1 Chronicles 8

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.