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1 Chronicles 7-8
Chapter 7
Issachar's Descendants
1 Issachar's sons:(a) Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.
2 Tola's sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral houses. During David's reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as warriors in their genealogies.(b)
3 Uzzi's son: Izrahiah.
Izrahiah's sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.
4 Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the genealogical records of their ancestral houses, for they had many wives and children.
5 Their tribesmen who were warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.
Benjamin's Descendants
6 Three(c) of Benjamin's sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
7 Bela's sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five. They were warriors and heads of their ancestral houses; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.
8 Becher's sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher's sons.
9 Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral houses—20,200 warriors.
10 Jediael's son: Bilhan.
Bilhan's sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these sons of Jediael listed by heads of families were warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.
12 Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.
Naphtali's Descendants
13 Naphtali's sons:(d) Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—Bilhah's sons.
Manasseh's Descendants
14 Manasseh's(e) sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.
15 Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.
16 Machir's wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.
17 Ulam's son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.
18 His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 Shemida's sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
Ephraim's Descendants
20 Ephraim's(f) sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered,
his son Tahath, his son Eleadah,
his son Tahath,
21 his son Zabad,
his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead.
The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle. 22 Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives[a] came to comfort him. 23 He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.[b] 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon(g) and Uzzen-sheerah,
25 his son Rephah,[c] his son Resheph,
his son Telah, his son Tahan,
26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud,
his son Elishama,
27 his son Nun,
and his son Joshua.(h)
28 Their holdings and settlements were Bethel(i) and its villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages, 29 and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
Asher's Descendants
30 Asher's(j) sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.
31 Beriah's sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.
32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.
33 Japhlet's sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons.
34 Shemer's sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
35 His brother Helem's sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
36 Zophah's sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
38 Jether's sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
39 Ulla's sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
40 All these were Asher's sons. They were the heads of their ancestral houses, chosen men, warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.
Chapter 8
Benjamin's Descendants
1 Benjamin(a) fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,
2 Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.
3 Bela's sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,
4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 These were Ehud's sons, who were the heads of the families living in Geba and who were deported to Manahath:
7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera deported them and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
8 Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.
9 His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
10 Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.
11 He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.
12 Elpaal's sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its villages,
13 Beriah and Shema, who were the heads of families of Aijalon's residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,
14 Ahio,[a] Shashak, and Jeremoth.
15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were Beriah's sons.
17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were Elpaal's sons.
19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,
20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were Shimei's sons.
22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,
24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak's sons.
26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were Jeroham's sons.
28 These(b) were heads of families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.
29 Jeiel[b](c) fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah.
30 Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
31 Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,
32 and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem, with their other relatives.
33 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.[c]
34 Jonathan's son was Merib-baal,[d] and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
35 Micah's sons: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
36 Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza.
37 Moza fathered Binea. His son was Raphah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.
38 Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were Azel's sons.
39 His brother Eshek's sons: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.
40 Ulam's sons were warriors and archers.[e] They had many sons and grandsons—150 of them.
All these were among Benjamin's sons.
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