1 Chronicles 5-8

Complete Jewish Bible

5 The sons of Re’uven the firstborn of Isra’el — he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosef the son of Isra’el, though not in such a way as for him to be regarded in the genealogy as the firstborn. ²For Y’hudah became greater than his brothers, inasmuch as the ruler came from him; nevertheless, the birthright went to Yosef. ³So these are the sons of Re’uven the firstborn of Isra’el: Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi.

⁴The descendants of Yo’el: his son Sh’ma‘yah, his son Gog, his son Shim‘i, ⁵his son Mikhah, his son Re‘ayah, his son Ba‘al, ⁶and his son Be’erah. Tilgat-Piln’eser king of Ashur carried him away captive; he was leader of the Re’uveni. ⁷His brothers, by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records were: Ye‘i’el the leader, Z’kharyah ⁸and Bela the son of ‘Azaz the son of Sh’ma the son of Yo’el. He lived in ‘Aro‘er, with territory extending to N’vo and Ba‘al-M‘on; ⁹while to the east he occupied territory that extended to the beginning of the desert as one comes from the Euphrates River; because their cattle multiplied in the land of Gil‘ad. ¹⁰In the time of Sha’ul they went to war with the Hagri’im; after defeating them they occupied their tents throughout all the territory east of Gil‘ad.

¹¹The descendants of Gad lived across from them, in the territory from Bashan to Salkhah: ¹²Yo’el was the leader, Shafam second, then Yanai and Shafat in Bashan. ¹³The houses of their fathers’ brothers were: Mikha’el, Meshulam, Sheva, Yorai, Ya‘kan, Zia and ‘Ever — seven altogether. ¹⁴These are the sons of Avichayil the son of Huri the son of Yaroach the son of Gil‘ad the son of Mikha’el the son of Yeshishai the son of Yachdo the son of Buz; ¹⁵Achi the son of ‘Avdi’el the son of Guni was leader of their fathers’ house. ¹⁶They lived in Gil‘ad, in Bashan, in its towns and in all the pasture lands of the plain as far as their borders. ¹⁷All these were listed in genealogies during the times of Yotam king of Y’hudah and Yarov‘am king of Isra’el.

¹⁸The descendants of Re’uven, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M’nasheh included 44,760 brave men who were available for warfare, able to take up shield and sword, shoot with the bow, or make use of other war skills. ¹⁹These made war with the Hagri’im, Y’tur, Nafish and Nodav. ²⁰They received help against them, so that the Hagri’im and all who were allied with them suffered defeat at their hands; because they cried out to God while they were fighting, and he did as they requested, because they put their trust in him. ²¹From their livestock they carried off 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep and 2,000 donkeys; they also took captive 100,000 persons. ²²Many were slaughtered, because the war was of God, and they lived in their territory until the captivity.

²³The descendants of the half-tribe of M’nasheh lived and increased in the territory from Bashan to Ba‘al-Hermon, S’nir and Mount Hermon. ²⁴The leaders of their fathers’ houses were: ‘Efer, Yish‘i, Eli’el, ‘Azri’el, Yirmeyah, Hodavyah and Yachdi’el, strong, brave, famous men, leaders of their fathers’ houses. ²⁵But they broke faith with the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed ahead of them. ²⁶So the God of Isra’el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Ashur and the spirit of Tilgat-Piln’eser king of Ashur; and he carried them away as captives — the Re’uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M’nasheh — and brought them to Halach, Havor, Hara and to the Gozan River, where they are to this day.

²⁷^(6:1)The sons of Levi: Gershon, K’hat and M’rari. ²⁸^(6:2)The sons of K’hat: ‘Amram, Yitz’har, Hevron and ‘Uzi’el. ²⁹^(6:3)The children of ‘Amram: Aharon, Moshe and Miryam. The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El‘azar and Itamar. ³⁰^(6:4)El‘azar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua, ³¹^(6:5)Avishua fathered Buki, Buki fathered ‘Uzi, ³²^(6:6)‘Uzi fathered Z’rachyah, Z’rachyah fathered M’rayot, ³³^(6:7)M’rayot fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, ³⁴^(6:8)Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Achima‘atz, ³⁵^(6:9)Achima‘atz fathered ‘Azaryah, ‘Azaryah fathered Yochanan, ³⁶^(6:10)and Yochanan fathered ‘Azaryah. He functioned as cohen in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim. ³⁷^(6:11)‘Azaryah fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, ³⁸^(6:12)Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Shalum, ³⁹^(6:13)Shalum fathered Hilkiyah, Hilkiyah fathered ‘Azaryah, ⁴⁰^(6:14)‘Azaryah fathered S’rayah, S’rayah fathered Y’hotzadak, ⁴¹^(6:15)and Y’hotzadak went into captivity when Adonai carried Y’hudah and Yerushalayim away at the hands of N’vukhadnetzar.

