1 Chronicles 7:20-29

International Children’s Bible

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.