Divrey Hayamim Alef 5-8

Orthodox Jewish Bible

5 Now the Bnei Reuven the bechor Yisroel, for he was the bechor; but forasmuch as he defiled the bed of aviv, his bechorah (firstborn birthright) was given unto the Bnei Yosef Ben Yisroel, though [the latter was] not listed in the family registers as the bechorah.

² For Yehudah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the nagid; but the bechorah (portion of the firstborn) was Yosef’s.

³ The Bnei Reuven bechor Yisroel were Chanoch, and Pallu, Chetzron, and Carmi.

⁴ The Bnei Yoel: Shema’yah bno, Gog bno, Shimei bno,

⁵ Michah bno, Reayah bno, Ba’al bno,

⁶ Be’erah bno, whom Tilgat Pilneser Melech Ashur carried away into the Golus; he was nasi of the Reuveni.

⁷ And his relatives by their mishpekhot, when the genealogy of their toldot was reckoned, were the rosh, Ye’i’el, and Zecharyah,

⁸ And Bela Ben Azaz Ben Shema Ben Yoel who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nevo and Baal Meon;

⁹ And eastward he inhabited as far as the beginning of the midbar from the river Euphrates, because their mikneh (livestock) were multiplied in Eretz Gil’ad.

¹⁰ And in the days of Sha’ul they made milchamah with the Hagari’im, who fell by their yad; and they dwelt in their ohalim (tents) throughout all the area east of Gil’ad.

¹¹ And the Bnei Gad dwelt next to them, in the Eretz Bashan as far as Salchah;

¹² Yoel the rosh, and Shapham the mishneh (second), and Ya’nai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

¹³ And their achim of the bais avoteihem were Micha’el, and Meshullam, and Sheva, and Yorai, and Yakan, and Zia, and Ever, shivah (seven) in all.

¹⁴ These are the Bnei Avichayil Ben Churi Ben Yaroach Ben Gil’ad Ben Micha’el Ben Yeshishai Ben Yachdo Ben Buz.

¹⁵ Achi Ben Avdi’el Ben Guni was rosh of the bais avoteihem.

¹⁶ And they dwelt in Gil’ad in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the migrashim (open lands) of Sharon, within their borders.

¹⁷ All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Yotam Melech Yehudah, and in the days of Yarov’am Melech Yisroel.

¹⁸ The Bnei Reuven, and the Gadi, and half the shevet (tribe) of Menasheh, of bnei chayil, anashim able to bear mogen and cherev, and to shoot with keshet, and trained for milchamah, were four and forty elef seven hundred and threescore, that were ready for military service.

¹⁹ And they waged milchamah against the Hagari’im, with Yetur, and Naphish, and Nodav.

²⁰ And they were helped against them, and the Hagari’im were delivered into their yad, and all that were with them, for they cried to Elohim in the milchamah, and He was entreated of them [T.N. These genealogies establish the massively eyewitnessed veracity of the death and resurrection of Israel in and from the Golus.] because they put their trust in Him.

²¹ And they took away their mikneh: of their gemalim fifty elef, and of tzon two hundred and fifty elef, and of chamorim two thousand, and of nefesh adam a hundred elef.

²² For there fell down many slain, because the milchamah was Elohim’s. And they took up residence in their place until the Golus.

²³ And Bnei chatzi (half) shevet Menasheh dwelt in the land. They increased from Bashan unto Ba’al Chermon and Senir, and unto Har Chermon.

²⁴ And these were the heads of the bais avotam, even Epher, Yishi, Eliel, Azriel, Yirmeyah, and Hodavyah, and Yachdiel, anashim gibborei chayil, famous men, and heads of the bais avotam.

²⁵ And they transgressed against Elohei Avoteihem, and went a-whoring after the elohim of the peoples of the land, whom Elohim made shmad before them.

²⁶ And Elohei Yisroel stirred up the ruach of Pul Melech Ashur, and the ruach of Tilgat Pilneser Melech Ashur, and he carried them away into Golus, even the Reuveni, and the Gadi, and the half tribe of Menasheh, and brought them unto Chalach, and Chavor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

6 The Bnei Levi: Gershon, Kehat, and Merari.

^2 (28) And the Bnei Kehat: Amram, Yitzhar, and Chevron, and Uzziel.

^3 (29) And the Bnei Amram: Aharon, and Moshe, and Miryam. The bnei Aharon; Nadav, and Avihu, Eleazar, and Itamar.

