And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

1 CHRONICLES 2:7KJV
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1 Chronicles 2:7 (KJV)

What does 1 Chronicles 2:7 mean?

1 Chronicles 2:7 identifies Achar as a member of Carmi’s family and recalls the harm his wrongdoing brought to Israel. The verse refers to the event in Joshua 7, where the same man is called Achan and takes items that had been set apart for destruction or for the Lord’s treasury.

The description “troubler of Israel” points beyond Achar’s family connection to the effect of his act on the people. After Israel’s defeat at Ai, Joshua 7 presents Achan’s action as the reason for the disaster.

The Hebrew behind 1 Chronicles 2:7

  • “troubler” — עֹכֵר (ʿokher): This word describes someone who brings trouble or distress. Its sound resembles the name “Achar,” making the label a wordplay on his name.
  • “accursed” — חֵרֶם (ḥerem): The word can refer to something set apart under a ban. In Joshua 6–7, the ban meant that certain things from Jericho were not to be taken for personal use.

Why 1 Chronicles 2:7 matters

  • The verse links a family record to a well-known event in Israel’s story. The name “Achar” and the words “troubler of Israel” point to the man called Achan in Joshua 7.
  • The phrase “the thing accursed” concerns items placed under a specific ban, not simply objects people considered unlucky. Joshua 6:18–19 gives the instruction concerning Jericho’s goods.
  • Achar’s entry stands out because it adds a judgment about his conduct to the family listing. The words “who transgressed” explain why his name is remembered here.

Where else these words appear

“Carmi” Hebrew H3756 · used in 8 verses

  • Genesis 46:9 And the sons of Reuben; Hanoch, and Phallu, and Hezron, and Carmi.
  • Numbers 26:6 Of Hezron, the family of the Hezronites: of Carmi, the family of the Carmites.
  • Joshua 7:18 And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.

“troubler” Hebrew H5916 · used in 13 verses

  • Genesis 34:30 And Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, Ye have troubled me to make me to stink among the inhabitants of the land, among the Canaanites and the Perizzites: and I being few in number, they shall gather themselves together against me, and slay me; and I shall be destroyed, I and my house.
  • 1 Samuel 14:29 Then said Jonathan, My father hath troubled the land: see, I pray you, how mine eyes have been enlightened, because I tasted a little of this honey.
  • Proverbs 11:17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

“accursed” Hebrew H2764 · used in 31 verses

  • Leviticus 27:21 But the field, when it goeth out in the jubile, shall be holy unto the LORD, as a field devoted; the possession thereof shall be the priest's.
  • Joshua 7:12 Therefore the children of Israel could not stand before their enemies, but turned their backs before their enemies, because they were accursed: neither will I be with you any more, except ye destroy the accursed from among you.
  • Ezekiel 26:14 And I will make thee like the top of a rock: thou shalt be a place to spread nets upon; thou shalt be built no more: for I the LORD have spoken it, saith the Lord GOD.

“transgressed” Hebrew H4603 · used in 35 verses

  • Leviticus 5:15 If a soul commit a trespass, and sin through ignorance, in the holy things of the LORD; then he shall bring for his trespass unto the LORD a ram without blemish out of the flocks, with thy estimation by shekels of silver, after the shekel of the sanctuary, for a trespass offering:
  • 1 Chronicles 5:25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
  • Ezra 10:10 And Ezra the priest stood up, and said unto them, Ye have transgressed, and have taken strange wives, to increase the trespass of Israel.