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Benjamin's Descendants (Continued)

¹ Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third, ² Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.

³ Bela's sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶ These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath: ⁷ Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who moved them. Gera was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud.

⁸ Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹ By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰ Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders. ¹¹ By Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal.

¹² The sons of Elpaal:

Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, as well as its surrounding towns), ¹³ Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.

¹⁴ Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

¹⁷ Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

¹⁹ Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, ²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

²² Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³ Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵ Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

²⁶ Shamsherai, Shechariah, Athaliah, ²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸ These were the family leaders listed in the genealogical records; they lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹ The father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon; his wife's name was Maacah. ³⁰ His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth.

³² Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³ Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

³⁴ The son of Jonathan:

Meribbaal.

Meribbaal was the father of Micah.

³⁵ The sons of Micah:

Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

³⁶ Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, ³⁷ and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Raphah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel.

³⁸ Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn, followed by Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹ The sons of his brother Eshek:

Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. ⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers. They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150.

All these were the descendants of Benjamin.