¹The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn , but because he defiled his father ’s couch , his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel ; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the birthright .

²For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince ; but the birthright was Joseph ’s)—

³the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel : Hanoch , Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi .

⁴The sons of Joel : Shemaiah his son , Gog his son , Shimei his son ,

⁵Micah his son , Reaiah his son , Baal his son ,

⁶and Beerah his son , whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive . He was prince of the Reubenites .

⁷His brothers by their families , when the genealogy of their generations was listed : the chief , Jeiel , and Zechariah ,

⁸and Bela the son of Azaz , the son of Shema , the son of Joel , who lived in Aroer , even to Nebo and Baal Meon;

⁹and he lived eastward even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates , because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead .

¹⁰In the days of Saul , they made war with the Hagrites , who fell by their hand ; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead .

¹¹The sons of Gad lived beside them in the land of Bashan to Salecah :

¹²Joel the chief , Shapham the second , Janai , and Shaphat in Bashan .

¹³Their brothers of their fathers’ houses : Michael , Meshullam , Sheba , Jorai , Jacan , Zia , and Eber , seven .

¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri , the son of Jaroah , the son of Gilead , the son of Michael , the son of Jeshishai , the son of Jahdo , the son of Buz;

¹⁵Ahi the son of Abdiel , the son of Guni , chief of their fathers’ houses .

¹⁶They lived in Gilead in Bashan and in its towns , and in all the pasture lands of Sharon as far as their borders .

¹⁷All these were listed by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel .

¹⁸The sons of Reuben , the Gadites , and the half-tribe of Manasseh , of valiant men , men able to bear buckler and sword , able to shoot with bow , and skilful in war , were forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty that were able to go out to war .

¹⁹They made war with the Hagrites , with Jetur , and Naphish , and Nodab .

²⁰They were helped against them , and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand , and all who were with them ; for they cried to God in the battle , and he answered them because they put their trust in him .

²¹They took away their livestock : of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.

²²For many fell slain , because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity .

²³The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon , Senir , and Mount Hermon .

²⁴These were the heads of their fathers’ houses : Epher , Ishi , Eliel, Azriel , Jeremiah , Hodaviah , and Jahdiel —mighty men of valour , famous men , heads of their fathers’ houses .

²⁵They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed before them .

²⁶So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites , the Gadites , and the half-tribe of Manasseh , and brought them to Halah , Habor , Hara , and to the river of Gozan , to this day .