“Now the sons of Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.”
Who also is called Job, Gen. 46:13 . Or, Punah.
“And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.”
That is, their number was found thus great when David numbered the people, 2 Sam. 24:1 .
“And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.”
Meaning, the four sons, and the father.
“The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.”
Called also Ashbel, Gen. 46:21 ; Num. 26:38 . Which were the chief: for else there were seven in all as appeareth, Gen. 46:21 .
“Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. Ir: or, Iri Aher: or, Ahiram”
Or, of Aher. Or, Iri. Meaning, that he was not the son of Benjamin but of Dan, Gen. 46:23 .
“The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.”
Or Shillem, Gen. 46:24 . These came of Dan, and Naphtali, which were the sons of Bilhah, Gen. 46:23 , 24 , 25 .
“The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: ( but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:”
Cross references: : Num. 26:29 , 31 ; Josh. 17:1
“And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.”
Meaning, the sister of Gilead.
“And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.”
Which was one of the five principal cities of the Philistines, slew the Ephraimites.