1 Chronicles 7–9

The Family Line of Issachar

7The sons of Issachar were

Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron. The total number of sons was four.

²The sons of Tola were

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel. They were the leaders of their families. The total number of fighting men who were listed in the history of the family line of Tola was 22,600. That was when David was king.

³The son of Uzzi was

Izrahiah.

The sons of Izrahiah were

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. ⁴Based on their family history, 36,000 of their men were ready for battle. That’s because they had many wives and children.

⁵The total number of fighting men who belonged to all of the family groups of Issachar was 87,000. The men were listed in their family history.

The Family Line of Benjamin

⁶The three sons of Benjamin were

Bela, Beker and Jediael.

⁷The sons of Bela were

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were the leaders of their families. The total number of sons was five. Their family history listed 22,034 fighting men.

⁸The sons of Beker were

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All of them were the sons of Beker. ⁹Their family history listed the leaders of their families. It also listed 20,200 fighting men.

¹⁰The son of Jediael was

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan were

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. ¹¹All of those sons of Jediael were the leaders of their families. There were 17,200 fighting men who were ready to go to war.

¹²The Shuppites and Huppites belonged to the family line of Ir. The Hushites belonged to the family line of Aher.

The Family Line of Naphtali

¹³The sons of Naphtali were

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem. They belonged to the family line of Bilhah.

The Family Line of Manasseh

¹⁴Here is the family line of Manasseh.

He had a concubine who was from the land of Aram. She had Asriel and Makir by him. Makir was the father of Gilead. ¹⁵Makir got married to a woman from among the Huppites and Shuppites. He had a sister named Maacah.

Another member of Manasseh’s family line was Zelophehad. All he had was daughters.

¹⁶Makir’s wife Maacah had a son by him. She named the boy Peresh. He had a brother named Sheresh. The sons of Sheresh were Ulam and Rakem.

¹⁷The son of Ulam was

Bedan.

Those were the members of the family line of Makir, the son of Manasseh. Gilead was the son of Makir. ¹⁸Gilead’s sister was Hammoleketh. She was the mother of Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.

¹⁹The sons of Shemida were

Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

The Family Line of Ephraim

²⁰Here are the members of the family line of Ephraim.

Shuthelah was Ephraim’s son.

Bered was Shuthelah’s son.

Tahath was Bered’s son.

Eleadah was Tahath’s son.

Tahath was Eleadah’s son.

²¹Zabad was Tahath’s son.

And Shuthelah was Zabad’s son.

Men from Gath killed Ezer and Elead when they went down to steal their livestock. ²²Their father Ephraim sobbed over them for many days. His relatives came to comfort him. ²³Then he made love to his wife. She became pregnant and had a baby boy. Ephraim named him Beriah. That’s because something bad had happened in his family. ²⁴His daughter was Sheerah. She built Lower and Upper Beth Horon. She also built Uzzen Sheerah.

²⁵Rephah was Beriah’s son.

Resheph was Rephah’s son.

Telah was Resheph’s son.

Tahan was Telah’s son.

²⁶Ladan was Tahan’s son.

Ammihud was Ladan’s son.

Elishama was Ammihud’s son.

²⁷Nun was Elishama’s son.

And Joshua was the son of Nun.

²⁸The lands and settlements of the members of Ephraim’s line included Bethel and the villages that were around it. Naaran was on the east. Gezer and its villages were on the west. The lands and settlements included Shechem. They also included the villages that were around Shechem all the way to Ayyah and its villages. ²⁹Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The members of the family line of Joseph lived in those towns. Joseph was the son of Israel.

The Family Line of Asher

³⁰The sons of Asher were

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. They had a sister named Serah.

³¹The sons of Beriah were

Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was the father of Birzaith.

³²Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham and their sister Shua.

³³The sons of Japhlet were

Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. They were Japhlet’s sons.

³⁴The sons of Shomer were

Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.

³⁵The sons of Shomer’s brother Helem were

Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

³⁶The sons of Zophah were

Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.

