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3 Also, these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: Amnon (the eldest) of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, Daniel (second) of Abigail the Carmelitess,
2 Absalom (third), the son of Maacah, daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, Adonijah (fourth) the son of Haggith,
3 Shephatiah (fifth) of Abital, and Ithream (sixth) by his wife Eglah.
4 These six were born to him in Hebron. And he reigned there for seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned for thirty-three years.
5 And these four were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea and Shobab and Nathan and Solomon, of Bathshua, the daughter of Ammiel.
6 Also there were Ibhar and Elishama and Eliphelet
7 and Nogah and Nepheg and Japhia
8 and Elishama and Eliada and Eliphelet. Nine in all.
9 These are all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines and Tamar, their sister.
10 And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah. Asa was his son. And Jehoshaphat was his son,
11 And Joram was his son. And Ahaziah was his son. And Joash was his son,
12 And Amaziah was his son. And Azariah was his son. And Jotham was his son.
13 And Ahaz was his son. And Hezekiah was his son. And Manasseh was his son,
14 And Amon was his son. And Josiah was his son.
15 And of the sons of Josiah, the eldest was Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah, his son, and Zedekiah his son.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah were Assir and Shealtiel his son
18 and Malchiram and Pedaiah and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah and Shelomith (their sister)
20 and Hashubah and Ohel and Berechiah and Hasadiah and Jushab-Hesed. Five in all.
21 And the sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah.
22 And the son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. And the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush and Igal and Bariah and Neariah and Shaphat (six).
23 And the sons of Neariah were Elioenai and Hezekiah and Azrikam, (three).
24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah and Eliashib and Pelaiah and Akkub and Johanan and Delaiah and Anani (seven).
4 The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron and Carmi and Hur and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, begat Jahath. And Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were from the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
4 And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the eldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 But Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan.
8 Also, Koz begat Anub and Zobebah and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
9 But Jabez was more honorable than his brethren. And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in sorrow.”
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, and that Your Hand were with me, and that You would deliver me from evil, so that I am not hurt!” And God granted the thing that he asked.
11 And Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, begat Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of the city of Ir-Nahash. These are the men of Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the son of Othniel was Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen. For they were craftsmen.
15 And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, were Iru, Elah and Naam. And the son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehallelel were Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
17 And the sons of Ezrah were Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon. And he begat Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Also his wife, Jehudijah, bore Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah, were the Garmites and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of the households of those who worked fine linen in the House of Ashbea
22 and Jokim and the men of Chozeba and Joash and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. These are also ancient things.
23 These were gatekeepers and dwelt among plants and hedges. They dwelt there with the king for his work.
24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah and Shaul,
25 whose son was Shallum. And his son was Mibsam. And his son was Mishma.
26 And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brethren did not have many children, nor was any of their family like the children of Judah in multitude.
28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and at Moladah, and at Hazar Shual,
29 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 and at Beth Marcaboth, and at Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
32 And their towns were Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen and Ashan (five cities)
33 and all their towns that were all around these cities, up to Baal. These are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogy.
34 And Meshobab and Jamlech and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
35 and Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 and Elioenai and Jaakobah and Jeshohaiah and Asaiah and Adiel and Jesimiel and Benaiah
37 and Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah,
38 these were famous princes in their families and increased greatly their father’s Houses.
39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, to the eastern side of the valley, to seek pasture for their sheep.
40 And they found abundant, rich pasture with and a wide, quiet and fruitful land. For the Hamites had dwelt there before.
41 And those described here by name came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and struck their tents, and the inhabitants who were found there, and destroyed them utterly to this day, and dwelt in their space, because there was pasture there for their sheep.
42 And besides these, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon went to Mount Seir. And Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, were their captains.
43 And they struck the rest of Amalek who had escaped. And they dwell there to this day.
5 Also the sons of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel— for he was the eldest but had defiled his father’s bed. Therefore, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed by birthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and from him came the Prince. But the birthright was Joseph’s—
3 the sons of Reuben, the eldest son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel were Shemaiah, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son
6 and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria, carried away. He was a prince of the Reubenites.
7 And when his brethren in their families listed the genealogy of their generations, Jeiel and Zechariah were the chiefs,
8 And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.
9 Also he inhabited eastward, to the entrance of the wilderness, from the river Perath. For they had many cattle in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they warred with the Hagrites, who fell by their hands. And they dwelt in their tents in all the eastern parts of Gilead.
11 And the children of Gad dwelt opposite them in the land of Bashan, to Salcah.
12 Joel was the chief, and Shapham the second. But Jaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the House of their fathers were Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jachan and Zia and Eber (seven).
14 These are the children of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
15 Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of the household of their fathers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, by their borders.
17 All these were listed by genealogies in the days of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, king of Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben and of Gad and of half the tribe of Manasseh, of those who were valiant men, able to bear shield and sword, and to draw a bow exercised in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty, who went out to the war.
19 And they made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab.
20 And they were helped in fighting them. And the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them. For they cried to God in the battle, and He heard them, because they trusted in Him.
21 And they led away their cattle, their fifty thousand camels and two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys, and a hundred thousand people.
22 For many fell down wounded, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their places until the Captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan to Baal Hermon and Senir and to Mount Hermon. For they increased.
24 And these were the heads of the households of their fathers: Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heads of the households of their fathers.
25 But they transgressed against the God of their fathers and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser, king of Assyria. And he carried them away— the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half tribe of Manasseh— and brought them to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river Gozan, to this day.
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