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Issachar's sons:^(a) Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

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)

Uzzi's son: Izrahiah. Izrahiah's sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

⁴Along 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.

⁵Their tribesmen who were warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

Three^(c) of Benjamin's sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

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.

Becher's sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher's sons.

⁹Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral houses—20,200 warriors.

Jediael's son: Bilhan. Bilhan's sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹¹All these sons of Jediael listed by heads of families were warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

¹²Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

Naphtali's sons:^(d) Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—Bilhah's sons.

Manasseh's^(e) sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

¹⁵Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

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.

Ulam's son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

¹⁸His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

Shemida's sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Ephraim's^(f) sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

²¹his 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.

²²Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives^[a] came to comfort him.

²³He 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]

²⁴His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon^(g) and Uzzen-sheerah,

his son Rephah,^[c] his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,

his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,

²⁷his son Nun, and his son Joshua.^(h)

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,

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^(j) sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.

Beriah's sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.

Japhlet's sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons.

Shemer's sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

His brother Helem's sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

Zophah's sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

Jether's sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

Ulla's sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

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.

Benjamin^(a) fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

²Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.

Bela's sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

These were Ehud's sons, who were the heads of the families living in Geba and who were deported to Manahath:

⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera deported them and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

⁹His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

¹⁰Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

¹¹He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

Elpaal's sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its villages,

¹³Beriah and Shema, who were the heads of families of Aijalon's residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

¹⁴Ahio,^[a] Shashak, and Jeremoth.

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were Beriah's sons.

Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were Elpaal's sons.

Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were Shimei's sons.

Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

²⁵Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak's sons.

Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were Jeroham's sons.

These^(b) were heads of families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.

Jeiel^[b](c) fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah.

³⁰Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,

³²and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem, with their other relatives.

Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.^[c]

Jonathan's son was Merib-baal,^[d] and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

Micah's sons: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza.

Moza fathered Binea. His son was Raphah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were Azel's sons.

His brother Eshek's sons: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

Ulam's sons were warriors and archers.^[e] They had many sons and grandsons—150 of them. All these were among Benjamin's sons.

All Israel was registered in the genealogies that are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled^(a) to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

The first^(b) to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.^(c)

These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:

Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant^[a] of Perez son of Judah;

from the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;

and from the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and 690 of their relatives.

The Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;

and 956^(d) of their relatives according to their genealogical records. All these men were heads of their ancestral houses.

The priests:^(e) Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;

Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official^(f) of God's temple;

Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;

and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of households. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God's temple.

The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;

Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;

Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

The gatekeepers:^(g) Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

¹⁸he was previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east side.^(h) These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his ancestral household, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent.^[b] Their ancestors had been assigned to the Lord 's camp as guardians of the entrance.⁽ⁱ⁾

²⁰In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the Lord was with him.^(j)

²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.^(k)

The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them^(l) to their trusted positions.

So they and their sons were assigned to the gates of the Lord 's temple, which had been the tent-temple.

The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

Their relatives came from their villages^(m) at fixed times to be with them seven days,⁽ⁿ⁾

but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God's temple.^(o)

They spent the night in the vicinity of God's temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.^(p)

Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary,^(q) as well as the fine flour,^(r) wine, oil, incense, and spices.

Some of the priests' sons mixed the spices.^(s)

A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.^[c]

Some of the Kohathites' relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the bread of the Presence^(t) every Sabbath.

The singers,^(u) the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.^(v)

These^(w) were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.

Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah.

³⁶Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

³⁷Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

³⁸Mikloth fathered Shimeam. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem with their other relatives.

Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

Jonathan's son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

Micah's sons: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.^[d]

Ahaz fathered Jarah; Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri fathered Moza.

Moza fathered Binea. His son was Rephaiah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel's sons.