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Chapter 7

Issachar. ^1 [a]The sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron: four.^{(A) 2} The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of the ancestral houses of Tola, mighty warriors in their generations. In the time of David they numbered twenty-two thousand six hundred.^{(B) 3} The sons of Uzzi: Izarahiah. The sons of Izarahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of these were chiefs. ⁴ Along with them, in their generations, according to ancestral houses, were thirty-six thousand men in organized military troops, since they had more wives and children ⁵ than their fellow tribesmen. In all the clans of Issachar there was a total of eighty-seven thousand warriors listed in their family records.

Benjamin. ⁶ The sons of Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three.^{(C) 7} The sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five. They were heads of their ancestral houses and warriors. Their family records listed twenty-two thousand and thirty-four. ⁸ The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth—all these were sons of Becher.^{(D) 9} Their family records listed twenty thousand two hundred of their kindred who were heads of their ancestral houses and warriors. ¹⁰ The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹ All these were sons of Jediael, heads of ancestral houses and warriors. They numbered seventeen thousand two hundred men fit for military service…^{[b] 12} Shupham and Hupham.^(E)

Dan, Naphtali and Manasseh. The sons of Dan: Hushim. ¹³ The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. These were sons of Bilhah.^{(F) 14} The sons of Manasseh, whom his Aramean concubine bore:^(G) she bore Machir, the father of Gilead.^{(H) 15} Machir took a wife whose name was Maacah; his sister’s name was Molecheth. Manasseh’s second son was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.^{(I) 16} Maacah, Machir’s wife, bore a son whom she named Peresh. He had a brother named Sheresh, whose sons were Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷ The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. ¹⁸ His sister Molecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹ The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Ephraim. ^20 (J)The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, whose son was Bered, whose son was Tahath, whose son was Eleadah, whose son was Tahath, ²¹ whose son was Zabad. Ephraim’s son Shuthelah, and Ezer and Elead, who were born in the land, were killed by the inhabitants of Gath because they had gone down to take away their livestock. ²² Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, but after his relatives had come and comforted him, ²³ he had relations with his wife, who conceived and bore a son whom he named Beriah, since evil^[c] had befallen his house.^{(K) 24} He had a daughter, Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah. ²⁵ Zabad’s son was Rephah, whose son was Resheph, whose son was Telah, whose son was Tahan, ²⁶ whose son was Ladan, whose son was Ammihud, whose son was Elishama,^{(L) 27} whose son was Nun, whose son was Joshua.

²⁸ Their property and their dwellings were in Bethel and its towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its towns to the west, and also Shechem and its towns as far as Ayyah and its towns.^{(M) 29} Manasseh, however, had possession of Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel.^(N)

Asher. ³⁰ The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah; their sister was Serah.^{(O) 31} Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. ³² Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. ³³ The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath; these were the sons of Japhlet. ³⁴ The sons of Shomer were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. ³⁵ The sons of his brother Hotham were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶ The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸ The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. ³⁹ The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. ⁴⁰ All these were sons of Asher, heads of ancestral houses, distinguished men, warriors, and chiefs among the princes. Their family records numbered twenty-six thousand men fit for military service.

Chapter 8

Benjamin. ^1 [d]Benjamin became the father of Bela, his firstborn, Ashbel, the second son, Aharah, the third,^{(P) 2} Nohah, the fourth, and Rapha, the fifth. ³ The sons of Bela were Addar and Gera, the father of Ehud. ⁴ The sons of Ehud were Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,^{(Q) 5} Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. ⁶ These were the sons of Ehud, family heads over those who dwelt in Geba and were deported to Manahath. ⁷ Also Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. The last, who led them into exile, became the father of Uzza and Ahihud. ⁸ Shaharaim became a father on the Moabite plateau after he had put away his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹ By his wife Hodesh he begot Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰ Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, family heads. ¹¹ By Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal. ¹² The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its nearby towns),^{(R) 13} and Beriah, and Shema. They were family heads of those who dwelt in Aijalon, and they put the inhabitants of Gath to flight. ¹⁴ Their relatives were Elpaal, Shashak, and Jeremoth. ¹⁵ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah. ¹⁷ Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. ¹⁹ Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. ²² Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³ Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵ Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶ Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸ These were family heads in their generations, chiefs who dwelt in Jerusalem.

^29 (S)In Gibeon dwelt Jeiel, the founder of Gibeon, whose wife’s name was Maacah; ³⁰ also his firstborn son, Abdon, and Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, and Mikloth. ³² Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. These, too, dwelt with their relatives in Jerusalem, opposite their fellow tribesmen. ^33 (T)Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul. Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.^{(U) 34} The son of Jonathan was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal became the father of Micah.^{(V) 35} The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶ Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri became the father of Moza.^{(W) 37} Moza became the father of Binea, whose son was Raphah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel. ³⁸ Azel had six sons, whose names were Azrikam, his firstborn, Ishmael, Sheariah, Azariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; all these were the sons of Azel.^{(X) 39} The sons of Eshek, his brother, were Ulam, his firstborn, Jeush, the second son, and Eliphelet, the third. ⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were warriors, skilled with the bow, and they had many sons and grandsons: one hundred and fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.