^4 (30) Eleazar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua,

^5 (31) And Avishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi,

^6 (32) And Uzzi fathered Zerachyah, and Zerachyah fathered Merayot,

^7 (33) Merayot fathered Amaryah, and Amaryah fathered Achituv,

^8 (34) And Achituv fathered Tzadok, and Tzadok fathered Achima’atz,

^9 (35) And Achima’atz fathered Azaryah, and Azaryah fathered Yochanan,

^10 (36) And Yochanan fathered Azaryah (he it is that executed the kohen’s office in the Beis [Hamikdash] that Sh’lomo built in Yerushalayim),

^11 (37) And Azaryah fathered Amaryah, and Amaryah fathered Achituv,

^12 (38) And Achituv fathered Tzadok, and Tzadok fathered Shallum,

^13 (39) And Shallum fathered Chilkiyah, and Chilkiyah fathered Azaryah,

^14 (40) And Azaryah fathered Serayah, and Serayah fathered Yehotzadak,

^15 (41) And Yehotzadak went into the Golus, when Hashem carried away Yehudah and Yerushalayim by the yad of Nevuchadnetzar.

^16 (6:1) The Bnei Levi: Gershom, Kehat, and Merari.

^17 (6:2) And these are the shmot of the Bnei Gershom: Livni and Shimei.

^18 (6:3) And the Bnei Kehat were Amram, and Yitzhar, and Chevron, and Uzziel.

^19 (6:4) The Bnei Merari: Machli and Mushi. And these are the mishpekhot of the Levi’im according to avoteihem.

^20 (6:5) Of Gershom: Livni bno, Yachat bno, Zimmah bno,

^21 (6:6) Yoach bno, Iddo bno, Zerach bno, Yeaterai bno.

^22 (6:7) The Bnei Kehat: Amminadav bno, Korach bno, Assir bno,

^23 (6:8) Elkanah bno, and Evyasaph bno, and Assir bno,

^24 (6:9) Tachat bno, Uriel bno, Uziyah bno, and Sha’ul bno.

^25 (6:10) And the Bnei Elkanah: Amasai, and Achimot.

^26 (6:11) As for Elkanah, the Bnei Elkanah: Tzophai bno, and Nachat bno,

^27 (6:12) Eliav bno, Yerocham bno, Elkanah bno.

^28 (6:13) And the Bnei Shmuel: the bechor [Yoel], and the second, Aviyah.

^29 (6:14) The Bnei Merari: Machli, Livni bno, Shimei bno, Uzzah bno,

^30 (6:15) Shimea bno, Chagiyah bno, Asayah bno.

^31 (6:16) And these are they whom Dovid set over the service of shir (song) in the Beis Hashem, after the Menoach HaAron (the coming to rest of the Ark).

^32 (6:17) And they were the mesharetim (ministers) before the Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed with singing, until Sh’lomo had built the Beis Hashem in Yerushalayim, and then they performed their avodas [kodesh service] according to their mishpatim (regulations).

^33 (6:18) And these are they that stood [ministering] with their banim. Of the Bnei Kehati; Heman the meshorer (singer) Ben Yoel Ben Shemuel,

^34 (6:19) Ben Elkanah Ben Yerocham Ben Eliel Ben Toach,

^35 (6:20) Ben Tzuph Ben Elkanah Ben Machat Ben Amasai,

^36 (6:21) Ben Elkanah Ben Yoel Ben Azaryah Ben Tzephanyah,

^37 (6:22) Ben Tachat Ben Assir Ben Evyasaph Ben Korach,

^38 (6:23) Ben Yitzhar Ben Kehat Ben Levi Ben Yisroel.

^39 (6:24) And achiv Asaph, who stood at his right hand, even Asaph Ben Berechyah Ben Shimea,

^40 (6:25) Ben Micha’el Ben Ba’aseyah Ben Malkiyah,

^41 (6:26) Ben Etni Ben Zerach Ben Adayah,

^42 (6:27) Ben Eitan Ben Zimmah Ben Shimei,

^43 (6:28) Ben Yachat Ben Gershom Ben Levi.

^44 (6:29) And their achim the Bnei Merari stood on the left hand; Eitan Ben Kishi Ben Avdi Ben Maluch,

^45 (6:30) Ben Chashavyah Ben Amatzyah Ben Chilkiyah,

^46 (6:31) Ben Amtzi Ben Bani Ben Shemer,

^47 (6:32) Ben Machli Ben Mushi Ben Merari Ben Levi.

