以萨迦的后裔

以萨迦的四个儿子是陀拉、普瓦、雅述和伸仑。 陀拉的儿子是乌西、利法雅、耶勒、雅买、易伯散和示姆利,他们都是陀拉宗族的族长。在大卫执政年间,陀拉家共有两万二千六百个英勇的战士。 乌西的儿子是伊斯拉希。伊斯拉希的儿子是米迦勒、俄巴底亚、约珥、伊示雅,他们五人都是族长。 他们妻儿众多,因此各宗族中可以出征作战的共有三万六千人。 按家谱的记载,以萨迦支派的各族中共有八万七千个英勇的战士。

便雅悯的后裔

便雅悯的三个儿子是比拉、比结和耶叠。 比拉的五个儿子是以斯本、乌西、乌薛、耶利摩和以利,他们都是族长,是英勇的战士。按家谱记载,他们宗族共有两万二千零三十四个战士。 比结的儿子是细米拉、约阿施、以利以谢、以利约乃、暗利、耶利摩、亚比雅、亚拿突和亚拉篾。 比结的儿子都是族长。按家谱的记载,他们宗族共有两万零二百个英勇的战士。 10 耶叠的儿子是比勒罕,比勒罕的儿子是耶乌斯、便雅悯、以忽、基拿拿、细坦、他施和亚希沙哈。 11 这些耶叠的儿子都是族长,宗族中可以英勇作战的共一万七千二百人。 12 以珥的儿子是书品和户品,亚黑的儿子是户伸。

拿弗他利的后裔

13 拿弗他利的儿子是雅薛、沽尼、耶色和沙龙。他们都是辟拉的后代。

玛拿西的后裔

14 玛拿西的妾是亚兰人,她给玛拿西生的儿子是亚斯列,另外还生了基列的父亲玛吉。 15 玛吉娶了户品和书品的妹妹玛迦。玛拿西的次子名叫西罗非哈,西罗非哈只有几个女儿。 16 玛吉的妻子玛迦生了一个儿子,给他取名叫毗利施。毗利施的兄弟名叫示利施,示利施的儿子是乌兰和利金。 17 乌兰的儿子是比但。这些都是基列的子孙。基列是玛吉的儿子,玛吉是玛拿西的儿子。 18 基列的妹妹哈摩利吉生了伊施何、亚比以谢和玛拉。 19 示米大的儿子是亚现、示剑、利克希和阿尼安。

以法莲的后裔

20 以法莲的后代有书提拉,书提拉的儿子是比列,比列的儿子是他哈,他哈的儿子是以拉大,以拉大的儿子是他哈, 21 他哈的儿子是撒拔,撒拔的儿子是书提拉。以法莲的另外两个儿子以谢和以列因为偷迦特人的牲畜而被当地人杀死了。 22 他们的父亲以法莲为他们悲伤了多日,亲戚都来安慰他。 23 后来,以法莲与妻子同房,妻子怀孕,生了一个儿子。以法莲因家里遭遇不幸,就给孩子取名叫比利亚[a] 24 以法莲有一个女儿叫舍伊拉,她建了上伯·和仑、下伯·和仑和乌羡·舍伊拉。 25 比利亚的儿子是利法和利悉,利悉的儿子是他拉,他拉的儿子是他罕, 26 他罕的儿子是拉但,拉但的儿子是亚米忽,亚米忽的儿子是以利沙玛, 27 以利沙玛的儿子是嫩,嫩的儿子是约书亚。 28 以法莲人的地业和住处包括伯特利及其四围的村庄、东部的拿兰、西部的基色及其四围的村庄、示剑及其四围的村庄,远至迦萨及其四围的村庄。 29 玛拿西人的地业包括伯·善、他纳、米吉多、多珥以及它们四围的村庄。这些是以色列之子约瑟的后代居住的地方。

亚设的后裔

30 亚设的儿子是音拿、亦施瓦、亦施韦、比利亚,女儿是西拉。 31 比利亚的儿子是希别和玛结,玛结的儿子是比撒威。 32 希别的儿子是雅弗勒、朔默、何坦,女儿是书雅。 33 雅弗勒的儿子是巴萨、宾哈和亚施法。这三人是雅弗勒的儿子。 34 朔默的儿子是亚希、罗迦、耶户巴和亚兰。 35 朔默的兄弟希连的儿子是琐法、音那、示利斯和亚抹。 36 琐法的儿子是书亚、哈尼弗、书阿勒、比利、音拉、 37 比悉、河得、珊玛、施沙、益兰、比拉。 38 益帖的儿子是耶孚尼、毗斯巴、亚拉。 39 乌拉的儿子是亚拉,汉尼业和利谢。 40 这些都是亚设的后代。他们都是族长,是英勇的战士和杰出的首领。按照家谱的记载,他们宗族中可以出征作战的共有两万六千人。

Footnotes

  1. 7:23 比利亚”意思是“不幸”。

Issachar’s Children

Issachar had four sons. Their names were Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.

Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel. They were leaders of their families. In the family history of Tola’s descendants, 22,600 men were listed as fighting men. This was during the time David was king.

Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah.

Izrahiah’s sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders. Their family history shows they had 36,000 men ready to serve in the army. This was because they had many women and children.

The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were 87,000 fighting men.

Benjamin’s Children

Benjamin had three sons. Their names were Bela, Beker and Jediael.

Bela had five sons. Their names were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had 22,034 fighting men.

Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. They all were Beker’s sons. Their family history listed the family leaders and 20,200 fighting men.

10 Jediael’s son was Bilhan.

Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All these sons of Jediael were leaders of their families. They had 17,200 fighting men ready to serve in the army.

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

Naphtali’s Children

13 Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. They were Bilhah’s grandsons.

Manasseh’s Children

14 These are Manasseh’s descendants: Manasseh had an Aramean slave woman. She was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. 15 Makir took a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister was named Maacah. His second son was named Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters. 16 Makir’s wife Maacah had a son whom she named Peresh. Peresh’s brother was named Sheresh. Sheresh’s sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 Ulam’s son was Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead. Gilead was Makir’s son. Makir was Manasseh’s son. 18 Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

Ephraim’s Children

20 These are the names of Ephraim’s descendants. Ephraim’s son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was Tahath. 21 Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah.

Ezer and Elead went to Gath to steal the people’s cows and sheep. So some men who grew up in that city killed Ezer and Elead. 22 Their father Ephraim cried for them many days. And his family came to comfort him. 23 Then he had intimate relations with his wife again. She became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named his son Beriah[a] because of the bad things that had happened to his family. 24 Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower Beth Horon and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah.

25 Rephah was Ephraim’s son. Resheph was Rephah’s son. Telah was Resheph’s son. Tahan was Telah’s son. 26 Ladan was Tahan’s son. Ammihud was Ladan’s son. Elishama was Ammihud’s son. 27 Nun was Elishama’s son. Joshua was the son of Nun.

28 Ephraim’s descendants lived in these lands and cities: Bethel and the villages near it, Naaran on the east, Gezer and the villages near it on the west, and Shechem and the villages near it. These villages went all the way to Ayyah and its villages. 29 Along the borders of Manasseh’s land were the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor. There were also villages near them. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

Asher’s Children

30 Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

31 Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith’s father.

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

33 Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. They were Japhlet’s children.

34 Japhlet’s brother was Shomer. Shomer’s sons were Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.

35 Shomer’s brother was Hotham. Hotham’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

36 Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.

38 Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

39 Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

40 All these men were descendants of Asher. They were leaders of their families. They were powerful warriors and outstanding leaders. Their family history lists that they had 26,000 soldiers ready to serve in the army.

Footnotes

  1. 7:23 Beriah This name sounds like the Hebrew word for “trouble.”

The Descendants of Issachar

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses; for Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David were twenty-two thousand six hundred. The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah; all five of them were chiefs.[a] And in addition to them, according to their generations, according to the house of their fathers, were troops of the army for war: thirty-six thousand. For they had[b] many wives and sons. Now their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled according to their genealogy.

The Descendants of Benjamin

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, and Jediael, three. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, the heads of the house of the fathers, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogy was twenty-two thousand thirty-four. The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. And their enrollment by genealogy according to their generations, as heads of the house of their fathers, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred. 10 The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of the families,[c] mighty warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, able to go to war.[d] 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim, the son of Aher.

The Descendants of Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the descendants[e] of Bilhah.

The Descendants of Manasseh

14 The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead. 15 And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. And the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second, Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters. 16 And Maacah the wife of Machir gave birth to a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17 The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Makir, son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister, Hammolecheth, gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

The Descendants of Ephraim

20 The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath who were born in the land killed them because they came down to take their livestock. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And he called his name Beriah because disaster had been upon his house. 24 And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built Lower and Upper Beth-Horon and Uzzen-Sheerah. 25 And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, Joshua his son. 28 And their property and their dwellings were Bethel and its towns.[f] And to the east, Naaran. And to the west, Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, up to Aija and its towns. 29 And along the borders of the sons of Manasseh: Beth-Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

The Descendants of Asher

30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzayith.[g] 32 And Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. 34 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39 The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. 40 All of these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen mighty warriors, heads of the princes. And their number enrolled by genealogy, in the army for the war, was twenty-six thousand men.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:3 Or “heads”
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:4 Literally “there were”
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:11 Literally “fathers”
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:11 Literally “going out to the army to the war”
  5. 1 Chronicles 7:13 Literally “sons”
  6. 1 Chronicles 7:28 Literally “her daughters,” here and below
  7. 1 Chronicles 7:31 According to the reading tradition (Qere)