1 Chronicles 7-8New King James Version (NKJV)
The Family of Issachar
7 The sons of Issachar were Tola,
Puah,[a] Jashub, and
Shimron—four in all.2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi,
Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father’s
house. The sons of Tola were mighty men of
valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was twenty-two
thousand six hundred. 3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah,
and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and
Ishiah. All five of them were chief men. 4 And
with them, by their generations, according to their fathers’ houses, were thirty-six
thousand troops ready for war; for they had many wives and sons.
5 Now their brethren among all the
families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, listed by their
genealogies, eighty-seven thousand in all.
The Family of Benjamin
6 The sons of
Benjamin were Bela, Becher, and Jediael—three in all. 7 The
sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five in all. They were heads
of their fathers’ houses, and they were listed by their
genealogies, twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor.
8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah,
Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jerimoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All
these are the sons of Becher. 9 And
they were recorded by genealogy according to their generations, heads of their
fathers’ houses, twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor. 10 The
son of Jediael was Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush,
Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tharshish, and Ahishahar.
11 All these sons of Jediael were heads
of their fathers’ houses; there were seventeen thousand two
hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle. 12 Shuppim
and Huppim[b] were the
sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher.
The Family of Naphtali
The Family of Manasseh (West)
14 The descendants of Manasseh: his
Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead, the father of Asriel.[e] 15 Machir
took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim,[f] whose name was Maachah.
The name of Gilead’s grandson[g] was Zelophehad,[h] but Zelophehad begot
only daughters. 16 (Maachah the wife of Machir bore
a son, and she called his name Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh,
and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The
son of Ulam was Bedan.) These were the
descendants of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 His sister Hammoleketh bore
Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 And the sons of Shemida were
Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
The Family of Ephraim
20 The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah,
Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eladah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad
his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born
in that land killed them because they came
down to take away their cattle. 22 Then 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 bore a son; and he called his name Beriah,[i] because tragedy had
come upon his house. 24 Now his daughter was Sheerah,
who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah; 25 and
Rephah was his son, as well as Resheph, and
Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Laadan his son, Ammihud
his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun[j]his son, and Joshua his son.
28 Now their possessions and dwelling
places were Bethel and its towns: to the east Naaran, to the
west Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, as far as Ayyah[k] and its towns; 29 and
by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and
its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In
these dwelt the children of Joseph, the son of Israel.
The Family of Asher
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah,
Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. 31 The
sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of
Birzaith.[l]32 And Heber
begot Japhlet, Shomer,[m] Hotham,[n] and their sister
Shua. 33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach,
Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the children of Japhlet. 34 The
sons of Shemer were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And
the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and
Amal. 36 The sons of Zophah were Suah,
Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod,
Shamma, Shilshah, Jithran,[o] and Beera. 38 The
sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. 39 The
sons of Ulla were Arah, Haniel, and Rizia.
40 All these were the
children of Asher, heads of their fathers’ houses, choice men,
mighty men of valor, chief leaders. And they were recorded by genealogies among
the army fit for battle; their number was twenty-six thousand.
The Family Tree of King Saul of Benjamin
8 Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel
the second, Aharah[p] the third, 2 Nohah
the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 The sons of
Bela were Addar,[q]Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua,
Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 These are the sons
of Ehud, who were the heads of the fathers’ houses of the
inhabitants of Geba, and who forced them to move to Manahath: 7 Naaman,
Ahijah, and Gera who forced them to move. He begot Uzza and Ahihud.
8 Also Shaharaim had children in the
country of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives. 9 By
Hodesh his wife he begot Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, 10 Jeuz,
Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of their
fathers’ houses.
11 And by Hushim he begot Abitub and
Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal were Eber,
Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns; 13 and
Beriah and Shema, who were heads of their fathers’ houses of
the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath. 14 Ahio,
Shashak, Jeremoth, 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael,
Ispah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah. 17 Zebadiah,
Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 18 Ishmerai, Jizliah, 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, Antothijah, 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 heads
of the fathers’ houses by their generations, chief men. These
dwelt in Jerusalem.
29 Now the father of Gibeon, whose
wife’s name was Maacah, dwelt at Gibeon. 30 And
his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal,
Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, 32 and
Mikloth, who begot Shimeah.[r] They also dwelt
alongside their relatives in Jerusalem, with their brethren. 33 Ner[s] begot Kish, Kish begot
Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab,[t] and Esh-Baal.[u] 34 The
son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal,[v] and Merib-Baal begot
Micah. 35 The sons of Micah were Pithon,
Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. 36 And Ahaz begot
Jehoaddah;[w]Jehoaddah begot Alemeth,
Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza. 37 Moza
begot Binea, Raphah[x] his son, Eleasah his
son, and Azel his son.
38 Azel had six sons whose
names were these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah,
Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39 And
the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush
the second, and Eliphelet the third.
40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men
of valor—archers. They had many sons and grandsons, one
hundred and fifty in all. These were all sons
of Benjamin.
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