1 Chronicles 8

The Family History of Saul

¹Benjamin was the father of

³The sons of Bela were

⁶Here are the members of the family line of Ehud. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Geba. Later, they were taken away from their own land. They were forced to go to Manahath.

⁷The sons of Ehud were

⁸Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab. That happened after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

⁹His wife Hodesh had sons by him. Their names were Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam,

¹⁰Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. His sons were the leaders of their families.

¹¹His wife Hushim had Abitub and Elpaal by him.

¹²The sons of Elpaal were

¹⁴Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

¹⁵Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

¹⁷Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were other sons of Elpaal.

¹⁹Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi,

²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

²¹Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

²²Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

²³Abdon, Zikri, Hanan,

²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

²⁵Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

²⁶Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.

²⁹Jeiel lived in the city of Gibeon. He was the father of Gibeon.

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

³⁴The son of Jonathan was

³⁵The sons of Micah were

³⁸Azel had six sons. Their names were

³⁹Here are the sons of Azel’s brother Eshek.