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\u201cThese are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun\/ Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.\u201d (verses 1-2). The ordering of the sons of Israel are off. If the order was purely chronological by birth, it should be Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Dan, Naphtali, Gad, Asher, Issacher, Zebulun, Joseph, Benjamin. If the order was chronologically by wife, it would be (Leah) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar; (Bilhah) Dan, Naphtali; (Zilpah) Zebulun, Gad; (Rachel) Joseph, Benjamin. If it was listed by chief wife versus concubine it would be (Leah) Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar; (Rachel) Joseph, Benjamin; (Bilhah) Dan, Naphtali, (Zilpah) Gad, Asher.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Any of these ways Dan is out of place and is listed before Joseph. Malbim explains that Dan is listed immediately before Joseph because it was Dan's birth that led to the birth of Joseph. Rachel was childless and Leah had already had multiple children. Rachel decided to give her maidservant Bilhah to Jacob (Exodus 30:3). Bilhah then gave birth to Dan. The Malbim explains that it was Rachel\u2019s selfless act of giving her maidservant over that ultimately led to her becoming pregnant with Joseph. Because of this, Dan is listed before Joseph.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There could also be a political reason. The first king of Israel was Saul from the tribe of Benjamin. After the split of the kingdom, the northern kingdom was more often than not associated with the tribe of Joseph. Chronicles is about the kingdom of Judah and the line of King David. It would make sense to try to push down the significance of Rachel\u2019s sons- Joseph and Benjamin. By placing Dan before them, the author is reminding the reader that Joseph was born after even the sons of the maidservant. Yes, Judah was also not a first born, but he was born before Joseph and before the maidservant children. 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This chapter takes us from Jacob through to David, another span of ten generations according to the evidence of Ruth 4:18-22: [Judah] Perez, Hezron, Ram, Amminadab, Nahshon, Salmon, Boaz, Obed, Jesse [David].<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While there are no surprises regarding the names of Jacob\u2019s twelve sons, there is a wrinkle in the sequence in which they are listed: \u201cReuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher\u201d (1-2), which is neither their birth order nor is it reflective of their matriarchal descent as found elsewhere (Exodus 1: 2 ff.). Malbim explained: \u201cThe precedence that Dan takes over Joseph is found in one other place, in the portion of <\/span>Mas`ei<\/span><\/em> (Numbers 34:22-23). According to a midrash, it was on account of the merit of Dan that Joseph and Benjamin were born.\u201d Technically, the merit was not Dan\u2019s but Rachel\u2019s, acquired when she allowed Jacob to cohabit with her maid Bilhah, from which union Dan was born (see Genesis Rabbah 73).<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Another oddity is the use of the plural \u201csons of\u201d (<\/span>b\u2019nei<\/span><\/em>) even when only a single son is mentioned, such as: \u201cThe sons of Carmi: Achar\u201d (7) and \u201cEthan\u2019s sons: Azariah\u201d (8). Pseudo-Rashi noted that this occurs in the litany of Jacob\u2019s progeny in Genesis 46:23: \u201cThe sons of Dan: Hushim,\u201d but otherwise provided no explanation. Malbim again filled the void, establishing a general rule that explains many of the Book of Chronicles\u2019 peculiarities.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Keep this rule in mind throughout this book: Ezra copied his book from the greater book of genealogies which included all family lineages and branches from start to finish. Ezra copied only those he needed and only of specific individuals. There [i.e., in the greater book] all the numerous sons of Zimri were listed, including Carmi, followed by all the sons of Carmi, including Achan. Ezra skipped the unnecessary [names], copied \u201cCarmi\u2019s sons,\u201d and omitted everything until Achan, \u201cthe spoiler of Israel\u201d (7), which is why he used the plural term \u201csons\u201d just as it appeared in the greater genealogy which listed many sons.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Linguistically, note that Zi<\/span>mr<\/strong>i (with a <\/span>mem<\/span><\/em> and a <\/span>reish<\/span><\/em>) is Za<\/span>bd<\/strong>i (with a <\/span>beit<\/span><\/em> and a <\/span>dalet<\/span><\/em>) of Joshua 7:1. <\/span>Mem<\/span><\/em> and <\/span>beit<\/span><\/em> (along with <\/span>peh<\/span><\/em>) are labial consonants (i.e., formed by the lips) that are known to interchange, and we have already accounted for <\/span>R-D<\/strong> exchanges in Chapter 1. As for Acha<\/span>n<\/strong>-Acha<\/span>r<\/strong>, the simplest explanation is that his looting of Jericho, the act of spoilage, earned him a change of name, while Malbim felt it was a more linguistic change, like that of Nebuchad<\/span>n<\/strong>ezzar- Nebuchad<\/span>r<\/strong>ezzar (cf. Jer. 21:2).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","post_main_content_image":"","post_main_content_embedded_video":"","post_main_content_video_duration":"","post_main_content_show_fb_comments":"1","post_main_content_credit_media":"","tile_top_caption":"Ezra The Copyist","tile_main_caption":"\u201cKeep this rule in mind: Ezra copied his book from the greater book of genealogies\u2026 and copied only those he needed\u201d","tile_main_caption_size":"1","tile_sub_caption":"","tile_preview_embedded":"","tile_preview_image":"","tile_preview_video":"","tile_external_link":"","tile_link_for_pay":"0","tile_tile_gallery_items":"","tile_credits":"","alternate_tile_top_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption":"","alternate_tile_main_caption_size":"1","alternate_tile_sub_caption":"","alternate_tile_hide_media":"0","tile_group_preview_image_url":"","tile_group_main_caption":"","tile_group_sub_caption":"","tile_group_popup_package_extra_content":"","tile_group_read_time":"","home_color":"","home_gallery_top":"","home_gallery_middle":"","home_gallery_book":"","home_gallery_bottom":"","seo_seo_title":"","seo_seo_description":"","seo_seo_default_title":"","seo_seo_default_description":"","links":false,"chapter_info":{"books_group":"Writings","book":"I Chronicles","chapter":"2","chapter_main_number":"866","date":"20281224","wall_id":"866"},"link_for_pay":false,"tags":false},{"order":4,"id":"98876","color":"#f6edf6","size":"1","name":"Bread By Any Other Name\u00a0 ","post_title":"Bread By Any Other Name\u00a0","slug":"bread-by-any-other-name","old_id":"98876","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":{"id":64450,"post_title":"David Curwin","slug":"david-curwin","old_id":"64450","first_name":"David ","last_name":"Curwin ","description":"David Curwin is a writer living in Efrat, and the author of the Balashon blog www.balashon.com","short_description":"David Curwin is a writer living in Efrat, and the author of the Balashon blog www.balashon.com","credit":"","image_url":"","hide_writer":false,"link_for_pay":false,"image":{"id":64452,"alt":"","title":"david curwin","caption":"","description":"","mime_type":"image\/png","url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","width":427,"height":464,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin-150x150.png","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin-276x300.png","medium-width":276,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","medium_large-width":427,"medium_large-height":464,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","large-width":427,"large-height":464,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","1536x1536-width":427,"1536x1536-height":464,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","2048x2048-width":427,"2048x2048-height":464,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin.png","post_full_size-width":427,"post_full_size-height":464,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/david-curwin-387x420.png","home_baner-width":387,"home_baner-height":420}},"tags":false},"related_cahpter":"866","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content_description":"The stuff of com-pan-ionship","post_main_content_content":"

