呂便的後裔

以色列的長子原是呂便,但因為他玷污了父親的床[a],他長子的名分就給了他弟弟約瑟的後代。因此,按家譜他不是長子。 猶大雖然在眾弟兄中最強大,君王也是出自他的後裔,長子的名分卻屬於約瑟。 以色列長子呂便的兒子是哈諾、法路、希斯倫和迦米。 約珥的兒子是示瑪雅,示瑪雅的兒子是歌革,歌革的兒子是示每, 示每的兒子是米迦,米迦的兒子是利·亞雅,利·亞雅的兒子是巴力, 巴力的兒子是備·拉。備·拉是呂便支派的首領,被亞述王提革拉·毗尼色擄去。 按家譜記載,他做族長的親族是耶利、撒迦利雅和比拉。 比拉是亞撒的兒子,亞撒是示瑪的兒子,示瑪是約珥的兒子。約珥住在亞羅珥至尼波和巴力·免一帶。 他們的牲畜在基列繁殖眾多,便又向東遷移到幼發拉底河西邊的曠野。 10 掃羅執政期間,呂便人與夏甲人交戰,打敗了夏甲人,佔領了基列東邊的整片土地。

迦得的後裔

11 迦得的後代住在毗鄰呂便支派的巴珊,向東遠至撒迦。 12 在巴珊做首領的有族長約珥、副族長沙番以及雅乃和沙法。 13 他們同族的弟兄有米迦勒、米書蘭、示巴、約賴、雅幹、細亞和希伯,共七人。 14 這些都是亞比孩的兒子。亞比孩是戶利的兒子,戶利是耶羅亞的兒子,耶羅亞是基列的兒子,基列是米迦勒的兒子,米迦勒是耶示篩的兒子,耶示篩是耶哈多的兒子,耶哈多是布斯的兒子。 15 古尼的孫子、押比碟的兒子亞希是他們家族的族長。 16 他們住在基列、巴珊和巴珊附近的鄉村以及沙崙所有的草原,直到四圍的邊界地帶。 17 這些人是在猶大王約坦和以色列王耶羅波安執政期間被記錄在族譜裡的。

18 呂便支派、迦得支派和瑪拿西半個支派中善用盾牌、刀劍、弓箭、能征善戰的勇士共有四萬四千七百六十人。 19 他們與夏甲人、伊突人、拿非施人和挪答人打仗, 20 擊敗了夏甲人及其盟軍,因為他們信靠上帝,在作戰的時候向上帝求助,上帝應允了他們的祈求。 21 他們從敵人那裡擄走了五萬隻駱駝、二十五萬隻羊、兩千頭驢和十萬人口。 22 敵人傷亡慘重,因為他們有上帝的幫助。他們佔據敵人的土地,一直到被擄的時候。

瑪拿西的半個支派

23 瑪拿西半個支派的人住在從巴珊到巴力·黑們、示尼珥和黑門山一帶。 24 他們的族長以弗、以示、以列、亞斯列、耶利米、何達威雅、雅疊都是英勇的戰士,是著名的人物和各家族的首領。

25 可是,他們卻背棄他們祖先的上帝,與當地居民的神明苟合。上帝曾在他們面前毀滅那些居民。 26 因此,以色列的上帝驅使亞述王普勒,即提革拉·毗尼色,把呂便人、迦得人、瑪拿西半個支派的人擄到哈臘、哈博、哈拉和歌散河邊,他們至今還在那裡。

Footnotes

  1. 5·1 指跟父親的妾通姦一事,參見創世記35·22

Chapter 5

Reuben. The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel. For this reason he could not be listed in the genealogy according to his birthright. Though Judah was the strongest of the brothers and a ruler came through him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.)

[a]The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

The descendants of Joel were Shemaiah, his son, Gog, his son, Shimei, his son, Micah, his son, Reaiah, his son, Baal, his son, and Beerah, his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria, carried off into exile. He was the leader of the Reubenites.

These were their brethren by their clans, listed according to the generations of their genealogy. Jeiel, their leader, Zechariah, and Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They dwelt in the area that ran from Aroer to Nebo and Baal-meon. To the east, they lived on the edge of the desert that runs up to the Euphrates River because their herds had grown numerous in the land of Gilead. 10 During the days of Saul they fought against the Hagrites who fell at their hands. They lived in their dwellings to the east of Gilead.

