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The Tribe of Benjamin

The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, and Jediael, three in all.

The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, all heads of their fathers’ houses. Their powerful warriors listed in the genealogical records were 22,034.

The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker.

They were listed in the genealogical records as heads of their fathers’ houses, along with 20,200 powerful warriors.

10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kena’anah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons[a] of Jediael, the heads of their fathers’ houses, listed along with 17,200 powerful warriors, who were able to go out to war with the army.

12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir. The Hushim were the sons of Aher.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:11 That is, grandsons
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:12 Verse 12 is difficult. The -im ending usually indicates a group of people, not the name of a person, but in Genesis 46:21 Muppim and Huppim are sons of Benjamin. In Genesis 46:23 Hushim is a son of Dan. The list for Dan may be folded into the list for Benjamin. See also verse 15.

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,[a] mighty warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, able to go to war.[b] 12 And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim, the son of Aher.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:11 Literally “fathers”
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:11 Literally “going out to the army to the war”