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George Lamsa Translation
1 Chronicles 8
1 NOW Benjamin begat Bela his first-born, Akbar the second, Ashcol the third,2 Gera the fourth, Naaman the fifth,3 Ahai the sixth, Arosh the seventh,4 Mathim the eighth, Hasim the ninth,5 And Adar the tenth.6 And the sons of Bela were Abdo, Gerah and Abihud,7 Abishua, Naaman, and Ahiah,8 And Saphim, Hupham, and Ahiram.9 And these are the sons of Abihud;10 These are the heads of their fathers by their families, and they were carried captive to the plain of Naaman.11 And he begat of his wife Harash, Hobab,12 Zebiah, and Malcom, and Manasseh, Seriah, Jarmanah, and Zebaz;13 These were his sons, heads of the fathers.14 And Mahshim begat Hobat and Elipaleg.15 The sons of Elipaleg: Eber, Mishlam, and Shamer,16 Who built Eio and Lod, with the hamlets thereof;17 And he became the chief of the fathers over the inhabitants of Gath;18 And Shishak and Jeremoth,19 And Zebadiah, Azor, and Adai,20 And Mancel, Anshephi, Ebron, and Zabdai,21 And Henani, Henaniah, Aulam, Anatoth, Peraiah,22 Phael, and the children of Shishak, and Shimirah.23 These were the heads of the fathers, by their generations; these were the men who dwelt in Jerusalem at first.24 And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, whose wifes name was Maachah,25 And his first-born son Abron, also Kish, Bela, and Nadab,26 And Good, Ahib, Ezabar, and Mikloth.27 And Mikloth begat Maa.28 And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, opposite them.29 And Mir begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, Malchishua, Jashui, and Ashbashul.30 And the son of Jonathan was crippled in his feet, and Jashui had a son whose name was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal begat Micah.31 And the sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, Ahor, and Aran.32 And Ahor begat Jehoiadah; and Jehoiadah begat Alemoth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
33 And Moza begat Canaaniah, and Canaaniah begat Zopa, Elasah his son, and Azel his son.34 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azri his first-born, Kim his second, Ishmael his third,35 And Sheadiah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.36 And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam the first-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.37 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers,38 And they instructed their sons and their sons sons,39 One hundred and fifty.40 All these are of the tribe of the sons of Benjamin.