6 ⁽¹⁶⁾The sons of Levi: Gershom, K’hat and M’rari. ²⁽¹⁷⁾These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim‘i. ³⁽¹⁸⁾The sons of K’hat: ‘Amram, Yitz’har, Hevron and ‘Uzi’el. ⁴⁽¹⁹⁾The sons of M’rari: Machli and Mushi.

These are the families of the L’vi’im according to father’s clans: ⁵⁽²⁰⁾[The descendants] of Gershom: his son Livni, his son Yachat, his son Zimah, ⁶⁽²¹⁾his son Yo’ach, his son ‘Iddo, his son Zerach, his son Ye’atrai.

⁷⁽²²⁾The descendants of K’hat: his son ‘Amminadav, his son Korach, his son Asir, ⁸⁽²³⁾his son Elkanah, his son Evyasaf, his son Asir, ⁹⁽²⁴⁾his son Tachat, his son Uri’el, his son ‘Uziyah and his son Sha’ul. ¹⁰⁽²⁵⁾The sons of Elkanah: ‘Amasai and Achimot. ¹¹⁽²⁶⁾As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: his son Tzofai, his son Nachat, ¹²⁽²⁷⁾his son Eli’av, his son Yerocham and his son Elkanah. ¹³⁽²⁸⁾The sons of Sh’mu’el: Vashni the firstborn, then Aviyah.

¹⁴⁽²⁹⁾The descendants of M’rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim‘i, his son ‘Uzah, ¹⁵⁽³⁰⁾his son Shim‘a, his son Hagiyah and his son ‘Asayah. ¹⁶⁽³¹⁾David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of Adonai after the ark had found a permanent resting place. ¹⁷⁽³²⁾They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of Adonai in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.

¹⁸⁽³³⁾Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were — starting with descendants of the K’hati — Heman the singer, the son of Yo’el the son of Sh’mu’el, ¹⁹⁽³⁴⁾the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli’el, the son of Toach, ²⁰⁽³⁵⁾the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of ‘Amasai, ²¹⁽³⁶⁾the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo’el, the son of ‘Azaryah, the son of Tz’fanyah, ²²⁽³⁷⁾the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach, ²³⁽³⁸⁾the son of Yitz’har, the son of K’hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra’el.

²⁴⁽³⁹⁾His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim‘a, ²⁵⁽⁴⁰⁾the son of Mikha’el, the son of Ba‘aseyah, the son of Malkiyah, ²⁶⁽⁴¹⁾the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of ‘Adayah, ²⁷⁽⁴²⁾the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim‘i, ²⁸⁽⁴³⁾the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

²⁹⁽⁴⁴⁾On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M’rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of ‘Avdi, the son of Malukh, ³⁰⁽⁴⁵⁾the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah, ³¹⁽⁴⁶⁾the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, ³²⁽⁴⁷⁾the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M’rari, the son of Levi.

³³⁽⁴⁸⁾Their kinsmen the L’vi’im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

³⁴⁽⁴⁹⁾But Aharon and his sons were the ones who offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the service of the Especially Holy Place and to make atonement for Isra’el, in keeping with all that Moshe the servant of God had ordered to be done. ³⁵⁽⁵⁰⁾These are the descendants of Aharon: his son El‘azar, his son Pinchas, his son Avishua, ³⁶⁽⁵¹⁾his son Buki, his son ‘Uzi, his son Z’rachyah, ³⁷⁽⁵²⁾his son M’rayot, his son Amaryah, his son Achituv, ³⁸⁽⁵³⁾his son Tzadok and his son Achima‘atz.