^48 (6:33) Their achim also the Levi’im were appointed unto all the avodas Mishkan Beis HaElohim.

^49 (6:34) But Aharon and his banim presented the offerings upon the Mizbe’ach HaOlah and on the Mizbe’ach HaKetoret, and were appointed for all the work of the Kodesh HaKodashim, and to make kapporah for Yisroel, according to all that Moshe eved HaElohim had commanded.

^50 (6:35) And these are the Bnei Aharon; Eleazar bno, Pinchas bno, Avishua bno,

^51 (6:36) Bukki bno, Uzzi bno, Zerachyah bno,

^52 (6:37) Merayot bno, Amaryah bno, Achituv bno,

^53 (6:38) Tzadok bno, Achima’atz bno.

^54 (6:39) Now these are their moshevot throughout their assigned territories, of the Bnei Aharon, of the mishpekhot of the Kehati, for the goral (lot) fell upon them.

^55 (6:40) And they gave them Chevron in Eretz Yehudah, and the migrashim thereof all around it.

^56 (6:41) The sadeh of the Ir, and the villages thereof, they gave to Kalev Ben Yephunneh.

^57 (6:42) And to the Bnei Aharon they gave the cities of refuge, namely, Chevron, and Livnah with her migrashim, and Yatir, and Eshtemoa, with her migrashim,

^58 (6:43) Chilez with her migrashim, Devir with hers,

^59 (6:44) And Ashan with her migrashim, and Beit Shemesh with her migrashim;

^60 (6:45) And out of the tribe of Binyamin; Geva with her migrashim, and Alemet with her migrashim, and Anatot with her migrashim. All their towns throughout their mishpekhot were 13 towns.

^61 (6:46) And unto the Bnei Kehat, which were left of the mishpakhat of that tribe, were towns given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Menasheh, by goral, ten towns.

^62 (6:47) And to the Bnei Gershom throughout their mishpekhot out of the tribe of Yissakhar, out of that of Asher, out of that of Naphtali, out of the tribe of Menasheh in Bashan, 13 towns.

^63 (6:48) Unto the Bnei Merari were given by goral, throughout their mishpekhot, out of the tribe of Reuven, and out of that of Gad, and out of that of Zevulun, 12 towns.

^64 (6:49) And the Bnei Yisroel gave to the Levi’im these towns with their migrashim.

^65 (6:50) And they gave by goral out of the tribe of the Bnei Yehudah, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Shim’on, and out of the tribe of the Bnei Binyamin, these towns, which are called by their shmot.

^66 (6:51) For some of the mishpekhot of the Bnei Kehat had towns of their territories out of the tribe of Ephrayim.

^67 (6:52) They gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in Har Ephrayim with her migrashim; they gave Gezer with her migrashim,

^68 (6:53) And Yokmeam with her migrashim, and Beit Choron with her migrashim,

^69 (6:54) And Ayalon with her migrashim, and Gat Rimmon with her migrashim;

^70 (6:55) And out of the half tribe of Menasheh; Aner with her migrashim, and Bileam with her migrashim, for the mishpakhat of the rest of the Bnei Kehat.

^71 (6:56) Unto the Bnei Gershom were given out of the mishpakhat of the half tribe of Menasheh Golan in Bashan with her migrashim, and Ashtarot with her migrashim;

^72 (6:57) And out of the tribe of Yissakhar; Kedesh with her migrashim, Davrat with her migrashim,

^73 (6:58) And Ramot with her migrashim, and Anem with her migrashim;

^74 (6:59) And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her migrashim, and Avdon with her migrashim,

^75 (6:60) And Chukok with her migrashim, and Rechov with her migrashim;

^76 (6:61) And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galil (Galilee) with her migrashim, and Chammon with her migrashim, and Kiryatayim with her migrashim.

^77 (6:62) Unto the rest of the Bnei Merari were given out of the tribe of Zevulun, Rimmono with her migrashim, Tavor with her migrashim.

^78 (6:63) And on the other side of the Yarden by Yericho, on the east side of Yarden, were given them out of the tribe of Reuven, Betzer in the midbar with her migrashim, and Yachtzah with her migrashim,

^79 (6:64) Kedemot also with her migrashim, and Mepha’at with her migrashim;

^80 (6:65) And out of the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil’ad with her migrashim, and Machanayim with her migrashim,

^81 (6:66) And Cheshbon with her migrashim, and Ya’zer with her migrashim.

