1 Chronicles 8

1 Chronicles 8

¹¶ Now Benjamin begat Bela, his firstborn, Ashbel, the second, and Aharah, the third,

²Nohah, the fourth, and Rapha, the fifth.

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

⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Hiram.

⁶And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers who inhabited Geba, and they were removed to Manahath,

⁷That is, Naaman, Ahiah, and Gera; he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.

⁸And Shaharaim begat sons in the fields of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baara, his wives.

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

¹⁰Jeuz, Shachia, and Mirma. These are his sons, heads of the fathers.

¹¹And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.

¹²The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof.

¹³Beriah also and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath,

¹⁴and Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

¹⁵Zebadiah, Arad, Ader,

¹⁶Michael, Ispah, and Joha, sons of Beriah,

¹⁷and Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hezeki, Heber;

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

¹⁹And Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

²⁰Elienai, Zilthai, Eliel,

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

²²and Ishpan, Heber, Eliel,

²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah;

²⁵Iphedeiah, and Penuel, sons of Shashak,

²⁶and Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah;

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

²⁸These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men who dwelt in Jerusalem.

²⁹And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah,

³⁰and his firstborn son, Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

³¹Gedor, Ahio, and Zacher.

³²And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, next to them.

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

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

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

³⁶And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza,

³⁷and Moza begat Binea; Rapha was his son, Eleasah, his son, Azel, his son.

³⁸And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹And the sons of Eshek, his brother: Ulam, his firstborn, Jehush, the second, and Eliphelet, the third.

⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, expert archers who had many sons, and sons’ sons, one hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.