Skip to content

Person Old Testament

Iri

Iri was a son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 7:7.

Why it matters. Son of Bela, grandson of Benjamin.

Primary passages
Last reviewed
2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team

About Iri

Iri is mentioned in 1Ch.7.7 as one of the five sons of Bela, who was a son of Benjamin. He is listed along with his brothers Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, and Jerimoth. The passage is part of a genealogy tracing the descendants of Benjamin. No other details are recorded in the Bible about Iri's life or family. As a grandson of Benjamin, he was a member of the Israelite tribe of Benjamin.

Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.

Connections

No reviewed connections yet.

Family

Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.

Parents
Bela

Appears in Scripture

Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.

  • 1 Chronicles (1 verse)

    7:7

Record type: Person. FaithGraph explanations on this page are editorial and are not Scripture.