1 Chronicles 8

^aNow Benjamin begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and ^bAharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And the sons of Bela were, ^cAddar, and Gera, and Abihud, ⁴and Abishua, and ^cNaaman, and ^dAhoah, ⁵and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. ⁶And these are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of ^eGeba, and they removed them to ^fManahath: ⁷and ^gNaaman, and ^gAhiah, and ^gGera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. ⁸And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. ⁹And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, ¹⁰and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. ¹¹And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. ¹²The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built ^hiOno, and ^hijLod, with the towns thereof: ¹³Beriah also, and ^kShema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of ^lAijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of ^mGath: ¹⁴and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, ¹⁵and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, ¹⁶and Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of ⁿBeriah; ¹⁷and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of ^oElpaal; ¹⁹and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, ²⁰and Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, ²¹and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; ²²and Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, ²³and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, ²⁴and Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, ²⁵and Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of ^pShashak; ²⁶and Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, ²⁷and Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

^29qAnd at ^rGibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon; whose wife’s name was Maachah: ³⁰and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, ³¹and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. ³²And ^sMikloth begat Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

^33tAnd ^uNer begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchishua, and ^xAbinadab, and Eshbaal. ³⁴And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat ^yMicah. ³⁵And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and 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, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, ^zarchers, and had many sons, and sons’ sons, an hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

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