1 Chronicles 4–8

Chapter 4

The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi and Hur, and Sobal.

²And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.

³And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, And Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.

⁴And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.

⁵And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara:

⁶And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these are the sons of Naara.

⁷And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.

⁸And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, and the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum.

⁹And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.

¹⁰And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.

¹¹And Caleb the brother of Sua begot Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.

¹²And Esthon begot Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna father of the city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.

¹³And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.

¹⁴Maonathi begot Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.

¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.

¹⁶The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria and Asrael.

¹⁷And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begot Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

¹⁸And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wife.

¹⁹And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.

²⁰The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

²¹The sons of Sela the son of Juda: Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen in the House of oath.

²²And he that made the sun to stand, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were princes in Moab, and who returned into Lahem. Now these are things of old.

²³These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.

²⁴The sons of Simeon: Namuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:

²⁵Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.

²⁶The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son.

²⁷The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.

²⁸And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,

²⁹And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,

³⁰And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,

³¹And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

³²Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

³³And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.

³⁴And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josaphat, the son of Amasias,

³⁵And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel,

³⁶And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia,

³⁷Ziza also the son of Sephei the son of Allon the son of Idaia the son of Semri the son of Samaia.

³⁸These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.

³⁹And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.

⁴⁰And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.

⁴¹And these whose names are written above, came in the days of Ezechias king of Juda: and they beat down their tents, and slew the inhabitants that were found there, and utterly destroyed them unto this day: and they dwelt in their place, because they found there fat pastures.

⁴²Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men, went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:

⁴³And they slew the remnant of the Amalecites, who had been able to escape, and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day.

Chapter 5

Now the sons of Ruben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was his firstborn: but forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his first birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, and he was not accounted for the firstborn.

²But of the race of Juda, who was the strongest among his brethren, came the princes: but the first birthright was accounted to Joseph.)

³The sons then of Ruben the firstborn of Israel were Enoch, and Phallu, Esron, and Charmi.

⁴The sons of Joel: Samaia his son, Gog his son, Semei his son,

⁵Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

⁶Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben.

⁷And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias.

⁸And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.

⁹And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad.

¹⁰And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all the country, that looketh to the east of Galaad.

¹¹And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Basan, as far as Selcha:

¹²Johel the chief, and Saphan the second: and Janai, and Saphat in Basan.

¹³And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.

¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jara, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of Buz.

¹⁵And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house in their families,

¹⁶And they dwelt in Galaad, and in Basan and in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Saron, unto the borders.

¹⁷All these were numbered in the days of Joathan king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸The Sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to war.

¹⁹They fought against the Agarites: but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab,

²⁰Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

²¹And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand souls.

²²And many fell down slain: for it was the battle of the Lord. And they dwelt in their stead till the captivity.

²³And the children of the half tribe of Manasses possessed the land, from the borders of Basan unto Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and mount Hermon, for their number was great.

²⁴And these were the heads of the house of their kindred, Epher, and Jesi, and Eliel, and Esriel, and Jeremia, and Odoia, and Jediel, most valiant and powerful men, and famous chiefs in their families.

²⁵But they forsook the God of their fathers, and went astray after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them.

²⁶And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Phul king of the Assyrians. and the spirit of Thelgathphalnasar king of Assur: and he carried away Ruben, and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses, and brought them to Lahela, and to Habor, and to Ara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

Chapter 6

The sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

²The Sons of Caath: Amram, Isaar, Hebron, and Oziel.

³The children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Mary. The Sons of Aaron: Nadab and Abiu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

⁴Eleazar begot Phinees, and Phinees begot Abisue,

⁵And Abisue begot Bocci, and Bocci begot Ozi.

⁶Ozi begot Zaraias, and Zaraias begot Maraioth.

⁷And Maraioth begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob.

⁸Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas.

⁹Achimaas begot Azarias, Azarias begot Johanan,

¹⁰Johanan begot Azarias. This is he that executed the priestly office in the house which Solomon built in Jerusalem.

¹¹And Azarias begot Amarias, and Amarias begot Achitob.

¹²And Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Sellum,

¹³Sellum begot Helcias, and Helcias begot Azarias,

¹⁴Azarias begot Saraias, and Saraias begot Josedec.

¹⁵Now Josedec went out, when the Lord carried away Juda, and Jerusalem, by the hands of Nabuchodonosor.

¹⁶So the sons of Levi were Gerson, Caath, and Merari.

¹⁷And these are the names of the sons of Gerson: Lobni and Semei.

¹⁸The sons of Caath: Amram, and Isaar, and Hebron, and Oziel.

¹⁹The sons of Merari: Moholi and Musi. And these are the kindreds of Levi according to their families.

²⁰Of Gerson: Lobni his son, Jahath his son, Zamma his son,

²¹Joah his son, Addo his son, Zara his son, Jethrai his son.

²²The sons of Caath, Aminadab his son, Core his son, Asir his son,

²³Elcana his son, Abiasaph his son,…