1 Chronicles 7:12

12. Shuppim also, and Huppim—They are called Muppim and Huppim ( :-) and Hupham and Shupham ( :-). They were the children of Ir, or Iri ( :-).

and Hushim, the sons—"son."

of Aher—"Aher" signifies "another," and some eminent critics, taking "Aher" as a common noun, render the passage thus, "and Hushim, another son." Shuppim, Muppim, and Hushim are plural words, and therefore denote not individuals, but the heads of their respective families; and as they were not comprised in the above enumeration (1 Chronicles 7:7; 1 Chronicles 7:9) they are inserted here in the form of an appendix. Some render the passage, "Hushim, the son of another," that is, tribe or family. The name occurs among the sons of Dan (1 Chronicles 7:9- :), and it is a presumption in favor of this being the true rendering, that after having recorded the genealogy of Naphtali (1 Chronicles 7:9- :) the sacred historian adds, "the sons of Bilhah, the handmaid, who was the mother of Dan and Naphtali." We naturally expect, therefore, that these two will be noticed together, but Dan is not mentioned at all, if not in this passage.

1 Chronicles 7:9- :. OF NAPHTALI.