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¹ Binyamin fathered Bela his firstborn son; his second, Ashbel; his third, Achrach; ² his fourth, Nochah; and his fifth, Rafa. ³ Bela had sons: Adar, Gera, Avihud, ⁴ Avishua, Na‘aman, Achoach, ⁵ Gera, Sh'fufan and Huram. ⁶ These are the sons of Ehud, the heads of fathers' clans among the inhabitants of Geva (they were carried away captive to Manachat; ⁷ those who carried them off were Na‘aman, Achiyah and Gera): he fathered ‘Uzah and Achichud. ⁸ Shacharayim fathered children on the plains of Mo'av; after sending away his wives Hushim and Ba‘ara, ⁹ it was through his wife Hodesh that he fathered: Yovav, Tzivya, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰ Ye‘utz, Sokhya and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of clans. ¹¹ Through Hushim he fathered Avituv and Elpa‘al. ¹² The sons of Elpa‘al: ‘Ever, Mish‘am, Shemed — he built Ono and Lod with its towns — ¹³ and B'ri‘ah and Shema — they were heads of fathers' clans among the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove away the people living in Gat.

¹⁴ Achyo, Shashak, Yeremot, ¹⁵ Z'vadyah, ‘Arad, ‘Eder, ¹⁶ Mikha'el, Yishpah and Yocha were the sons of B'ri‘ah. ¹⁷ Z'vadyah, Meshulam, Hizki, Hever, ¹⁸ Yishm'rai, Yizli'ah and Yovav were the sons of Elpa‘al. ¹⁹ Yakim, Zikhri, Zavdi, ²⁰ Eli‘einai, Tziltai, Eli'el, ²¹ ‘Adayah, B'rayah and Shimrat were the sons of Shim‘i. ²² Yishpan, ‘Eved, Eli'el, ²³ ‘Avdon, Zikhri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananyah, ‘Eilam, ‘Anatotyah, ²⁵ Yifdeyah and P'nu'el were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶ Shamsh'rai, Sh'charyah, ‘Atalyah, ²⁷ Ya‘areshyah, Eliyah and Zikhri were the sons of Yerocham. ²⁸ These were leaders of fathers' houses through all their generations, leading men who lived in Yerushalayim.

²⁹ In Giv‘on lived the father of Giv‘on, whose wife's name was Ma‘akhah; ³⁰ and his firstborn son ‘Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba‘al, Nadav, ³¹ G'dor, Achyo and Zekher. ³² Miklot fathered Shim'ah. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.

³³ Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha'ul; and Sha'ul fathered Y'honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba‘al. ³⁴ The son of Y'honatan was M'riv-Ba‘al, and M'riv-Ba‘al fathered Mikhah. ³⁵ The sons of Mikhah: Piton, Melekh, Ta'rea and Achaz. ³⁶ Achaz fathered Y'ho‘adah; Y'ho‘adah fathered ‘Alemet, ‘Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza; ³⁷ and Motza fathered Bin‘a. His son was Rafah, his son was El‘asah and his son was Atzel. ³⁸ Atzel had six sons, whose names were: ‘Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma‘el, Sh‘aryah, ‘Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel. ³⁹ The sons of his brother ‘Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Ye‘ush the second and Elifelet the third. ⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were strong, brave men, archers; they had many children and grandchildren, a hundred and fifty. All these were descendants of Binyamin.