7 Now the Bnei Yissakhar were Tola, Pu’ah, Yashuv, Shimrom, 4.

² And the Bnei Tola: Uzzi, Refayah, Yeriel, Yachmai, Yivsam, and Shmuel, heads of their bais avot, namely, of Tola; they were gibborei chayil (warriors of valor) in their toldot (generations), whose number was in the days of Dovid 22,600.

³ And the Bnei Uzzi: Yizrachyah; and the Bnei Yizrachyah: Micha’el, and Ovadyah, and Yoel, Yishiyah, 5, all of them rashim (leaders).

⁴ And with them, by their toldot, after their bais avot, were bands of soldiers for milchamah, 36,000, for they had many nashim and banim.

⁵ And their brethren among all the mishpekhot of Yissakhar were gibborei chayil, reckoned in all by their genealogies 87,000.

⁶ The Bnei Binyamin: Bela, and Becher, and Yedia’el, 3.

⁷ And the Bnei Bela: Etzbon, and Uzzi, and Uzzi’el, and Yerimot, and Iri, 5; heads of their bais avot, gibborei chayalim (warriors of valor); and were reckoned by their genealogies 22,034.

⁸ And the Bnei Becher: Zemira, and Yoash, and Eliezer, and Elyo’enai, and Omri, and Yerimot, and Aviyah, and Anatot, and Alemet. All these are the Bnei Becher.

⁹ And the number of them, listed by their toldot, heads of their bais avot, gibborei chayil, was twenty elef and two hundred.

¹⁰ The Bnei Yedia’el: Bilhan; and the Bnei Bilhan; Yeush, and Binyamin, and Ehud, and Kena’anah, and Zetan, and Tarshish, and Achishachar.

¹¹ All these the Bnei Yedia’el, by the heads of families, gibborei chayalim, were seventeen elef and two hundred soldiers, fit to go forth for milchamah.

¹² Shuppim also, and Chuppim, the Bnei Ir, and Chushim, the Bnei Acher.

¹³ The Bnei Naphtali: Yachtziel, and Guni, and Yetzer, and Shallum, the Bnei Bilhah.

¹⁴ The Bnei Menasheh: Ashriel, whom his Aramean pilegesh bore; she bore Machir avi Gil’ad;

¹⁵ And Machir took an isha from the Chuppim and Shuppim, whose achot’s shem was Ma’achah; and the shem of the second was Tzelophechad, and Tzelophechad had banot.

¹⁶ And Ma’achah eshet Machir bore ben, and she called shmo Peresh; and the shem of his brother was Sheresh; and his banim were Ulam and Rakem.

¹⁷ And the Bnei Ulam: Bedan. These were the Bnei Gil’ad Ben Machir Ben Menasheh.

¹⁸ And his achot Hammolekhet bore Ishhod, and Aviezer, and Machlah.

¹⁹ And the Bnei Shemidah were Achyan, and Shechem, and Likchi, and Ani’am.

²⁰ And the Bnei Ephrayim: Shutalach, and Bered bno, and Tachat bno, and Eladah bno, and Tachat bno,

²¹ And Zavad bno, and Shutalach bno, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the anashim of Gat that were born in that land slaughtered, because they came down to take away their mikneh (livestock).

²² And Ephrayim avihem mourned many days, and his achim came to comfort him.

²³ And when he went in to his isha, she conceived, and bore ben, and he called shmo Beri’ah, because it went in ra’ah (evil, disaster, misfortune) with his bais.

²⁴ (And his bat was She’erah, who built Lower Beit-Choron, and the Upper, and Uzzen She’erah.)

²⁵ And Refach was bno, also Resheph, and Telach bno, and Tachan bno,

²⁶ La’adan bno, Ammihud bno, Elishama bno,

²⁷ Non (Nun) bno, Yehoshuah bno.

²⁸ And their possessions and settlements were Beit-El and the villages thereof, and to the east Na’aran, and to the west Gezer, with the villages thereof; Shechem also and the villages thereof, unto Ayyah and the villages thereof;

²⁹ And by the borders of the Bnei Menasheh, Beit-She’an and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In these dwelt the Bnei Yosef Ben Yisroel.

³⁰ The Bnei Asher: Yimnah, and Yishvah, and Yishvi, and Beri’ah, and Serach their achot.

