1 Chronicles 7–9

7TH CHAPTER

Issachar’s Descendants

¹Issachar’s four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. ²Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. These men were heads of the families of Tola. They were soldiers grouped according to their ancestry. In David’s day there were 22,600 of them. ³The five descendants of Uzzi were Izrahiah and Izrahiah’s sons Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All of them were heads ⸤of families⸥. ⁴They had many wives and children. So in addition to these men grouped according to their ancestry and families, there were 36,000 soldiers. ⁵Their relatives (that is, all of Issachar’s families) were fighting men. A total of 87,000 of them was recorded in the genealogy. 

Benjamin’s Descendants

⁶Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. ⁷Bela’s five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families and fighting men. In the genealogy 22,034 of them were recorded. ⁸Becher’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. These were all of Becher’s sons. ⁹In the genealogy 22,200 of them were recorded according to their ancestry (the heads of their families and fighting men). ¹⁰Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All of these men were Jediael’s descendants. They headed families that produced 17,200 fighting men who could go to war. ¹²The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir’s descendants. The Hushites were descendants of someone else. 

Naphtali’s Descendants

¹³Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. They were Bilhah’s grandsons. 

Manasseh’s Descendants Who Lived West of the Jordan River

¹⁴Manasseh’s sons were Asriel and Machir. Their mother was Manasseh’s Aramean concubine.^aMachir was the first to settle Gilead. ¹⁵He married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His wife’s^bname was Maacah. The name of his second son was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters. ¹⁶Maacah, Machir’s wife, had a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh, whose sons were Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷Ulam’s son was Bedan. These were the people of Gilead, descendants of Machir (son of Manasseh). ¹⁸Bedan’s sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹Shemida’s sons were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. 

Ephraim’s Descendants

²⁰Ephraim’s son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was Tahath. ²¹Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah. 

Ephraim’s sons Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath when they came to take their livestock. ²²Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, even though his brothers tried to comfort him. ²³Then he slept with his wife, and she became pregnant. She gave birth to a son, and Ephraim named him Beriah ^[Tragedy^[, because tragedy had come to his home. ²⁴Beriah’s daughter was Sheerah, who built Upper and Lower Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah. ²⁵Beriah’s son was Rephah. Rephah’s son was Resheph. Resheph’s son was Telah. Telah’s son was Tahan. ²⁶Tahan’s son was Ladan. Ladan’s son was Ammihud. Ammihud’s son was Elishama. ²⁷Elishama’s son was Nun. Nun’s son was Joshua. 

²⁸The land and homes of Ephraim’s descendants were in Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer with its villages to the west, Shechem and its villages, and as far as Gaza and its villages. ²⁹Next to Manasseh were Beth Shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The descendants of Joseph, son of Israel, live in these cities. 

Asher’s Descendants

³⁰Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. ³¹Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel, who first settled Birzaith. ³²Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. ³³Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons. ³⁴The sons of his brother Shomer were Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. ³⁵His brother Helem’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilsha, Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. ³⁹Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. ⁴⁰All of these men were Asher’s descendants—heads of their families, outstanding men, soldiers, and distinguished leaders. Their military roster had 26,000 recorded in it. 

8TH CHAPTER

Benjamin’s Descendants

¹Benjamin was the father of Bela (his firstborn), Ashbel (his second son), Aharah (his third son), ²Nohah (his fourth son), and Rapha (his fifth son). ³Bela’s sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. 

⁶These were Ehud’s sons, who were heads of the families living in Geba and who were taken away as captives to Manahath: ⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera led the rest of them away as captives. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud. 

⁸Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. But later in Moab, ⁹he and his wife Hodesh had the following sons: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. All of Shaharaim’s sons became heads of families. ¹¹He and Hushim were the parents of Abitub and Elpaal. ¹²Elpaal’s sons were Eber, Misham, and Shemed (who built Ono, Lod, and Lod’s villages). 

¹³Beriah and Shema were the heads of the families who lived in Aijalon. They forced out the people living in Gath. ¹⁴Their brothers^awere Shashak and Jeremoth. ¹⁵Beriah’s sons were Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha. ¹⁷Elpaal’s sons were Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab. ¹⁹Shimei’s sons were Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. ²²Shashak’s sons were Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵Iphdeiah, and Penuel. ²⁶Jeroham’s sons were Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri. ²⁸These were the heads of families listed by their ancestry. They were the heads of families. They lived in Jerusalem. 

²⁹Jeiel,^bwho first settled Gibeon, lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah. ³⁰His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, ³²and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They lived next to their relatives in Jerusalem. ³³Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. ³⁴Jonathan’s son was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal was the father of Micah. ³⁵Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷Moza was the father of Binea. Binea’s son was Raphah. Raphah’s son was Eleasah. Eleasah’s son was Azel. ³⁸Azel had six sons. Their names were Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All of these men were Azel’s sons. ³⁹His brother Eshek’s sons were Ulam (the firstborn), Jeush (the second son), and Eliphelet (the third son). ⁴⁰Ulam’s sons were soldiers, skilled archers. They had many sons and grandsons, 150 in all. All of these men were Benjamin’s descendants. 

9TH CHAPTER

The People Who Lived in Jerusalem

¹All Israel was recorded in the genealogies in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The Israelites were taken away to Babylon as captives because they had sinned. ²The first to settle again on their property in their own cities were ⸤some⸥ Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants. 

³Jerusalem was settled by descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh: 

⁴From the descendants of Perez, son of Judah, was Uthai, who was the son of Ammihud, grandson of Omri, and great-grandson of Imri. (Imri’s father was Bani.) ⁵From the descendants of Shilah were Asaiah (the firstborn) and his sons. ⁶And from the descendants of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, 690 in all. 

⁷From the descendants of Benjamin were Sallu (son of Meshullam, grandson of Hodaviah, and great-grandson of Hassenuah), ⁸Ibneiah (son of Jeroham), Elah (son of Uzzi and grandson of Michri), and Meshullam (son of Shephatiah, grandson of Reuel, and great-grandson of Ibniah), ⁹and their relatives according to their ancestry. All of these men were heads of their families. A total of 956 of them lived in Jerusalem. 

¹⁰From the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, ¹¹and Azariah. Azariah was the son of Hilkiah, grandson of Meshullam, and great-grandson of Zadok. Zadok’s father was Meraioth, the son of Ahitub (the official in charge of God’s temple). ¹²Also from the priests were Adaiah (son of Jeroham, grandson of Pashhur, and great-grandson of Malchiah) and Maasai (son of Adiel, grandson of Jahzerah, and great-grandson of Meshullam, whose father was Meshillemith, son of Immer). ¹³Their relatives who were heads of their families totaled 1,760 soldiers. They served in God’s temple and settled in Jerusalem. 

¹⁴From the Levites descended from Merari were Shemaiah (son of Hasshub, grandson of Azrikam, and great-grandson of Hashabiah), ¹⁵Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, Mattaniah (son of Mica, grandson of Zichri, and great-grandson of Asaph), ¹⁶Obadiah (son of Shemaiah, grandson of Galal, and great-grandson of Jeduthun), and Berechiah (son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who lived in the villages belonging to the Netophathites). 

¹⁷The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. (Shallum was in charge.) ¹⁸Formerly, they were stationed at the king’s gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers for the Levite quarters. 

¹⁹Shallum (son of Kore, grandson of Ebiasaph, great-grandson of Korah) and the members of his family (Korah’s descendants) were responsible for serving as watchmen at the entrances to the tent, as their ancestors had been in charge of guarding the entrances to the Lord’s camp. ²⁰(Phinehas, Eleazar’s son, had been the…