All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' [houses], mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the host for war.
      IV. Of the tribe of Manasseh, that part of it which was seated within Jordan; for of the other part we had some account before, 1 Chronicles 5:23-26; 1 Chronicles 5:23-26, c. Of this tribe observe, 1. That one of them married an Aramitess, that is, a Syrian, 1 Chronicles 7:14; 1 Chronicles 7:14. This was during their bondage in Egypt, so early did they begin to mingle with the nations. 2. That, though the father married a Syrian, Machir, the son of that marriage, perhaps seeing the inconvenience of it in his father's house, took to wife a daughter of Benjamin, 1 Chronicles 7:15; 1 Chronicles 7:15. It is good for the children to take warning by their father's mistakes and not stumble at the same stone. 3. Here is mention of Bedan (1 Chronicles 7:17; 1 Chronicles 7:17), who perhaps is the same with that Bedan who is mentioned as one of Israel's deliverers, 1 Samuel 12:11. Jair perhaps, who was of Manasseh (Judges 10:3), was the man.