1 Chronicles 5:11-22

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¹¹ Across from them, in the land of Bashan, lived the descendants of Gad, who were spread as far as Salecah.

¹² Joel was the greatest and was followed by Shapham, also Janai and Shaphat. ¹³ Their relatives, the heads of the seven clans, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber.

¹⁴ The descendants of Buz, in the order of their generations, were: Jahdo, Jeshishai, Michael, Gilead, Jaroah, Huri, Abihail.

¹⁵ Ahi, the son of Abdiel and grandson of Guni, was the leader of the clan. ¹⁶ The clan lived in and around Gilead (in the land of Bashan) and throughout the entire pasture country of Sharon. ¹⁷ All were included in the official genealogy at the time of King Jotham of Judah and King Jeroboam of Israel.

¹⁸ There were 44,760 armed, trained, and brave troops in the army of Reuben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. ¹⁹ They declared war on the Hagrites, the Jeturites, the Naphishites, and the Nodabites. ²⁰ They cried out to God to help them, and he did, for they trusted in him. So the Hagrites and all their allies were defeated. ²¹ The booty included 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 captives. ²² A great number of the enemy also died in the battle, for God was fighting against them. So the Reubenites lived in the territory of the Hagrites until the time of the exile.