and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
      I. Of the tribe of Issachar, whom Jacob had compared to a strong ass, couching between two burdens (Genesis 49:14), an industrious tribe, that minded their country business very closely and rejoiced in their tents,Deuteronomy 33:18. And here it appears, 1. That they were a numerous tribe; for they had many wives. So fruitful their country was that they saw no danger of over-stocking the pasture, and so ingenious the people were that they could find work for all hands. Let no people complain of their numbers, provided they suffer none to be idle. 2. That they were a valiant tribe, men of might (1 Chronicles 7:2; 1 Chronicles 7:5), chief men,1 Chronicles 7:3; 1 Chronicles 7:3. Those that were inured to labour and business were of all men the fittest to serve their country when there was occasion, The number of the respective families, as taken in the days of David, is here set down, amounting in the whole to above 145,000 men fit for war. The account, some think, was taken when Joab numbered the people, 2 Samuel 24:1-25 But I rather think it refers to some other computation that was made, perhaps among themselves, because it is said (1 Chronicles 27:24) that that account was not inserted in the chronicles of king David, it having offended God.