Chronological
7 ¶ The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
2 The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of the houses of their fathers. Those of Tola numbered by their families twenty-two thousand valiant men of might in the days of David.
3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Ishiah, all of them, five princes.
4 And with them, by their lineages, after the houses of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, thirty-six thousand men, for they had many wives and sons.
5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies eighty-seven thousand.
6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three.
7 The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of the houses of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty-two thousand and thirty-four.
8 The sons of Becher: Zemira, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abiah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.
9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the houses of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand two hundred.
10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these were sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.
12 And Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir; and Hushim, the son of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 The sons of Manasseh: Ashriel, whom his concubine, the Aramitess, gave birth unto him; she also gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead.
15 And Machir took wives of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maachah, and the name of the second was Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters.
16 And Maachah, the wife of Machir, gave birth to a son unto him, and she called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh, whose sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 And his sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishod, Abiezer, and Mahalah.
19 And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
20 ¶ The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered, his son, Tahath his son, Eladah, his son, Tahath, his son,
21 Zabad, his son, Shuthelah, his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew because they came down to take away their livestock.
22 And Ephraim, their father, mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and gave birth to a son, and he called his name Beriah, because he had been in affliction in his house.
24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Bethhoron, the lower and the upper, and Uzzensherah.)
25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan, his son,
26 Laadan, his son, Ammihud, his son, Elishama, his son,
27 Nun, his son, Joshua, his son.
28 And their inheritance and habitation was Bethel with its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer with its towns; likewise Shechem and its towns unto Gaza and its towns,
29 and by the side of the sons of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel.
30 The sons of Asher: Imnah, Isuah, Ishuai, Beriah, and Serah, their sister.
31 And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzavith.
32 And Heber begat Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet.
34 And the sons of Shamer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
35 The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.
39 And the sons of Ulla: Arah, Haniel, and Rezia.
40 All these were sons of Asher, heads of their father’s houses, chosen, mighty men of valour, heads of princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of those that were apt for war and for battle was twenty-six thousand men.
8 ¶ Now Benjamin begat Bela, his firstborn, Ashbel, the second, and Aharah, the third,
2 Nohah, the fourth, and Rapha, the fifth.
3 And the sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud,
4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Hiram.
6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers who inhabited Geba, and they were removed to Manahath,
7 That is, Naaman, Ahiah, and Gera; he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.
8 And Shaharaim begat sons in the fields of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara, his wives.
9 And he begat of Hodesh, his wife, Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcham,
10 Jeuz, Shachia, and Mirma. These are his sons, heads of the fathers.
11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.
12 The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof.
13 Beriah also and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath,
14 and Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,
15 Zebadiah, Arad, Ader,
16 Michael, Ispah, and Joha, sons of Beriah,
17 and Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hezeki, Heber;
18 Ishmerai, Jezliah, and Jobab, sons of Elpaal.
19 And Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,
20 Elienai, Zilthai, Eliel,
21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi,
22 and Ishpan, Heber, Eliel,
23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,
24 Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah;
25 Iphedeiah, and Penuel, sons of Shashak,
26 and Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah;
27 and Jaresiah, Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men who dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah,
30 and his firstborn son, Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
31 Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher.
32 And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, next to them.
33 ¶ And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.
35 The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.
36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
37 and Moza begat Binea; Rapha was his son, Eleasah, his son, Azel, his son.
38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39 And the sons of Eshek, his brother: Ulam, his firstborn, Jehush, the second, and Eliphelet, the third.
40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, expert archers who had many sons, and sons’ sons, one hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.
9 ¶ So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies, and behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their rebellion.
2 Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were thus of Israel, as of the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims.
3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the sons of Judah and of the sons of Benjamin and of the sons of Ephraim and Manasseh:
4 Uthai, the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the sons of Pharez, the son of Judah.
5 And of Shiloni: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
6 And of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.
7 And of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu, the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah;
8 and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham; and Elah, the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri; and Meshullam, the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;
9 and their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were heads of the fathers in the houses of their fathers.
10 And of the priests: Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, and Jachin;
11 and Azariah, the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, prince of the house of God;
12 and Adaiah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; and Maasiai, the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
13 and their brethren, heads of the houses of their fathers, one thousand seven hundred and sixty, mighty men of valour for the work of the ministry of the house of God.
14 ¶ And of the Levites: Shemaiah, the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari;
15 and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah, the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph;
16 and Obadiah, the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah, the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
17 And the porters: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren; Shallum was the head.
18 And until now in the companies of the sons of Levi these have been the porters in the king’s gate towards the east.
19 And Shallum, the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren of the house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the ministry, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle; and their fathers, being over the camp of the LORD, were keepers of the entry.
20 And Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, was the captain over them in time past, and the LORD was with him.
21 And Zechariah, the son of Meshelemiah, was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the testimony.
22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve when they were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages, whom David and Samuel, the seer, ordained in their set office.
23 So they and their sons had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards.
24 Towards the four winds were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and Negev.
25 And their brethren, who were in their villages, came every seven days in their set times with them.
26 For these Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office and were over the chambers and treasures of the house of God.
27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them.
28 And certain of them had the charge of the vessels of ministry, that they should account for them when they were brought in and out.
29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels and all the instruments of the sanctuary and the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the frankincense and the spices.
30 And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices.
31 And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum, the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were made in the pans.
32 And other of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to order it every sabbath.
33 And of these there were singers, princes of the fathers of the Levites, who remained in the chambers free from other work; for they were employed in that work day and night.
34 These heads of the fathers of the Levites were heads throughout their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
35 ¶ And in Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife’s name was Maachah;
36 and his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,
37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38 And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren at Jerusalem, next to their brethren.
39 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.
40 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal begat Micah.
41 And the sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.
42 And Ahaz begat Jarah, and Jarah begat Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,
43 and Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
44 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
10 ¶ Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines and fell down slain in Mount Gilboa.
2 And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, the sons of Saul.
3 And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers hit him, and he was wounded of the archers.
4 Then said Saul to his armourbearer, Draw thy sword and thrust me through with it lest these uncircumcised come and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not, for he was sore afraid. Then Saul took a sword and fell upon it.
5 And when his armourbearer saw that Saul was dead, he fell likewise on his sword and died.
6 So Saul died and his three sons and all his house died together.
7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that, they fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, then they forsook their cities and fled, and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.
8 ¶ And it came to pass on the next day, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in Mount Gilboa.
9 And when they had stripped him, they took his head and his weapons and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry tidings unto their idols and to the people.
10 And they put his weapons in the house of their gods and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon.
11 And when all Jabeshgilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul,
12 all the valiant men arose and took away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh and buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.
13 So Saul died for his rebellion which he committed against the LORD, even against the word of the LORD, which he did not keep, and also for consulting a spiritist, to enquire of her
14 and not enquire of the LORD; therefore, he slew him and turned the kingdom unto David, the son of Jesse.
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