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More descendants of Benjamin

¹Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth.

³Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.^{a 6}These were the sons of Ehud, who were heads of families among those living in Geba and who were taken away into exile to Manahath:^{bc 7}Naaman, Ahijah and Gera. Gera was the one who took them into exile, and he was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud.^{d 8}Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away his wives Hushim and Baara.^{e 9}By his wife Hodesh he was the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Sachia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families. ¹¹By Hushim he had been the father of Abitub and Elpaal. ¹²The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham and Shemed; he built Ono, and Lod with the villages around it. ¹³Beriah and Shema were heads of families among those who lived in Aijalon, and they drove out the people of Gath.^{f 14}Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,^{g 15}Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah. ¹⁷Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. ¹⁹Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. ²²Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These were heads of families, listed by their generations, and they were leading men. They lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹The father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah.^{h 30}His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahio and Zecher. ³²Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. These also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem, alongside their kinsmen.

The family of Saul

³³Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-baal.^{ij 34}The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.^k

³⁵The sons of Micah: 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; Binea’s son was Raphah, his son Eleasah, and his son Azel. ³⁸Azel had six sons, whose names were Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All of these were Azel’s sons.^{l 39}The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were mighty warriors, skilled archers. They had many sons and grandsons, 150 altogether. All these belonged to the descendants of Benjamin.