1st Chronicles 8

CHAPTER 8

¹Forsooth Benjamin begat Bela his first begotten son, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³And the sons of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

⁴and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,

⁵but also Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶These be the sons of Ehud, princes of [the] kindreds dwelling in Geba, that were translated or brought over into Manahath.

⁷And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he translated them, and he begat Uzza and Ahihud;

⁸and Shaharaim, he begat children in the country of Moab, after that he let go Hushim and Baara, his wives;

⁹and he begat of Hodesh, his new wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

¹⁰also Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma; those be the sons of him, princes in their meines.

¹¹And Hushim begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

¹²And the sons of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham, and Shamed; he builded Ono, and Lod, and his villages;

¹³and Beriah and Shema were princes of [the] kindreds dwelling in Aijalon; these drove away the dwellers of Gath;

¹⁴and Ahio, and Shashak, and Jeremoth,

¹⁵and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

¹⁶Michael forsooth, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;[#8:16 Because of more accurate punctuation, verses 16E-26E are taken from the “Early Version” of the “”; there are no major wording differences with the same verses of the “Later Version”.]

¹⁷Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

¹⁸and Ishmerai, and Jezliah, and Jobab, sons of Elpaal;

¹⁹Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

²⁰and Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

²¹and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi;

²²Ishpan, and Heber, Eliel,

²³and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

²⁴and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

²⁵and Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

²⁶Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

²⁷and Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸These were [the] patriarchs and princes of kindreds, that dwelled in Jerusalem.

²⁹And in Gibeon dwelled Abigibeon, that is, Jehiel, the founder of Gibeon , and Maachah was the name of his wife;

³⁰and his first begotten son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,

³¹and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher,

³²and Mikloth. And Mikloth begat Shimeah; and they dwelled even against their brethren in Jerusalem, with their brethren.

³³And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

³⁴And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Meribbaal begat Micah.

³⁵The sons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

³⁶And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azma-veth, and Zimri. And Zimri begat Moza,

³⁷and Moza begat Binea, whose son was Rapha, of whom was begotten Eleasah, that begat Azel.

³⁸Soothly Azel had six sons by these names, Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan; all these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹And the sons of Eshek, his brother, were Ulam, the first begotten son, and Jehush, the second, and Eliphelet, the third.

⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were full strong men, and bending bow with great strength, and having many sons, and sons of sons, till to an hundred and fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.