In 1 Chronicles chapter 2, there is a genealogical register of the tribe of Judah. In addition to the parental lineage, people are associated with places:<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026Ashhur, the father of Tekoa\u201d (2:24)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026 Meshah his first-born, who was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah father of Hebron\u201d (2:42)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026Sheva father of Machbenah and father of Gibea\u201d (2:49)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

\u201c\u2026Shobal father of Kiriath-jearim\u201d (2:50)<\/span><\/p>\r\n

When the verse says \u201cfather\u201d it means that these individuals were either the founders or the settlers of those places, and perhaps were the leaders of the residents as well.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Some of the places mentioned are more familiar than others. One very familiar place is found in verse 51: \u201cSalma, father of Bethlehem.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Bethlehem, or <\/span>Beit Lechem<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in Hebrew, is very important in the history of the tribe of Judah. Ruth gathered her grain in the fields of Boaz in Bethlehem, and Bethlehem was the home of the future King David.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

While there are towns named after Bethlehem all over the world (18 in the United States alone!), there\u2019s actually another Bethlehem in Israel as well. It is found in the north, in the portion of the tribe of Zebulun, as mentioned in Joshua 19:15. To distinguish between the two, the southern one was called \u201cBeit-lechem-yehuda<\/em>\u201d (e.g., Judges 17:7). In 1906, a moshav was founded near the location of the ancient northern city, and was called <\/span>Beit Lehem HaGlilit<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cBethlehem of Galilee.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

The name <\/span>Beit Lechem<\/span><\/em>\u00a0in Hebrew translates to \u201cthe house of bread.\u201d However, the Arabic name, <\/span>Beit <\/span>Lahm<\/span><\/em>, means \u201chouse of meat.\u201d According to scholars, both Semitic languages inherited this word from an earlier meaning of \u201cthe main food.\u201d\u00a0 When flour was the basis of the main food, then <\/span>lechem<\/span><\/em>\u00a0meant bread; for those who relied primarily on meat, then the same root took on that meaning.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

