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1 Chronicles 7:6-19 New American Standard Bible (NASB)
Descendants of Benjamin
6 The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael. 7 The
sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They
were heads of fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, and were
22,034 enrolled by genealogy. 8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah,
Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and
Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9 They were enrolled by
genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers’
households, 20,200 mighty men of valor. 10 The [f]son of Jediael was
Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah,
Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons of Jediael,
according to the heads of their fathers’ households, 17,200 mighty men
of valor, who were [g]ready to go out with the army to war. 12
[h]Shuppim and [i]Huppim were the sons of [j]Ir; Hushim was the [k]son
of [l]Aher.Sons of Naphtali
13 The sons of Naphtali were [m]Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and [n]Shallum,
the sons of Bilhah.Descendants of Manasseh
14 The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore;
she bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15 Machir took a wife for Huppim
and Shuppim, [o]whose sister’s name was Maacah. And the name of the
second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 Maacah the
wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of
his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The
[p]son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of
Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod
and [q]Abiezer and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian and
Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.
While the bible gives details about the descendants of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:12’s abruptly mentions that “Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir” withOut mentioning who the fathers of the person name Ir are supposed to be.
Furthermore, as you continue to read further down the passage, the bible gives details about the descendants of Manasseh. As the bible gives details on the descendants of Manasseh, the bible awkwardly states
1 Chronicles 7:15-17
15 Machir took a wife for Huppim
and Shuppim, [o]whose sister’s name was Maacah. And the name of the
second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters. 16 Maacah the
wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of
his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The
[p]son of Ulam was Bedan.
When the aforementioned verse states “Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim” then does it mean that Machir was responsible in arranging a marriage for Huppim and Shuppim?
