1 Chronicles 7

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The Descendants of Issachar

¹The sons of Issachar:

Tola, Puah,^a Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

¹And the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

²The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.

²And the sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of the house of their fathers, of Tola, mighty men of valor in their generations. In the days of David their number was twenty-two thousand and six hundred.

³The son^a of Uzzi: Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

³And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, and Isshiah—five chiefs, all of them.

⁴In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.

⁴And with them by their generations according to the houses of their fathers were troops of the host of battle, thirty-six thousand. For they had many wives and sons.

⁵Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

⁵And their brothers among all the clans of Issachar were mighty men, eighty-seven thousand in all reckoned.

The Descendants of Benjamin

⁶The three sons of Benjamin:

Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

⁶Of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael—three.

⁷The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.

⁷And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri—five heads of a house of fathers, mighty of valor, and reckoned twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.

⁸The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

⁸And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were sons of Becher.

⁹Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.

⁹And they were reckoned according to their generations, heads of a house of their fathers, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred.

¹⁰The son of Jediael: Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹⁰And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹¹All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.

¹¹All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of the fathers, mighty men of valor, were seventeen thousand and two hundred going out to the host for battle.

¹²The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

¹²And Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and Hushim was son of Aher.

The Descendants of Naphtali

¹³The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel,^a Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—^bthe descendants of Bilhah.

¹³The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

The Descendants of Manasseh

¹⁴The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel

through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.

¹⁴The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.

¹⁵Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

¹⁵And Machir took a wife of Huppim and of Shuppim, and the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad begat only daughters.

¹⁶Machir’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.

¹⁶And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

¹⁷The son of Ulam: Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

¹⁷And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

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

¹⁸And His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

¹⁹And these were the sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

¹⁹And the sons of Shemida were: Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

The Descendants of Ephraim

²⁰The descendants of Ephraim:

Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

²⁰And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

²¹Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.

²¹and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. And Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath who were born in the land, because they came down to take away their livestock.

²²Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

²²And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

²³And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah,^a because tragedy had come upon his house.

²³And he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because disaster had come upon his house.

²⁴His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

²⁴And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built Beth-horon Lower and Upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.

²⁵Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,^a Telah his son, Tahan his son,

²⁵And Rephah was his son, and Resheph his son, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

²⁶Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

²⁶Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

²⁷Nun^a his son, and Joshua his son.

²⁷Nun his son, Joshua his son.

²⁸Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah^a and its villages.

²⁸And their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its daughters, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer and its daughters, and Shechem and its daughters, as far as Ayyah and its daughters.

²⁹And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean,^a Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

²⁹And along the borders of the sons of Manasseh were Beth-shean and its daughters, Taanach and its daughters, Megiddo and its daughters, Dor and its daughters. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph son of Israel.

The Descendants of Asher

³⁰The children of Asher:

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

³⁰The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

³¹The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

³¹And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel; he was the father of Birzaith.

³²Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.

³²And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

³³The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.

³³And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet.

³⁴The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah,^a Hubbah, and Aram.

³⁴And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Jehubbah, and Aram.

³⁵The sons of his brother Helem:^a Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

³⁵And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

³⁶The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

³⁶The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

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

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

³⁸The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

³⁸And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

³⁹The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

³⁹And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.

⁴⁰All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.

⁴⁰All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of their fathers, choice mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. They were reckoned for the host, for battle, and their number of men was twenty-six thousand.