1 Chronicles 7:22

22 Their father Ephraim sobbed over them for many days. His relatives came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 7:22 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 7:22

And Ephraim their father mourned many days
For the loss of his son and grandchildren for the above fact was done while the Israelites were in Egypt, and Ephraim the patriarch yet alive; nor is there any need to suppose another Ephraim, different from him:

and his brethren came to comfort him;
some of the heads of the other tribes of Israel, particularly Manasseh, with some of his family.

1 Chronicles 7:22 In-Context

20 Here are the members of the family line of Ephraim. Shuthelah was Ephraim's son. Bered was Shuthelah's son. Tahath was Bered's son. Eleadah was Tahath's son. Tahath was Eleadah's son.

21 Zabad was Tahath's son. And Shuthelah was Zabad's son.

22 Their father Ephraim sobbed over them for many days. His relatives came to comfort him.

23 Then he made love to his wife. She became pregnant and had a baby boy. Ephraim named him Beriah. That's because something bad had happened in his family.

24 His daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth Horon. She also built Uzzen Sheerah.