1 Chronicles 4–8

The Family of Judah

4The sons of Judah were ^aPerez, Hezron, ¹Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ²And ²Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. ³These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; ⁴and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the sons of ^bHur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.

⁵And ^cAshhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; ⁸and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹Now Jabez was ^dmore honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name ³Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” ¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my ⁴territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

¹¹Chelub the brother of ^eShuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of ⁵Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz were ^fOthniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were ⁶Hathath, ¹⁴and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of ^gGe Harashim, ⁷for they were craftsmen. ¹⁵The sons of ^hCaleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was ⁸Kenaz. ¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And ⁹Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸(¹His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the ⁱMaachathite. ²⁰And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹The sons of ^jShelah ^kthe son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; ²²also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the ²records are ancient. ²³These were the potters and those who dwell at ³Netaim and ⁴Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

The Family of Simeon

²⁴The ^lsons of Simeon were ⁵Nemuel, Jamin, ⁶Jarib, ⁷Zerah, and Shaul, ²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. ²⁶And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son. ²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, ^mnor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.

²⁸They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, ²⁹⁸Bilhah, Ezem, ⁹Tolad, ³⁰Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹Beth Marcaboth, ¹Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. ³²And their villages were ²Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—³³and all the villages that were around these cities as far as ³Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy: ³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah; ³⁵Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel; ³⁶Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah; ³⁷Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—³⁸these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their father’s house increased greatly.

³⁹So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.

⁴¹These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they ⁿattacked ⁴their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and ^outterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. ⁴²Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. ⁴³And they ⁵defeated ^pthe rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.

The Family of Reuben

5Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—^ahe was indeed the firstborn, but because he ^bdefiled his father’s bed, ^chis birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright; ²yet ^dJudah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ^eruler, although ¹the birthright was Joseph’s—³the sons of ^fReuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

⁴The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶and Beerah his son, whom ²Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria ^gcarried into captivity. He was leader of the Reubenites. ⁷And his brethren by their families, ^hwhen the genealogy of their generations was registered: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, ⁸and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in ⁱAroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon. ⁹Eastward they settled as far as the ³entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had ⁴multiplied ^jin the land of Gilead.

¹⁰Now in the days of Saul they made war ^kwith the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead.

The Family of Gad

¹¹And the ^lchildren of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of ^mBashan as far as ⁿSalcah: ¹²Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan, ¹³and their brethren of their father’s house: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all. ¹⁴These were the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; ¹⁵Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their father’s house. ¹⁶And the Gadites dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its villages, and in all the ⁵common-lands of ^oSharon within their borders. ¹⁷All these were registered by genealogies in the days of ^pJotham king of Judah, and in the days of ^qJeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, who went to war. ¹⁹They made war with the Hagrites, ^rJetur, Naphish, and Nodab. ²⁰And ^sthey were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they ^tcried out to God in the battle. He ⁶heeded their prayer, because they ^uput their trust in Him. ²¹Then they took away their livestock—fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys—also one hundred thousand of their men; ²²for many fell dead, because the war ^vwas God’s. And they dwelt in their place until ^wthe captivity.

The Family of Manasseh (East)

²³So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to ^xSenir, or Mount Hermon. ²⁴These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their fathers’ houses.

²⁵And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and ^yplayed the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. ²⁶So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of ^zPul king of Assyria, that is, ^aTiglath-Pileser ⁷king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to ^bHalah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.

The Family of Levi

6The sons of Levi were ^aGershon, ¹Kohath, and Merari. ²The sons of Kohath were Amram, ^bIzhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ³The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were ^cNadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁴Eleazar begot Phinehas, and Phinehas begot Abishua; ⁵Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi; ⁶Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth; ⁷Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; ^8dAhitub begot ^eZadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz; ⁹Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan; ¹⁰Johanan begot Azariah (it was he ^fwho ministered as priest in the ^gtemple ²that Solomon built in Jerusalem); ^11hAzariah begot ⁱAmariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub; ¹²Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot ³Shallum; ¹³Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah; ¹⁴Azariah begot ^jSeraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadak. ¹⁵Jehozadak went into captivity ^kwhen the Lord carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶The sons of Levi were ^lGershon, ⁴Kohath, and Merari. ¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon: Libni and Shimei. ¹⁸The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel. ¹⁹The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers: ²⁰Of Gershon were Libni his son, Jahath his son, ^mZimmah his son, ²¹⁵Joah his son, ⁶Iddo his son, Zerah his son, and ⁷Jeatherai his son. ²²The sons of Kohath were ⁸Amminadab his son, ⁿKorah his son, Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son, Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, ²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his son. ²⁵The sons of…