11 Gad. The Gadites lived alongside of them in the land of Bashan up to Salecah. 12 Joel was their leader, Shapham the next, then Janai, Shaphat, and Bashan. 13 Their brethren, by their ancestral clans, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber. There were seven of them in all.

14 These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.

15 Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was the leader of the clan.

16 The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan, all of their villages, and all throughout the pastures of Sharon. 17 All of these were entered in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham, the king of Judah, and Jeroboam, the king of Israel.

18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and one-half of the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty trained warriors armed with shield, sword, and bow who went out to battle. 19 They fought against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 They helped in fighting against them, and the Lord delivered the Hagrites and those who were with them into their hands for they had cried out to God all throughout the battle. He responded to them because they had put their trust in him. 21 They seized their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand captives. 22 Many others were killed, falling because it was God’s battle. They then dwelt there in their place until the time of the Exile.

23 The Half-tribe of Manasseh. The one-half of the tribe of Manasseh who dwelt in the land of Bashan up to Baal-hermon, that is Senir, or Mount Hermon, grew numerous.

24 These were the leaders of their ancestral clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous, and the leaders of their ancestral clans, 25 but they betrayed the God of their fathers, prostituting themselves with the gods of the various peoples of the land whom God had destroyed before them. 26 Therefore the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, the king of Assyria (that is, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser, the king of Assyria). He led away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and one-half of the tribe of Manasseh and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the Gozan River where they are up to the present.

27 Levi.[b]The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

28 The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

29 The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.

The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

30 Eleazar was the father of Phinehas, and Phinehas was the father of Abishua.

31 Abishua was the father of Bukki, and Bukki was the father of Uzzi.

32 Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah, and Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.

33 Meraioth was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub.

34 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.

35 Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah, and Azariah was the father of Johanan.

36 Johanan was the father of Azariah. He served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem.

37 Azariah was the father of Amariah, and Amariah was the father of Ahitub.

38 Ahitub was the father of Zadok, and Zadok was the father of Shallum.

39 Shallum was the father of Hilkiah, and Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.

40 Azariah was the father of Seraiah, and Seraiah was the father of Jehozadak.

41 Jehozadak was carried off when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:3 The relations between the clan of Joel and the tribe of Reuben are not clarified.
  2. 1 Chronicles 5:27 The tribe of Levi comes at the center of these genealogical sketches. The Chronicler assigns great importance to the temple and its worship. In this post-Exilic period it is, in fact, the priestly class that keeps the people united and leads them. The information given here has to do with various aspects of the life and functions of the Levites. As the only tribe not to possess a territory, Levi very quickly lost any political role and was put in charge solely of the sanctuaries and, later, of the one temple in Jerusalem (see Num 3–4; 2 Ki 23).

The Descendants of Reuben

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but when he defiled the couch of his father, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that he was not enrolled in the genealogy as the firstborn, though Judah became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, but the birthright belonged to Joseph). The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, Beerah his son, a leader of the Reubenites, whom Tiglath-Pilneser king of Assyria deported into exile. And his kinsmen by their families, when their generations were recorded in the genealogy: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-Meon. He also lived to the east up to the entrance of the desert this side of[a] the River Euphrates, for their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war against the Hagrites, and they[b] fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents in all the region east of Gilead.

The Descendants of Gad

11 And the sons of Gad lived near to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: 12 Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ households: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven. 14 These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. 15 Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ households. 16 And they lived in Gilead, in Bashan, and in its towns,[c] and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits. 17 All of them were enrolled in the genealogy in the days of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant[d] men who carried a shield and a sword, and archers, and who were expert in war, forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty for going out as an army. 19 And they made war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he responded to their prayer because they trusted in him. 21 And they captured their livestock: fifty thousand of their camels; two hundred and fifty thousand sheep; two thousand donkeys; and one hundred thousand men alive. 22 For many were slain because the war was of God. And they lived under them until the exile.

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

23 And the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal-Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They were numerous. 24 Now these were the heads of their fathers’ households: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of strength, famous men,[e] heads of their fathers’ households. 25 But they transgressed against the God of their ancestors[f] and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pilneser, king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, until this day.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:9 Or “from”
  2. 1 Chronicles 5:10 That is, the Hagrites
  3. 1 Chronicles 5:16 Literally “her daughters”
  4. 1 Chronicles 5:18 Literally “sons of strength”
  5. 1 Chronicles 5:24 Literally “men of the name”
  6. 1 Chronicles 5:25 Or “fathers”