Benjamin’s line

¹Benjamin was the father of Bela his oldest son, Ashbel his second son, Aharah the third,

²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³Bela had a family: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶This was Ehud’s family. They were heads of households of the inhabitants of Geba, who were sent into exile to Manahath.

⁷Gera sent them into exile and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.[#8.7 MT Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera]

⁸Shaharaim had children in the country of Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

⁹He had children with his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

¹⁰Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of households.

¹¹He also had children with Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

¹²Elpaal’s family: Eber, Misham, Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns,

¹³Beriah, and Shema. They were heads of households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.

¹⁴Their brothers were Shashak and Jeremoth.[#8.14 LXX; MT Ahio]

¹⁵Beriah’s family: Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha.

¹⁷Elpaal’s family: Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab.

¹⁹Shimei’s family: Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath.

²²Shashak’s family: Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

²⁴Hananiah, Omri, Elam, Anthothijah,[#8.24 LXX; MT lacks]

²⁵Iphdeiah, and Penuel.

²⁶Jeroham’s family: Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri.

²⁸These were the heads of households, in their generations. They were leaders who lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹Jeiel, Gibeon’s father, lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah;[#8.29 LXX; MT lacks]

³⁰his oldest son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,[#8.30 LXX; MT lacks]

³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, and Mikloth.

³²Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. These also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.[#8.32 Syr; MT adds with their relatives.]

³³Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

³⁴Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was Micah’s father.

³⁵Micah’s family: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

³⁶Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah; Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri was the father of Moza.

³⁷Moza was the father of Binea; his son was Raphah, his son Eleasah, and his son Azel.

³⁸Azel had six sons, named Azrikam, his oldest, Ishmael, Sheariah, Azariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were in Azel’s family.[#8.38 LXX, Tg; MT Bocheru; #8.38 LXX; MT lacks]

³⁹His brother Eshek’s family: Ulam his oldest, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

⁴⁰Ulam’s family were mighty warriors and archers, having many children and grandchildren—150 in all and all were Benjaminites.