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 e e e e 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 e e mighty men of valor . 10 The 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 e e e mighty men of valor , who were ready to go out with the army to war . 12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir ; Hushim was the son of Aher .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Chronicles 7:6-12
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Genealogies.
Here is no account either of Zebulun or Dan. We can assign no reason why they only should be omitted; but it is the disgrace of the tribe of Dan, that idolatry began in that colony which fixed in Laish, and called it Dan, Revelation 7. Men become abominable when they forsake the worship of the true God, for any creature object.