1 Chronicles 7

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

And, to the sons of Issachar, belonged, Tola and Push, Jashib 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.

And, the sons of Tola, were Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Ibsam and Shemuel, chiefs of their ancestral house, pertaining to Tola, heroes of valour, in their generations, —their number, in the days of David, twenty-two thousand and 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.

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

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.

and, with them by their generations, pertaining to their ancestral house, were bands of a host 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.

and, their brethren, of all the families of Issachar, heroes of great valour, were eighty-seven thousand, when they had, all, registered themselves.

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

Benjamin, Bela and Becher 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.

And, the sons of Bela, Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri, five, chiefs of the ancestral house, heroes of great valour, —who, when they had registered themselves, were twenty-two thousand and 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.

And, the sons of Becher, Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri, and Jeremoth and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these, were sons of Becher.

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

And, when they had registered themselves by their generations, the chiefs of their ancestral house, the heroes of valour, were twenty thousand and 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.

And, the sons of Jediael, Bilhan, —and, the sons of Bilhan, Jeish and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahah.

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—sons of Jediael, by ancestral chiefs, heroes of great valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred, ready to go forth as a host to war: —

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

Shuppim also and Huppim, sons of Ir, Hushim sons of Aher.

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

the sons of Naphtali, Jahziel and Guni, and Jezer and Shallum, 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 wife] bare, —his concubine, the Syrian, bare Machir 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, Machir, took a wife pertaining to Huppim and Shuppim, and, the name of his sister, was Maacah, and, the name of the second, 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.

So then Maacah, wife of Machir, bare a son, and called his name Peresh, and, the name of his brother, was Sheresh, —and, his sons, were Ulam and Rakem;

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

and, the sons of Ulam, Bedan. These, were the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

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

And, his sister, Hammolecheth, bare Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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

And, 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,

And, 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, —but the men of Gath who had been born in the land slew them, because they had come down to take away their cattle.

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

And Ephraim their father mourned many days, —and his brethren 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.

And he went in unto his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, —and he called his name, Beriah, because, in misfortune, was she in his house.

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

And, his daughter, was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, —and Uzzen-sheerah.

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

And Rephah his son, and Resheph, 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.

Non 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;

And, their possessions, and their dwellings, were Bethel, and the villages thereof; and, eastward, Naaran, and, westward, Gezer, and the villages thereof, and Shechem, and the villages thereof, —as far as Aiyah, and the villages thereof; —

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, on the sides of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and the villages thereof, Taanach and the villages thereof, Megiddo and the villages thereof, Dor and the villages thereof. In these, dwelt the sons of Joseph, son of Israel.

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

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

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

And, the sons of Beriah, Heber, and Malchiel, —the same, was the father of Birzaith.

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

And, Heber, begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, —and, Shua, their sister.

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

And, the sons of Japhlet, Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These, were the sons of Japhlet.

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

And, the sons of Shemer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Jahbah, and Aram.

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

And, 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 Beri, and Imrah, —

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

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

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

And, the sons of Jether, Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.

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

And, 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 sons of Asher, chiefs of the ancestral house, choice men, heroes of great valour, chiefs of the leaders, —and, when they registered themselves, in host, for war, the number of the men, was twenty-six thousand.