^8:6These were the descendants of Ehud who were leaders of the families living in Geba who were forced to move to Manahath: ^8:7Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who moved them. Gera² was the father of Uzzah and Ahihud.

^8:8Shaharaim fathered sons in Moab after he divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ^8:9By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, ^8:10Jeuz, Sakia, and Mirmah. These were his sons; they were family leaders. ^8:11By Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal.

^8:12The sons of Elpaal:

Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, as well as its surrounding towns), ^8:13Beriah, and Shema. They were leaders of the families living in Aijalon and chased out the inhabitants of Gath.

^8:14Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ^8:15Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ^8:16Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

^8:17Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ^8:18Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

^8:19Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, ^8:20Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ^8:21Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

^8:22Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ^8:23Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, ^8:24Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ^8:25Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

^8:26Shamsherai, Shechariah, Athaliah, ^8:27Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham. ^8:28These were the family leaders listed in the genealogical records; they lived in Jerusalem.³

^8:29The father of Gibeon⁴ lived in Gibeon; his wife’s name was Maacah. ^8:30His firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal,⁵ Nadab, ^8:31Gedor, Ahio, Zeker, and Mikloth.⁶

^8:32Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.⁷

^8:33Ner was the father of Kish, and Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal.⁸

^8:34The son of Jonathan:

Meribbaal.⁹

Meribbaal was the father of Micah.

^8:35The sons of Micah:

Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

^8:36Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza, ^8:37and Moza was the father of Binea. His son was Raphah, whose son was Eleasah, whose son was Azel.

^8:38Azel had six sons: Azrikam his firstborn,¹⁰ followed by Ishmael, Sheariah,¹¹ Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

^8:39The sons of his brother Eshek:

Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. ^8:40The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers.¹² They had many sons and grandsons, a total of 150.

All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

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Footnotes

1 Aharah is called “Ahiram” in Num 26:38.
2 Heb “he”; the referent (Gera) has been supplied in the translation for clarity.
3 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
4 Some supply the name “Jeiel,” which is not in the (cf. 1 Chr 9:35). The addition of the name here is followed by many English versions (e.g., , , , , , ).
5 Some add “Ner” here (cf. 1 Chr 9:36 and v. 33 below, where Ner is mentioned as the father of Kish). The form וְנֵר (véner) could have been accidentally omitted by homoioarcton since each name in the list has the conjunction prefixed to it. Some English versions follow the here and add “Ner” (e.g., , , ).
6 The Hebrew text omits the name “Mikloth,” but it may have fallen out accidentally by haplography. Note that the name immediately follows at the beginning of v. 32; cf. .
7 Heb “and also they, opposite their brothers, lived in Jerusalem with their brothers.” This redundancy has been removed in the translation.
8 Eshbaal is called “Ishbosheth” in 2 Sam 2:8.
9 Meribbaal is called “Mephibosheth” in 2 Sam 4:4.
10 The Hebrew text has בֹּכְרוּ (bokhéru), which some understand as a name: “Bocheru” (so, e.g., , , , ). But the form should probably be revocalized בְּכֹרוֹ (békhoru, “his firstborn”). A name has accidentally dropped from the list, and a scribe apparently read בֹּכְרוּ as one of the names.
11 The Lucianic recension of the inserts another name here, καὶ Ἀζαριας (kai Azarias, “and Azariah”), presumably to make up the six sons mentioned at the beginning of the verse (see the previous note on “firstborn”). Cf. .
12 Heb “and the sons of Ulam were men, warriors and treaders of a bow.”