³⁸The sons of Jether were

Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

³⁹The sons of Ulla were

Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

⁴⁰All of them were members of the family line of Asher. They were the leaders of their families. They were fine men. They were brave fighting men. They were outstanding leaders. The total number of men who were ready for battle was 26,000. They were listed in their family history.

The Family History of Saul

8Benjamin was the father of Bela. Bela was his first son.

Ashbel was his second son. Aharah was the third.

²Nohah was the fourth. And Rapha was the fifth.

³The sons of Bela were

Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.

⁶Here are the members of the family line of Ehud. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Geba. Later, they were taken away from their own land. They were forced to go to Manahath.

⁷The sons of Ehud were Naaman, Ahijah and Gera. Gera took them away from their land. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab. That happened after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹His wife Hodesh had sons by him. Their names were Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. His sons were the leaders of their families. ¹¹His wife Hushim had Abitub and Elpaal by him.

¹²The sons of Elpaal were

Eber, Misham and Shemed. Shemed built Ono and Lod and the villages that were around it. ¹³Beriah and Shema were also sons of Elpaal. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Aijalon. Beriah and Shema drove out the people who were living in Gath.

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

¹⁷Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were other sons of Elpaal.

¹⁹Jakim, Zicri, Zabdi, ²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

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

²⁶Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zicri were the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸All of those men were the leaders of their families. They were listed as chiefs in their family history. They lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹Jeiel lived in the city of Gibeon. He was the father of Gibeon.

Jeiel had a wife named Maacah. ³⁰His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zeker ³²and Mikloth. Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. Mikloth and Shimeah also lived in Jerusalem. They lived near their relatives.

³³Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.

³⁴The son of Jonathan was

Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was the father of Micah.

³⁵The sons of Micah 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. Raphah was Binea’s son. Eleasah was Raphah’s son. And Azel was Eleasah’s son.

³⁸Azel had six sons. Their names were

Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All of them were the sons of Azel.

³⁹Here are the sons of Azel’s brother Eshek.

Ulam was his first son. Jeush was the second. Eliphelet was the third. ⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were brave fighting men. They could handle a bow. They had many sons and grandsons. The total number of sons and grandsons was 150.

All of those men belonged to the family line of Benjamin.

9The whole community of Israel was listed in their family histories. They were written down in the records of the kings of Israel.

The People Who Lived in Jerusalem

The people of Judah were taken away from their own land. They were taken as prisoners to Babylonia. That’s because they weren’t faithful to the Lord. ²The first ones who came back from there were some Israelites, priests, Levites and temple servants. They settled down again in their own towns on their own property.

³Some of them lived in Jerusalem. They included people from Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim and Manasseh.

⁴They included Uthai. He was the son of Ammihud. Ammihud was the son of Omri. Omri was the son of Imri. Imri was the son of Bani. Bani belonged to the family line of Perez. Perez was the son of Judah.

⁵The family line of Shelah included his oldest son Asaiah. It also included the sons of Asaiah.

⁶The family line of Zerah included Jeuel.

The total number of the people of Judah was 690.

⁷The family line of Benjamin included Sallu. He was the son of Meshullam. Meshullam was the son of Hodaviah. Hodaviah was the son of Hassenuah.

⁸Ibneiah was the son of Jeroham. Elah was the son of Uzzi. Uzzi was the son of Micri. Meshullam was the son of Shephatiah. Shephatiah was the son of Reuel. Reuel was the son of Ibnijah.

⁹The total number of the people of Benjamin was 956. They were listed in their family history. All of those men were the leaders of their families.

¹⁰The family line of the priests included Jedaiah, Jehoiarib and Jakin.

¹¹It also included Azariah. He was the son of Hilkiah. Hilkiah was the son of Meshullam. Meshullam was the son of Zadok. Zadok was the son of Meraioth. Meraioth was the son of Ahitub. Azariah was the official who was in charge of the house of God.

¹²Adaiah was the son of Jeroham. Jeroham was the son of Pashhur. Pashhur was the son of Malkijah. Maasai was the son of Adiel. Adiel was the son of Jahzerah.…