1 Chronicles 7

The Descendants of Issachar

1The sons of Issachar:

Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

2The sons of Tola:

3The son of Uzzi:[#7:3 Hebrew sons; also in verses 10 and 17]

The sons of Izrahiah:

5Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

The Descendants of Benjamin

6The three sons of Benjamin:

Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

7The sons of Bela:

8The sons of Becher:

10The son of Jediael:

The sons of Bilhan:

The Descendants of Naphtali

13The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.

The Descendants of Manasseh

14The descendants of Manasseh:

Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.

15Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah.

Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

17The son of Ulam:

These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

18His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19And these were the sons of Shemida:

The Descendants of Ephraim

20The descendants of Ephraim:

Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

21Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.

22Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

23And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house.[#7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for tragedy or disaster.]

24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

25Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,[#7:25 Some LXX manuscripts; Hebrew does not include his son.]

26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

27Nun his son, and Joshua his son.[#7:27 Or Non]

28Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.[#7:28 Ayyah is another name for Gaza; see also LXX.]

29And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.[#7:29 Beth-shean is a variant of Beth-shan; see 1 Samuel 31:10 and 2 Samuel 21:12.]

The Descendants of Asher

30The children of Asher:

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

31The sons of Beriah:

32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.

33The sons of Japhlet:

34The sons of Shemer:

35The sons of his brother Helem:[#7:35 Helem is possibly another name for Hotham; see verse 32.]

36The sons of Zophah:

38The sons of Jether:

39The sons of Ulla:

40All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.

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