³⁹⁽⁵⁴⁾These were the settlements of the descendants of Aharon according to the territories assigned them: to the descendants of Aharon, of the clans of the K’hati — for the first lot fell to them — ⁴⁰⁽⁵⁵⁾they gave Hevron in the land of Y’hudah with the open land surrounding it, ⁴¹⁽⁵⁶⁾but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y’funeh. ⁴²⁽⁵⁷⁾To the descendants of Aharon they gave the city of refuge Hevron, also Livnah with its surrounding open land, Yatir, Esht’moa with its surrounding open land, ⁴³⁽⁵⁸⁾Hilen with its surrounding open land, D’vir with its surrounding open land, ⁴⁴⁽⁵⁹⁾‘Ashan with its surrounding open land, Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land; ⁴⁵⁽⁶⁰⁾and out of the tribe of Binyamin: Geva with its surrounding open land, ‘Alemet with its surrounding open land and ‘Anatot with its surrounding open land. All the cities for all their clans amounted to thirteen cities.

⁴⁶⁽⁶¹⁾The rest of the descendants of K’hat were assigned by lot, clan by clan, ten cities from the half-tribe of M’nasheh. ⁴⁷⁽⁶²⁾The descendants of Gershom were assigned, clan by clan, thirteen cities from the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and M’nasheh in Bashan. ⁴⁸⁽⁶³⁾To the descendants of M’rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re’uven, Gad and Z’vulun. ⁴⁹⁽⁶⁴⁾So the people of Isra’el gave the L’vi’im these cities with the surrounding open land. ⁵⁰⁽⁶⁵⁾From the tribes of the descendants of Y’hudah, Shim‘on and Binyamin they assigned these cities mentioned by name.

⁵¹⁽⁶⁶⁾Some of the clans of the descendants of K’hat were given cities in territory from the tribe of Efrayim. ⁵²⁽⁶⁷⁾They gave them the city of refuge Sh’khem in the hills of Efrayim with the surrounding open land, also Gezer with the surrounding open land, ⁵³⁽⁶⁸⁾Yokme‘am with the surrounding open land, Beit-Horon with the surrounding open land, ⁵⁴⁽⁶⁹⁾Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁵⁽⁷⁰⁾and out of the half-tribe of M’nasheh: ‘Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil‘am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K’hat.

⁵⁶⁽⁷¹⁾The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M’nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and ‘Ashtarot with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁷⁽⁷²⁾and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land, ⁵⁸⁽⁷³⁾Ramot with the surrounding open land and ‘Anem with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁹⁽⁷⁴⁾and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, ‘Avdon with the surrounding open land, ⁶⁰⁽⁷⁵⁾Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land; ⁶¹⁽⁷⁶⁾and from the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with the surrounding open land, Hamon with the surrounding open land and Kiryatayim with the surrounding open land.

⁶²⁽⁷⁷⁾To the rest [of the L’vi’im], the descendants of M’rari, were given, from the tribe of Z’vulun: Rimmono with the surrounding open land and Tavor with the surrounding open land; ⁶³⁽⁷⁸⁾and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, they were given, from the tribe of Re’uven: Betzer in the desert with the surrounding open land, Yahatz with the surrounding open land, ⁶⁴⁽⁷⁹⁾K’demot with the surrounding open land and Mefa‘at with the surrounding open land; ⁶⁵⁽⁸⁰⁾and from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil‘ad with the surrounding open land, Machanayim with the surrounding open land, ⁶⁶⁽⁸¹⁾Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya‘zer with the surrounding open land.

7 The sons of Yissakhar were: Tola, Pu’ah, Yashuv and Shimron — four.

²The sons of Tola were: ‘Uzi, Refayah, Yeri’el, Yachmai, Yivsam and Sh’mu’el. They were heads of their fathers’ clans, descended from Tola; they were strong, brave men in their generations. In the time of David they numbered 22,600.

³The son of ‘Uzi was Yizrachyah, and the sons of Yizrachyah were: Mikha’el, ‘Ovadyah, Yo’el and Yishiyah — five, all of them leaders. ⁴With them, by their generations, in their fathers’ clans, were army troops organized for war, 36,000 of them, because they had many women and children. ⁵Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.

⁶[The sons of] Binyamin were: Bela, Bekher and Y’dia‘el — three.

⁷The sons of Bela were: Etzbon, ‘Uzi, ‘Uzi’el, Yerimot and ‘Iri — five; they were leaders of fathers’ clans, strong, brave men. They numbered 22,034, listed in genealogical records.

