Descendants of Benjamin

(A)Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of fathers’ households, valiant warriors, 22,034 registered by genealogy. The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. They were registered by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their fathers’ households, 20,200 valiant warriors. 10 The [a]son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, 17,200 valiant warriors who were [b]ready to go out with the army to war. 12 [c]Shuppim and [d]Huppim were the sons of [e]Ir; Hushim was the [f]son of [g]Aher.

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  1. 1 Chronicles 7:10 Lit sons
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:11 Lit going out
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In Num 26:39, Shephupham
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In Num 26:39, Hupham
  5. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In v 7, Iri
  6. 1 Chronicles 7:12 Lit sons
  7. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In Num 26:38, Ahiram

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four. And the sons of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand and two hundred. 10 And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war. 12 [a]Shuppim also, and [b]Huppim, the sons of [c]Ir, Hushim, the sons of [d]Aher.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In Num. 26:39, Shephupham and Hupham
  2. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In Num. 26:39, Shephupham and Hupham
  3. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In verse 7, Iri.
  4. 1 Chronicles 7:12 In Num. 26:38, Ahiram.