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The Transjordan Tribes
The Tribe of Reuben

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:

(Though Reuben was the firstborn, because he defiled his father’s bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Israel’s son Joseph. So Reuben is not treated as firstborn in the genealogical records. Though Judah achieved superiority over his brothers and the ruler came from him, the birthright was Joseph’s.)

The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Successive generations of descendants[a] of Joel were his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal, and his son Be’erah, whom Tiglath Pileser[b] king of Assyria carried away captive. He was the tribal leader of the Reubenites.

The following are his relatives as listed by their clans in the genealogical records. Jeiel was the head. Others were Zechariah, Bela son of Azaz, who was the son of Shema, who was the son of Joel, who lived in the territory of Aroer, all the way to Nebo and Baal Meon. They lived in the east, all the way to the beginning of the wilderness which extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased greatly in the land of Gilead. 10 In the days of Saul, they made war against the Hagraites, who fell by their hand. So they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

The Tribe of Gad

11 The descendants of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan, all the way to Salekah. 12 Joel was the head, Shapham the second, also Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 Their brothers from their fathers’ houses were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber, seven in all.

14 These were the sons of Abihail, who was 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 son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of the house of their fathers.[c] 16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, in its towns, and in all the pastures surrounding Sharon, all the way to their borders. 17 All these were listed in genealogies from the days of Jotham king of Judah, and from the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

The Transjordan Armies

18 The descendants of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men in their armies, warriors armed with shields and swords, as well as archers, trained for war, ready to go out to battle. 19 They made war with the Hagraites, with Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 These tribes received help against the Hagraites, so the Hagraites were delivered into their hands, along with all who were with them, because Israel cried out to God during the battle, and he answered them, because they put their trust in him. 21 They took away their livestock: fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand living people. 22 So many of the enemy were cut down in battle, because the war was from God. These tribes lived in their place until the captivity.

The Eastern Half Tribe of Manasseh

23 The people of the half tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. They increased in number. 24 These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: namely, Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were strong, powerful warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses. 25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves to 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, that is, the spirit of Tiglath Pileser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and he took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:4 Literally sons
  2. 1 Chronicles 5:6 The Hebrew has a variant spelling, Tilgath-pilneser, here and in verse 26.
  3. 1 Chronicles 5:15 Father’s houses and fathers’ houses were among the names of the social subdivisions of Israel.

Urmaşii lui Ruben

Fiii lui Ruben, întâiul născut al lui Israel (el era întâiul născut, dar, fiindcă a întinat patul tatălui său, dreptul lui de întâi născut a fost dat fiilor lui Iosif, fiul lui Israel; prin urmare, dreptul său de întâi născut nu i-a mai fost înscris în genealogii; nici chiar Iuda, care a fost vestit printre fraţii săi şi din care a ieşit un conducător, nu are dreptul de întâi născut, fiindcă acesta îi aparţine lui Iosif), deci fiii lui Ruben, întâiul născut al lui Israel, au fost: Enoh, Palu, Heţron şi Carmi.

Urmaşii lui Ioel au fost:

fiul său, Şemaia;

fiul acestuia, Gog,

fiul acestuia, Şimei;

fiul acestuia, Mica;

fiul acestuia, Reaia;

fiul acestuia, Baal;

fiul acestuia, Beera, pe care Tiglat-Pileser[a] l-a dus în captivitate. El fusese conducătorul rubeniţilor.

Rudele lui, potrivit clanurilor lor, aşa cum sunt înscrise în genealogiile lor, au fost: căpetenia Ieiel, Zaharia şi Bela,

fiul lui Azaz,

fiul lui Şema,

fiul lui Ioel.

Bela locuia la Aroer, teritoriul lui întinzându-se până la Nebo şi Baal-Meon. La răsărit se întindea până la intrarea în pustie, până la râul Eufrat, căci turmele lor se înmulţiseră în Ghilad. 10 Pe vremea lui Saul, ei au început războiul împotriva hagriţilor, care au căzut în mâinile lor. Apoi au ocupat teritoriul lor de la răsărit de Ghilad.

Urmaşii lui Gad

11 Urmaşii lui Gad au locuit în vecinătatea rubeniţilor, în Başan, având teritoriul până la Salca.

12 Ioel era căpetenia,

Şafam era al doilea în rang,

iar Ianai era judecător în Başan[b].

13 Rudele lor, potrivit familiilor lor, au fost: Mihail, Meşulam, Şeba, Iorai, Iacan, Zia şi Eber – în total şapte.

14 Aceştia au fost fiii lui Abihail,

fiul lui Huri,

fiul lui Iaroah,

fiul lui Ghilad,

fiul lui Mihail,

fiul lui Ieşişai,

fiul lui Iahdo,

fiul lui Buz.