³¹ And the Bnei Beriah: Chever, and Malki’el, who is avi Birzavit.

³² And Chever fathered Yaphlet, Shomer, Chotam, and Shu’a their achot.

³³ And the Bnei Yaphlet: Pasach, Bimhal, Ashvat. These are the Bnei Yaphlet.

³⁴ And the Bnei Shemer: Achi, Rohgah, Chubbah, and Aram.

³⁵ And the Ben Helem his brother: Tzophach, Yimna, Shelesh, and Amal.

³⁶ The Bnei Tzophach: Suach, Charnepher, Shu’al, Beri, and Yimrah,

³⁷ Betzer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Yitran, and Be’era.

³⁸ And the Bnei Yeter: Yephunneh, Pispah, Ara.

³⁹ And the Bnei Ulla: Arach, Channiel, Ritzyah.

⁴⁰ All these were the Bnei Asher, heads of their bais avot, choice gibborim chayalim, outstanding of the nasi’im. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were battle-ready was twenty and six elef anashim.

8 Now Binyamin fathered Bela his bechor, Ashbel the second, and Achrach the third,

² Nochah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³ And the Bnei Bela were Addar, Gera, Avihud,

⁴ Avishua, Na’aman, and Achoach,

⁵ Gera, Shephuphan, and Churam.

⁶ And these are the Bnei Echud: these are the rashei avot of the inhabitants of Geva, and they drove them out to Manachat;

⁷ And Na’aman, and Achiyah, and Gera drove them out, and fathered Uzza, and Achichud.

⁸ And Shacharayim fathered banim in the country of Moav, after he had sent them away: Chushim and Ba’ara were his nashim.

⁹ And he fathered of Chodesh his isha, Yovav, Tzivya, Mesha, and Malkam,

¹⁰ And Yeutz, Sochya, Mirmah. These were his banim, rashei avot.

¹¹ And of Chushim he fathered Avituv, and Elpa’al.

¹² The Bnei Elpaal: Ever, Misham, Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the villages thereof;

¹³ Beriah also, and Shema, who were rashei avot of the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gat;

¹⁴ And Achyo, Shashak, and Yeremot,

¹⁵ Zevadyah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶ Micha’el, Yishpah, and Yocha, the Bnei Beri’ah;

¹⁷ And Zevadyah, and Meshullam, and Chizki, and Chever,

¹⁸ Yishmerai also, and Yizli’ah, and Yovav, the Bnei Elpa’al;

¹⁹ Yakim, Zichri, Zavdi,

²⁰ Elienai, Tziltai, Eli’el,

²¹ Adayah, Berayah, and Shimrat, the Bnei Shimei;

²² Yishpan, Ever, Eli’el,

²³ Avdon, Zichri, Chanan,

²⁴ Chananyah, Eilam, and Antotyah,

²⁵ Yiphdeyah, and Penuel, the Bnei Shashak;

²⁶ And Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and Atalyah,

²⁷ And Ya’areshyah, and Eliyah, and Zichri, the Bnei Yerocham.

²⁸ These were rashei avot, by their toldot, leaders. These dwelt in Yerushalayim.

²⁹ And at Giveon dwelt avi Giveon, shem of his isha: Ma’achah;

³⁰ And his bechor was Avdon, and Tzur, and Kish, and Ba’al, and Nadav,

³¹ And Gedor, and Achyo, and Zecher.

³² And Miklot fathered Shime’ah. And these also dwelt near their achim in Yerushalayim with their achim.

³³ And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Sha’ul, and Sha’ul fathered Yonatan, and Malki-Shua, and Avinadav, and Eshba’al.

³⁴ And the Ben Yonatan was Meriv Ba’al; and Meriv Ba’al fathered Michah.

³⁵ And the Bnei Michah were Piton, and Melech, and Tarea, and Achaz.

³⁶ And Achaz fathered Yehoadah; and Yehoadah fathered Alemet, Azmavet, and Zimri; and Zimri fathered Motza,

³⁷ And Motza fathered Binea; Rapha bno, Eleasah bno, Atzel bno.

³⁸ And Atzel had six banim, whose shmot are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Yishma’el, and She’aryah, and Ovadyah, and Chanan. All these were the Bnei Atzel.

³⁹ And the Bnei Eshek his brother were Ulam his bechor, Ye’ush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

⁴⁰ And the Bnei Ulam were anashim gibbrei chayil, archers, and had many banim, and bnei banim, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the Bnei Binyamin.