Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

BECHER

(Heb. beḵer),

BECHERITES

(baḵrî)

The second son of Benjamin, according to two Benjaminite genealogies (Gen. 46:21; 1 Chr. 7:6), and the father of Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth (1 Chr. 7:8). Two other Benjaminite genealogies, however, omit Becher, listing Ashbel as Benjamin’s second son (Num. 26:38; 1 Chr. 8:1). In Gen. 46:21 Ashbel is listed as Benjamin’s third son after Becher, but he is not listed in the genealogy of 1 Chr. 7:6. This is only one among many inconsistencies with the Benjaminite genealogies.

Becher is also listed in one genealogy as Ephraim’s second son (Num. 26:35), but this name is omitted in the LXX and may have been misplaced from the Benjaminite genealogy that follows it. Elsewhere, Ephraim’s second son is Bered (1 Chr. 7:20), a name that could have been confused for Becher. The geographical proximity of Benjamin and Ephraim might also have led to confusion over the ancestry of the Becherite clan.

Ronald A. Simkins

Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

BECHER

Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)