1 Chronicles 7

1 And of the sons of Issachar: Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.

Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.

2 And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of their families; they were men of war; in the record of their generations their number in the time of David was twenty-two thousand, six hundred.

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred.

3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael and Obadiah and Joel and Isshiah, five; all of them chiefs.

The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them leaders.

4 And with them, recorded in generations by their families, were bands of fighting-men, thirty-six thousand of them, for they had a great number of wives and sons.

With them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the army for war, thirty-six thousand; for they had many wives and sons.

5 And there were recorded among all the families of Issachar, great men of war, eighty-seven thousand.

Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.

6 The sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher and Jediael, three.

The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Beker, and Jediael, three.

7 And the sons of Bela: Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five; heads of their families, great men of war; there were twenty-two thousand and thirty-four of them recorded by their families.

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of ancestral houses, mighty men of valor; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.

8 And the sons of Becher: Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abijah and Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

The sons of Beker: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker.

9 And they were recorded by their generations, heads of their families, great men of war, twenty thousand, two hundred.

They were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.

10 And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar.

The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Kenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11 All these were the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their families, seventeen thousand, two hundred men of war, able to go out with the army for war.

All these were sons of Jediael, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand and two hundred, who were able to go forth in the army for war.

12 And Shuppim and Huppim. The sons of Dan, Hushim his son, one.

And Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, Hushim the son of Aher.

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

The sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem, the sons of Bilhah.

14 The sons of Manasseh by his servant-wife, the Aramaean woman: she gave birth to Machir, the father of Gilead;

The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean secondary wife bore; she bore Makir the father of Gilead.

15 (And Gilead took a wife, whose name was Maacah, and his sister's name was Hammoleketh; ) and the name of his brother was Zelophehad, who was the father of daughters.

And Makir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah; and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 And Maacah, the wife of Gilead, gave birth to a son to whom she gave the name Peresh; and his brother was named Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

Maacah the wife of Makir bore a son, and she named him Parash; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

17 And the son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir the son of Manasseh.

The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.

18 And his sister Hammoleketh was the mother of Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.

His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.

The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

20 And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,

The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son,

21 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead, whom the men of Gath, who had been living in the land from their birth, put to death, because they came down to take away their cattle.

and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.

22 And for a long time Ephraim their father went on weeping for them, and his brothers came to give him comfort.

Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.

23 After that, he had connection with his wife, and she became with child and gave birth to a son, to whom his father gave the name of Beriah, because trouble had come on his family.

He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come to his house.

24 And his daughter was Sheerah, the builder of Beth-horon the lower and the higher, and Uzzen-sheerah.

His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.

25 And Rephah was his son, and Resheph; his son was Telah, and his son was Tahan;

Rephah was his son, and Resheph his son, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

26 Ladan was his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

27 Nun his son, Joshua his son.

Nun his son, Joshua his son.

28 Their heritage and their living-places were Beth-el and its daughter-towns, and Naaran to the east, and Gezer to the west, with its daughter-towns, as well as Shechem and its daughter-towns as far as Azzah and its daughter-towns;

Their possessions and habitations were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Aiah and its towns;

29 And by the limits of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its daughter-towns, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, with their daughter-towns. In these the children of Joseph, the son of Israel, were living.

and by the borders of the people of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Ibleam and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In these lived the people of Joseph the son of Israel.

30 The sons of Asher: Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and Serah, their sister.

The sons of Asher: Jimnah, and Jishvah, and Jishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

31 And the sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

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

Heber became the father of Japhlet, and Shemer, and Helem, and Shua their sister.

33 And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.

The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.

34 And the sons of Shomer: Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.

The sons of Shemer his brother: Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.

35 And the sons of Hotham, his brother: Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal.

The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah: Suah and Harnepher and Shual and Beri and Imrah,

The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual. And the sons of Imna:

37 Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera.

Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Jether, and Beera.

38 And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara.

The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.

39 And the sons of Ulla: Arah and Hanniel and Rizia.

The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.

40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their families, specially strong men of war, chiefs of the rulers. They were recorded in the army for war, twenty-six thousand men in number.

All these were the people of Asher, heads of ancestral houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.