⁸The sons of Bekher were: Z’mirah, Yo’ash, Eli‘ezer, Elyo‘enai, ‘Omri, Yeremot, Aviyah, ‘Anatot and ‘Alemet; all these were sons of Bekher. ⁹Listed in genealogical records by generations under leaders of fathers’ clans, who were strong, brave men, were 20,200.

¹⁰The son of Y’dia‘el was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were: Ye‘ush, Binyamin, Ehud, Kena‘anah, Zeitan, Tarshish and Achishachar. ¹¹All these were descendants of Y’dia‘el, leaders of their fathers’ clans, who were brave, strong men; they numbered 17,200, all fit to fight with the army.

¹²[More descendants of Binyamin:] Shupim, Hupim, the sons of ‘Ir.

Hushim, the son of another [of Isra’el’s sons, namely, Dan].

¹³The sons of Naftali were: Yachtzi’el, Guni, Yetzer, Shalum, the sons of Bilhah.

¹⁴The descendants of M’nasheh: his concubine the woman from Aram bore Makhir the father of Gil‘ad; Asri’el [Gil‘ad’s son] was descended from her. ¹⁵Makhir’s wife was from the families of Hupim and Shupim, and his sister’s name was Ma‘akhah. M’nasheh’s second son was Tz’lof’chad, and Tz’lof’chad had daughters. ¹⁶Ma‘akhah the wife of Makhir bore a son whom she named Peresh, the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. ¹⁷The son of Ulam was B’dan. These were the descendants of Gil‘ad the son of Makhir the son of M’nasheh. ¹⁸His sister Hammolekhet [the governor] bore Ish-Hod, Avi‘ezer and Machlah. ¹⁹The sons of Sh’mida were Achyan, Sh’khem, Lik’chi and Ani‘am.

²⁰The descendants of Efrayim were: Shutelach, his son Bered, his son Tachat, his son El‘adah, his son Tachat, ²¹his son Zavad and his son Shutelach; also ‘Ezer and El‘ad, whom the men of Gat born in the land killed when they came down to raid their cattle. ²²Efrayim their father mourned for a long time, and his kinsmen came to comfort him. ²³Then he had sexual relations with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son whom he called B’ri‘ah [in calamity], because his household had suffered a calamity. ²⁴His daughter was She’erah, who built upper and lower Beit-Horon and Uzen-She’erah. ²⁵Refach was his son, and Reshef, then his son Telach, his son Tachan ²⁶his son La‘dan, his son ‘Ammihud, his son Elishama, ²⁷his son Nun and his son Y’hoshua.

²⁸Their possessions and settlements were Beit-El with its towns; Na‘aran to the east; and to the west, Gezer with its towns; also Sh’khem with its towns, as far as ‘Ayah and its towns; ²⁹and, near the territory of the descendants of M’nasheh, Beit-Sh’an with its towns, Ta‘nakh with its towns, Megiddo with its towns and Dor with its towns. In these places lived the descendants of Yosef the son of Isra’el.

³⁰The children of Asher were: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B’ri‘ah and their sister Serach. ³¹The sons of B’ri‘ah were: Hever and Malki’el, who fathered Birzayit. ³²Hever fathered Yaflet, Shomer, Hotam and their sister Shua. ³³The sons of Yaflet were: Pasakh, Bimhal and ‘Ashvat; these were the sons of Yaflet. ³⁴The sons of Shemer were: Achi, Rohgah, Hubah and Aram. ³⁵The sons of his brother Helem were: Zofach, Yimnah, Shelesh and ‘Amal. ³⁶The sons of Zofach were: Suach, Harnefer, Shu‘al, Beri, Yimrah, ³⁷Betzer, Hod, Shama, Shilshah, Yitran and Be’era. ³⁸The sons of Yeter were: Y’funeh, Pispah and Ara. ³⁹The sons of ‘Ula were: Arach, Hani’el and Ritzya. ⁴⁰All these were descendants of Asher, leaders of their fathers’ clans, elite, strong, brave men, the most important of the princes. Those fit for battle service, listed in genealogies, numbered 26,000 men.

