1 Chronicles 7

The descendants of Issachar

¹The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four in all.^a

²The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Shemuel. They were heads of their ancestral families descended from Tola, mighty warriors listed by their generations. In the days of David they numbered 22,600.

³The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. ⁴Along with them, by their generations and ancestral families, there were 36,000 troops ready for war, for they had many wives and children. ⁵Their relatives in all the clans of Issachar were mighty warriors. In all, 87,000 of them were registered in the genealogies.

The descendants of Benjamin

⁶The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher and Jediael, three in all.^{b 7}The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, five in all. They were heads of ancestral families, mighty warriors, and 22,034 were registered in their genealogies.

⁸The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. ⁹Registered in their genealogies by their generations, as heads of their ancestral families, were 20,200 mighty warriors.

¹⁰The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.^{c 11}All these were sons of Jediael, listed by the heads of their families: 17,200 mighty warriors ready to go out to war. ¹²Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim was the son of Aher.^{d 13}The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum. These were descendants of Bilhah.

The descendants of Manasseh

¹⁴The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore, and Machir the father of Gilead, whom his Aramean concubine bore.^{e 15}Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, and his sister’s name was Maacah. The second was named Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.^{f 16}Maacah, the wife of Machir, gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. ¹⁷The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the descendants of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh. ¹⁸His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah. ¹⁹The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

The descendants of Ephraim

²⁰The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, ²¹Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and also Ezer and Elead. The men of Gath who were born in that land killed Ezer and Elead, because they went down to take their livestock.^{g 22}Ephraim their father mourned for many days, and his relatives came to console him. ²³Then he lay with his wife, and she became pregnant and bore a son. He named him Beriah, because disaster had come upon his family.^{h 24}His daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, and also Uzzen-sheerah. ²⁵Rephah was his son, and also Resheph; then Telah his son, Tahan his son, ²⁶Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷Nun his son and Joshua his son. ²⁸Their land and settlements were Bethel with its villages, Naaran on the east, Gezer with its villages on the west, and Shechem with its villages as far as Ayyah with its villages.^{i 29}Along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, each with its villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel made their homes in these towns.

The descendants of Asher

³⁰The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah, and their sister Serah. ³¹The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.^{j 32}Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham, and of their sister Shua. ³³The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. ³⁴The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.^{k 35}The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal. ³⁶The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera. ³⁸The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa and Ara. ³⁹The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. ⁴⁰All these were descendants of Asher, heads of ancestral families, choice men, mighty warriors, chief among the leaders. The number of men registered in their genealogies for service in war was 26,000.