 ) or Ahiram, ( Numbers 26:38 ) , though some read the words, "the sons of another"; whom they suppose to be Dan, who otherwise is omitted; and Hushim is the only son of Dan, ( Genesis 46:23 ) , where the same plural word is used as here; who, they think, is called another, by way of detestation, that tribe being guilty of gross idolatry; but he rather seems to belong to Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 7:12 In-Context

10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.
11 All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.
12 The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir, and the Hushites the descendants of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem —the descendants of Bilhah.
14 The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Or "Ir. The sons of Dan: Hushim," (see Gen. 46:23); Hebrew does not have "The sons of Dan" .
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