There are two other words with the same root as <\/span>lechem<\/span><\/em>: <\/span>milchama<\/span><\/em>- \u201cwar\u201d and <\/span>halchama<\/span><\/em>\u00a0\u2013 \u201cwelding.\u201d Many linguists suggest that all these words are related. Welding brings things closer, and in war in ancient times, the combatants were very close to one another. And what about <\/span>lechem<\/span><\/em>? 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\u201cThese are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naftali, Gad and Asher.\u201d<\/em> (First Chronicles 2:1-2)
\r\n
\r\n1. Reuben<\/span>
\r\nA purple mandrake
\r\nThat blossoms among the wheat,
\r\nHidden and ashamed.
\r\n
\r\n2. Simeon<\/span>
\r\nA yellow daisy
\r\nThat cannot decide to be
\r\nA flower or weed.
\r\n
\r\n3. Levi<\/span>
\r\nFrom his tree\u2019s resin,
\r\nThe fragrance of frankincense
\r\nWill fill the Temple.
\r\n
\r\n4. Judah<\/span>
\r\nBlushing in remorse,
\r\nA vine\u2019s grapes can repent too
\r\nAnd regally reign.
\r\n
\r\n5. Dan<\/span>
\r\nA tree by a stream
\r\nThat generously bequeaths
\r\nRipe pomegranates.
\r\n
\r\n6. Naphtali<\/span>
\r\nA small fig tree grows
\r\nUnobserved by the many
\r\nBut loved by the few.
\r\n
\r\n7. Gad<\/span>
\r\nA terebinth\u2019s shade:
\r\nAn oasis for nomads
\r\nIn the desert\u2019s dunes.
\r\n
\r\n8. Asher<\/span>
\r\nAn olive tree\u2019s boughs
\r\nWithstand winter winds and rains
\r\nTo yield a rich crop.
\r\n
\r\n9. Issachar<\/span>
\r\nHoney from palm-dates,
\r\nMixed with milk, provides the sweets
\r\nThat scholars will eat.
\r\n
\r\n10. Zebulun<\/span>
\r\nA gift of the dew:
\r\nThis lily of the valley
\r\nWaiting to be smelled.
\r\n
\r\n11. Joseph:<\/span>
\r\nThe rarest orchid
\r\nThat in a thousand summers
\r\nBlossoms only once.
\r\n
\r\n12. Benjamin<\/span>
\r\nFrom this acacia:
\r\nWood for the Holy Ark in
\r\nGod\u2019s Sanctuary.
\r\n
\r\n13. Dinah<\/span>
\r\nThe only rose bush,
\r\nTenderly watered and pruned \u2014
\r\nUprooted, trampled.<\/p>\r\n

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2:23 \u201cAnd Geshur and Aram took from them the villages of Havvoth-Jair, Kenath and its hamlets, sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, father of Gilead.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\r\n

Somewhat confusingly, though the list is all about fathers and sons, at this point, and at several points farther on, \u201cfather\u201d is used in the sense of \u201cfounder,\u201d and \u201cGilead\u201d is a geographical region, not a person.<\/span><\/p>\r\n

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  1. The four mothers.<\/em> The presentation of the sons of Israel in verses 1-2 is according to their birth order, and almost completely according to their mothers: Leah, Rachel, Bilhah and Zilpah. Only Dan was bumped up in the order\u2026<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  2. Comparative literature<\/em>. Parts of this chapter are to be found in other places in the Tanach. Thre story of Judah and Tamar is in Genesis 38. The source for David\u2019s lineage is Ruth 4. Jesse and his sons appeared in 1 Sam. 16, when Samuel the prophet went looking for a king to replace Saul. It\u2019s just that there, only three of the brothers were mentioned by name.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  3. Achan <\/span>sheachar<\/span><\/em>, who troubled Israel<\/em>. Verse 7 has: \u201cAchar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass against the proscribed thing.\u201d It\u2019s clear that the reference is to Joshua 7, except that there he was called Achan (which in Hebrew is a type of snake, a name no less appropriate than Achar, the troubler).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  4. Family ties<\/em>. David\u2019s nephews, the sons of his sisters Zeruiah and Abigail, are familiar from the book of Samuel as the chief officers of his army: \u201cThe sons of Zeruya, Abishai, Joab and Asahel.\u201d And Amasa the son of Jether and Avigayil (verses 16-17). Their interrelationships, we may remember, were complicated. On the one hand, their loyalty to David was significant, while on the other, the tension between them was considerable. 600 chapters ago, David said: \u201cthose men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too savage for me\u201d (2Sam 3:39). And Joab\u2019s end is the height of tragedy (1 Kings 2).<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t
  5. Girlz<\/em>. Despite the fact that the genealogies here are quite patriarchal, you will also find women and girls, and even tidbits of stories about marriages and inheritances. 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    \u201cPolitical Machinations\u201d<\/a> by Shimon Yaakov Ben Tzvi: Exploring the many plots against King David to take over the kingdom.<\/p>\r\n

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