1 Chronicles 7:1–16

ISSACHAR’S DESCENDANTS

7Issachar’s sons:^e Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

²Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral families. During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as valiant warriors in their family records.^f

³Uzzi’s son: Izrahiah.

Izrahiah’s sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. ⁴Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the family records of their ancestral families, for they had many wives and children. ⁵Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

BENJAMIN’S DESCENDANTS

⁶Three^g of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

⁷Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

⁸Becher’s sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. ⁹Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families—20,200 valiant warriors.

¹⁰Jediael’s son: Bilhan.

Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were valiant warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army. ¹²Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

NAPHTALI’S DESCENDANTS

¹³Naphtali’s sons:^h Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—Bilhah’s sons.

MANASSEH’S DESCENDANTS

¹⁴Manasseh’sⁱ sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead. ¹⁵Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

¹⁶Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.