8 Binyamin fathered Bela his firstborn son; his second, Ashbel; his third, Achrach; ²his fourth, Nochah; and his fifth, Rafa. ³Bela had sons: Adar, Gera, Avihud, ⁴Avishua, Na‘aman, Achoach, ⁵Gera, Sh’fufan and Huram. ⁶These are the sons of Ehud, the heads of fathers’ clans among the inhabitants of Geva (they were carried away captive to Manachat; ⁷those who carried them off were Na‘aman, Achiyah and Gera): he fathered ‘Uzah and Achichud. ⁸Shacharayim fathered children on the plains of Mo’av; after sending away his wives Hushim and Ba‘ara, ⁹it was through his wife Hodesh that he fathered: Yovav, Tzivya, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰Ye‘utz, Sokhya and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of clans. ¹¹Through Hushim he fathered Avituv and Elpa‘al. ¹²The sons of Elpa‘al: ‘Ever, Mish‘am, Shemed — he built Ono and Lod with its towns — ¹³and B’ri‘ah and Shema — they were heads of fathers’ clans among the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove away the people living in Gat.

¹⁴Achyo, Shashak, Yeremot, ¹⁵Z’vadyah, ‘Arad, ‘Eder, ¹⁶Mikha’el, Yishpah and Yocha were the sons of B’ri‘ah. ¹⁷Z’vadyah, Meshulam, Hizki, Hever, ¹⁸Yishm’rai, Yizli’ah and Yovav were the sons of Elpa‘al. ¹⁹Yakim, Zikhri, Zavdi, ²⁰Eli‘einai, Tziltai, Eli’el, ²¹‘Adayah, B’rayah and Shimrat were the sons of Shim‘i. ²²Yishpan, ‘Eved, Eli’el, ²³‘Avdon, Zikhri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananyah, ‘Eilam, ‘Anatotyah, ²⁵Yifdeyah and P’nu’el were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶Shamsh’rai, Sh’charyah, ‘Atalyah, ²⁷Ya‘areshyah, Eliyah and Zikhri were the sons of Yerocham. ²⁸These were leaders of fathers’ houses through all their generations, leading men who lived in Yerushalayim.

²⁹In Giv‘on lived the father of Giv‘on, whose wife’s name was Ma‘akhah; ³⁰and his firstborn son ‘Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba‘al, Nadav, ³¹G’dor, Achyo and Zekher. ³²Miklot fathered Shim’ah. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.

³³Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha’ul; and Sha’ul fathered Y’honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba‘al. ³⁴The son of Y’honatan was M’riv-Ba‘al, and M’riv-Ba‘al fathered Mikhah. ³⁵The sons of Mikhah: Piton, Melekh, Ta’rea and Achaz. ³⁶Achaz fathered Y’ho‘adah; Y’ho‘adah fathered ‘Alemet, ‘Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza; ³⁷and Motza fathered Bin‘a. His son was Rafah, his son was El‘asah and his son was Atzel. ³⁸Atzel had six sons, whose names were: ‘Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma‘el, Sh‘aryah, ‘Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel. ³⁹The sons of his brother ‘Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Ye‘ush the second and Elifelet the third. ⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were strong, brave men, archers; they had many children and grandchildren, a hundred and fifty. All these were descendants of Binyamin.

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.

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

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

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

⁵Michah bno, Reayah bno, Ba’al bno,

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

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

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

⁹And 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.

¹⁰And 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.

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

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

¹³And 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.

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

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

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

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

¹⁸The 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.

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

²⁰And 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.

²¹And 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.

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

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

²⁴And 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.

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

²⁶And 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.

²And 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.

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

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

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

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

⁷And 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.

⁸And 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.

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

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

¹¹All 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.

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

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

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

¹⁵And 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.

¹⁶And 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.

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

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

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

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

²¹And 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).

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

²³And 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.)

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

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

²⁷Non (Nun) bno, Yehoshuah bno.

²⁸And 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;

²⁹And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

⁴⁰All 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,

²Nochah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

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

⁴Avishua, Na’aman, and Achoach,

⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Churam.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

¹⁴And Achyo, Shashak, and Yeremot,

¹⁵Zevadyah, Arad, Eder,

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

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

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

¹⁹Yakim, Zichri, Zavdi,

²⁰Elienai, Tziltai, Eli’el,

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

²²Yishpan, Ever, Eli’el,

²³Avdon, Zichri, Chanan,

²⁴Chananyah, Eilam, and Antotyah,

²⁵Yiphdeyah, and Penuel, the Bnei Shashak;

²⁶And Shamsherai, and Shecharyah, and Atalyah,

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

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

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

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

³¹And Gedor, and Achyo, and Zecher.

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁸And 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.

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

⁴⁰And 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.

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