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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Footnotes

  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 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”