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Issachar’s Children

7 Issachar had four sons. Their names were Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.

² Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel. They were leaders of their families. In the family history of Tola’s descendants, 22,600 men were listed as fighting men. This was during the time David was king.

³ Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah.

Izrahiah’s sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders. ⁴ Their family history shows they had 36,000 men ready to serve in the army. This was because they had many women and children.

⁵ The records of the family groups of Issachar show there were 87,000 fighting men.

Benjamin’s Children

⁶ Benjamin had three sons. Their names were Bela, Beker and Jediael.

⁷ Bela had five sons. Their names were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had 22,034 fighting men.

⁸ Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. They all were Beker’s sons. ⁹ Their family history listed the family leaders and 20,200 fighting men.

¹⁰ Jediael’s son was Bilhan.

Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. ¹¹ All these sons of Jediael were leaders of their families. They had 17,200 fighting men ready to serve in the army.

¹² The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir. And the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

Naphtali’s Children

¹³ Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. They were Bilhah’s grandsons.

Manasseh’s Children

¹⁴ These are Manasseh’s descendants: Manasseh had an Aramean slave woman. She was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. ¹⁵ Makir took a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister was named Maacah. His second son was named Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters. ¹⁶ Makir’s wife Maacah had a son whom she named Peresh. Peresh’s brother was named Sheresh. Sheresh’s sons were Ulam and Rakem.

¹⁷ Ulam’s son was Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead. Gilead was Makir’s son. Makir was Manasseh’s son. ¹⁸ Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

¹⁹ The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

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.

Asher’s Children

³⁰ Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

³¹ Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith’s father.

³² Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and their sister Shua.

³³ Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. They were Japhlet’s children.

³⁴ Japhlet’s brother was Shomer. Shomer’s sons were Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.

³⁵ Shomer’s brother was Hotham. Hotham’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

³⁶ Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.

³⁸ Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

³⁹ Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

⁴⁰ All these men were descendants of Asher. They were leaders of their families. They were powerful warriors and outstanding leaders. Their family history lists that they had 26,000 soldiers ready to serve in the army.

The Family History of King Saul

8 Benjamin was the father of Bela. Bela was Benjamin’s first son. Ashbel was his second son. Aharah was his third son. ² Nohah was Benjamin’s fourth son, and Rapha was his fifth son.

³ Bela’s sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.

⁶ These were the descendants of Ehud. They were leaders of their families in Geba. They were forced to leave their homes and move to Manahath. ⁷ Ehud’s descendants were Naaman, Ahijah and Gera. Gera forced them to leave their homes. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

^8-11 Shaharaim and his wife Hushim had sons named Abitub and Elpaal. In Moab Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. Shaharaim and his wife Hodesh had these children: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. These sons were leaders of their families.

^12-13 Elpaal’s sons were Eber, Misham, Shemed, Beriah and Shema. Shemed built the towns of Ono and Lod and the villages around them. Beriah and Shema were leaders of the families living in Aijalon. These sons forced the people who lived in Gath to leave.

¹⁴ Beriah’s sons were Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah and Joha.

¹⁷ Elpaal’s sons were Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab.

¹⁹ Shimei’s sons were Jakim, Zicri, Zabdi, ²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath.

²² Shashak’s sons were Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³ Abdon, Zicri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵ Iphdeiah and Penuel.

²⁶ Jeroham’s sons were Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zicri.

²⁸ The family histories show that all these men were leaders of their families. They lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹ Jeiel lived in the town of Gibeon, where he was the leader. His wife was named Maacah. ³⁰ Jeiel’s first son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zeker ³² and Mikloth. Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. These sons also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³ Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. And Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.

³⁴ Jonathan’s son was Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was Micah’s father.

³⁵ Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, Tarea and Ahaz. ³⁶ Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷ Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was Binea’s son. Eleasah was Raphah’s son. And Azel was Eleasah’s son.

³⁸ Azel had six sons. Their names were Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were Azel’s sons.

³⁹ Azel’s brother was Eshek. Eshek’s first son was Ulam. Jeush was his second son, and Eliphelet was his third son. ⁴⁰ Ulam’s sons were mighty warriors who could use a bow and arrow well. They had many sons and grandsons. There were 150 of them in all.

All these men were Benjamin’s descendants.