15 Ahi, fiul lui Abdiel, fiul lui Guni, a fost conducătorul familiilor lor. 16 Ei au locuit în Ghilad, în Başan şi în satele dimprejurul lui, precum şi pe toată întinderea păşunilor Şaronului, până la marginile lor. 17 Cu toţii au fost trecuţi în genealogii, încă de pe vremea lui Iotam, regele lui Iuda, şi a lui Ieroboam, regele lui Israel. 18 Rubeniţii, gadiţii şi jumătate din seminţia lui Manase aveau războinici care purtau scutul şi sabia, care mânuiau arcul şi erau deprinşi cu războiul, toţi fiind în număr de patruzeci şi patru de mii şapte sute şaizeci şi în stare să meargă la război. 19 Ei au început războiul împotriva hagriţilor şi împotriva lui Ietur, a lui Nafiş şi a lui Nodab[c]. 20 Israeliţii au primit ajutor în lupta împotriva lor şi li s-a dat biruinţa împotriva hagriţilor şi a tuturor aliaţilor lor, pentru că, în luptă, ei au strigat către Dumnezeu. El le-a răspuns fiindcă s-au încrezut în El. 21 Au luat de la ei ca pradă cincizeci de mii de vite şi cămile, două sute cincizeci de mii de oi şi capre, două mii de măgari şi o sută de mii de oameni. 22 Mulţi au căzut ucişi, căci lupta venea de la Dumnezeu. Apoi ei au locuit în ţinutul acestora până la exil.

Familiile lui Manase din Başan

23 Urmaşii jumătăţii seminţiei lui Manase au locuit în ţară, din Başan până la Baal-Hermon, la Senir şi la muntele Hermon[d]; ei erau mulţi la număr. 24 Căpeteniile familiilor lor au fost: Efer, Işi, Eliel, Azriel, Ieremia, Hodavia şi Iahdiel; ei au fost viteji, războinici cu renume, căpetenii ale familiilor lor. 25 Dar ei au păcătuit împotriva Dumnezeului părinţilor lor, prostituându-se înaintea zeilor popoarelor din ţară, pe care Dumnezeu le nimicise dinaintea lor. 26 Dumnezeul lui Israel a stârnit duhul lui Pul[e], împăratul Asiriei (adică duhul lui Tilgat-Pileser[f], împăratul Asiriei), şi acesta i-a dus în captivitate pe rubeniţi, pe gadiţi şi pe jumătatea seminţiei lui Manase. El i-a adus la Halah, la Habor, la Hara şi la râul Gozan, unde au rămas până în ziua de azi.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Cronici 5:6 Ebr.: Tilgat-Pilneser, o variantă a lui Tiglat-Pileser III, împărat al Asiriei (745-727 î.Cr.)
  2. 1 Cronici 5:12 Sau: apoi pe Şafat şi Ianai, în Başan
  3. 1 Cronici 5:19 Probabil ismaeliţi (vezi Gen. 25:15).
  4. 1 Cronici 5:23 Sau: Baal-Hermon, adică până la Senir (muntele Hermon); vezi nota de la Deut. 3:9
  5. 1 Cronici 5:26 Tiglat-Pileser III (745-727 î.Cr.)
  6. 1 Cronici 5:26 Ebr.: Tilgat-Pilneser, o variantă a lui Tiglat-Pileser III, împărat al Asiriei (745-727 î.Cr.)

Reuben

The sons of Reuben(A) the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed,(B) his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph(C) son of Israel;(D) so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,(E) and though Judah(F) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler(G) came from him, the rights of the firstborn(H) belonged to Joseph)— the sons of Reuben(I) the firstborn of Israel:

Hanok, Pallu,(J) Hezron(K) and Karmi.

The descendants of Joel:

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[a](L) king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

Their relatives by clans,(M) listed according to their genealogical records:

Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer(N) to Nebo(O) and Baal Meon.(P) To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates(Q) River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.(R)

10 During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites(S), who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.

Gad

11 The Gadites(T) lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:(U)

12 Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.

13 Their relatives, by families, were:

Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.

14 These were the sons of Abihail 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 son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.

16 The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.

17 All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham(V) king of Judah and Jeroboam(W) king of Israel.

18 The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service(X)—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. 19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur,(Y) Naphish and Nodab. 20 They were helped(Z) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried(AA) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted(AB) in him. 21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, 22 and many others fell slain, because the battle(AC) was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.(AD)

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

23 The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh(AE) were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).(AF)

24 These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. 25 But they were unfaithful(AG) to the God of their ancestors and prostituted(AH) themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit(AI) of Pul(AJ) king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser(AK) king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah,(AL) Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 5:6 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser; also in verse 26