1 Chronicles 7–9

The Descendants of Issachar

7The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. ²The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses; for Tola, mighty warriors of their generations, their number in the days of David were twenty-two thousand six hundred. ³The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah; all five of them were chiefs.^{a 4}And in addition to them, according to their generations, according to the house of their fathers, were troops of the army for war: thirty-six thousand. For they had^b many wives and sons. ⁵Now their kinsmen belonging to all the clans of Issachar were in all eighty-seven thousand mighty warriors, enrolled according to their genealogy.

The Descendants of Benjamin

⁶The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker, and Jediael, three. ⁷The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five, the heads of the house of the fathers, mighty warriors. And their enrollment by genealogy was twenty-two thousand thirty-four. ⁸The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker. ⁹And their enrollment by genealogy according to their generations, as heads of the house of their fathers, mighty warriors, was twenty thousand two hundred. ¹⁰The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these were the sons of Jediael according to the heads of the families,^c mighty warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, able to go to war.^{d 12}And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim, the son of Aher.

The Descendants of Naphtali

¹³The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the descendants^e of Bilhah.

The Descendants of Manasseh

¹⁴The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead. ¹⁵And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim. And the name of his sister was Maacah. And the name of the second, Zelophehad. And Zelophehad had daughters. ¹⁶And Maacah the wife of Machir gave birth to a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. ¹⁷The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh. ¹⁸And his sister, Hammolecheth, gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

The Descendants of Ephraim

²⁰The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, ²¹Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath who were born in the land killed them because they came down to take their livestock. ²²And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. ²³And Ephraim went in to his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. And he called his name Beriah because disaster had been upon his house. ²⁴And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built Lower and Upper Beth-Horon and Uzzen-Sheerah. ²⁵And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son, ²⁶Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷Nun his son, Joshua his son. ²⁸And their property and their dwellings were Bethel and its towns.^f And to the east, Naaran. And to the west, Gezer and its towns, and Shechem and its towns, up to Aija and its towns. ²⁹And along the borders of the sons of Manasseh: Beth-Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

The Descendants of Asher

³⁰The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. ³¹The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzayith.^{g 32}And Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. ³³The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet. ³⁴The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. ³⁵The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara. ³⁹The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. ⁴⁰All of these were the sons of Asher, heads of the house of the fathers, chosen mighty warriors, heads of the princes. And their number enrolled by genealogy, in the army for the war, was twenty-six thousand men.

The Genealogy of Saul

8Now Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram. ⁶And these are the sons of Ehud (these were heads of the families^a for the inhabitants of Geba, and they took them away to Manahath): ⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who took them away. And he fathered Uzza and Ahihud. ⁸And Shaharaim fathered children in the fields of Moab after he had sent them away—Hushim and Baara, his wives. ⁹And he fathered by Hodesh his wife Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of the families.^{b 11}And by Husham he fathered Abitub and Elpaal. ¹²The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (he built Ono and Lod with its towns),^{c 13}and Beriah and Shema who were the heads of the families^d of the inhabitants of Aijalon (they themselves chased away the inhabitants of Gath). ¹⁴Now Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were sons of Beriah. ¹⁷And Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal. ¹⁹And Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, ²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei. ²²And Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Antothijah, ²⁵Iphdeiah, and Penuel^e were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶And Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These were the heads of the families^f according to their generations, chiefs. These lived in Jerusalem. ²⁹And Jeiel^g the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. And the name of his wife was Maacah. ³⁰And his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, ³²and Mikloth (he fathered Shimeah). Now these also lived nearby their brothers in Jerusalem with their kinsmen. ³³And Ner fathered Kish, and Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. ³⁴And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah. ³⁵And the sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶And Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. And Zimri fathered Moza. ³⁷And Moza fathered Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son. ³⁸And Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, and they had many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty. All these were Benjaminites.

The Genealogy of Returned Exiles

9So all Israel was enrolled in genealogy. And behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel. And Judah was taken away to Babylon on account of their sin. ²Now the first inhabitants who were settled on their property in their cities in Israel were the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants. ³And some of the people of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh lived in Jerusalem: ⁴Uthai the son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani,^a from the sons of Perez,^b the son of Judah. ⁵And from the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons. ⁶And from the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their brethren, six hundred and ninety. ⁷And from the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah; ⁸Ibneah the son of Jeroham; Elah the son of Uzzi, son of Michri; Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah; ⁹and their brethren according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty-six. All these men were the heads of the families^c in the house of their fathers.

¹⁰And from the priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jakin; ¹¹Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the commander of the house of God; ¹²Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malkijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer; ¹³and their kinsmen, heads of the house of their fathers, one thousand seven hundred and sixty mighty men for the work of the service of the house of God.

¹⁴And from the Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari; ¹⁵Bakbakkar; Heresh; Galal; Mattaniah the son of Mica, son of Zicri, son of Asaph; ¹⁶Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah the son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of Netophathite.

¹⁷And the gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their brethren (Shallum was the chief); ¹⁸until then they were gatekeepers at the gate of the king on the east side toward the camps of the Levites. ¹⁹And Shallum the son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen of the house of his fathers, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, the guardians of the entrances to the tent, and their fathers were over the camp of Yahweh, guardians of the entrance. ²⁰And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the leader over them in time past;^d Yahweh was with him. ²¹Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper at the doorway to the tent of assembly.^{e 22}All of them were chosen as gatekeepers at the entrances, two hundred and twelve. They…