1 Chronicles 7

1 Issachar’s four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

Now the sons of Issachar were Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron, four.

2 Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel (OR, Shemuel). They were all leaders of the clans [descended from] them. In the record of Tola’s descendants were the names of 22,600 men who served in the army during the time that David was the king [of Israel].

The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, leaders according to the houses of their kindred. From the stock of Tola, there were numbered, in the days of David, twenty-two thousand six hundred very strong men.

3 Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s five sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. Izrahiah and his sons were all leaders of their clans.

The sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah, from whom were born: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, and Isshiah; all five were leaders.

4 In the record of Izrahiah’s descendants were the names of 36,000 men who served in the army because they had many wives and children.

And with them, by their families and peoples, there were thirty-six thousand very strong men, girded for battle. And they had many wives and children.

5 In the records of the clans descended from Issachar were the names of 87,000 men who served in the army.

Also, their brothers, throughout all the kindred of Issachar, were numbered as eighty-seven thousand, very fit for battle.

6 [Some of the] sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

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

7 Bela’s five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were all leaders of clans. In the records of the clans descended from Bela there were names of 22,034 men who served in the army.

The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth and Iri, five leaders of families, also very fit for battle; and their number was twenty-two thousand thirty-four.

8 Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.

Now 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 In the records of the clans descended from Beker were the names of 20,200 men and leaders of the clans who served in the army.

And they were numbered according to their families, by the leaders of their kindred, very strong in warfare, twenty thousand and two hundred.

10 Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

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

11 They were all leaders of clans descended from them. There were 17,200 of them who served in the army.

All these were sons of Jediael, the leaders of their kindred, very strong men, seventeen thousand and two hundred, going forth to battle.

12 Shuppim and Huppim were descendants of Ir. [One of] the descendants of Aher was Hushim.

Also, Shuppim and Huppim, the sons of Ir; and Hushim, sons of Aher.

13 Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of [Jacob’s slave wife] Bilhah.

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

14 [This is a list of] Manasseh’s descendants. Manasseh had a slave wife who was from Syria. She was the mother of Asriel and Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead.

Also, the son of Manasseh: Asriel. And his concubine, a Syrian, bore Machir, the father of Gilead.

15 Makir [had two wives]. They were from the clans of Huppim and Shuppim. One of Makir’s wives was named Maacah. Another descendant [of Makir] was Zelophehad. Zelophehad [had no sons; he] had only daughters.

Now Machir took wives for his sons, Huppim and Shuppim. And he had a sister named Maacah; but the name of the second was Zelophehad, and daughters were born to Zelophehad.

16 Makir’s wife Maacah gave birth to two sons whom she named Peresh and Sheresh. Sheresh’s sons were Ulam and Rakem.

And Maacah, the wife of Machir, bore a son, and she called his name Peresh. And the name of his brother was Sheresh. And his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 Ulam’s son was Bedan. All those [men were considered to be] descendants of Gilead, who was the son of Makir and grandson of Manasseh.

Then the son of Ulam: Bedan. These are the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

18 Makir’s sister name was Hammoleketh who was the mother of Ishdod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

And his sister, Regina, bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19 [One son of Gilead was] Shemida, whose sons were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Now the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi and Aniam.

20 [This is a list of] the descendants of Ephraim. One son of Ephraim’s was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was [also named] Tahath.

And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, whose son was Zabad,

21 Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah. [Ephraim’s other sons, ] Ezer and Elead, went to Gath [city] to steal some cows and sheep. But they were both killed by some of the men from that city.

and his son was Shuthelah, and his son was Ezer, and also Elead. But the men indigenous to Gath killed them, because they had descended to invade their possessions.

22 Their father Ephraim cried/mourned for them for many days, and his family came to comfort him.

And so their father, Ephraim, mourned for many days; and his brothers arrived, so that they might console him.

23 Then he and his wife had sex [EUP] [again], and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah [which resembles the word ‘trouble’, ] because of the trouble that his family had experienced.

And he entered to his wife; she conceived and bore a son. And he called his name Beriah, because he rose up during a time of evil for his house.

24 Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. Her workers built [three towns]: Lower Beth-Horon, Upper Beth-Horon, and Uzzen-Sheerah.

Now his daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, and also Uzzen-sheerah.

25 [Another] son of Ephraim was Rephah. Rephah’s son was Resheph. Resheph’s son was Telah. Telah’s son was Tahan.

And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah, from whom was born Tahan,

26 Tahan’s son was Ladan. Ladan’s son was Ammihud. Ammihud’s son was Elishama.

who conceived Ladan. And his son was Ammihud, who conceived Elishama,

27 Elishama’s son was Nun. Nun’s son was Joshua, [the man who led the Israelis after Moses died].

from whom was born Nun, who had Joshua as a son.

28 [This is a list of] the cities and areas where the descendants of Ephraim lived: Bethel and the nearby villages; Naaran to the east; Gezer to the west and the nearby villages; and Shechem and the nearby villages. Those villages extended [north] as far as Ayyah and the nearby villages.

Now their possessions and habitations were: Bethel with her daughters, and toward the east, Naaran, and toward the western region, Gezer and her daughters, as well as Shechem with her daughters, as far as Ayyah with her daughters;

29 Along the border of the area where the descendants of Manasseh lived were these towns: Beth-Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the nearby villages. The people who lived in all those places were descendants of Jacob’s son Joseph.

also, beside the sons of Manasseh, Bethshean and her daughters, Taanach and her daughters, Megiddo and her daughters, Dor and her daughters. In these places, there lived the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel.

30 Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.

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

31 Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was the father of Birzaith

And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, the same is the father of Birzaith.

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

Now Heber conceived Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and their sister Shua.

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

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

34 Japhlet’s [younger] brother was Shomer. Shomer’s sons were Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

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

35 Shomer’s [younger] brother was Hotham (OR, Helem). Hotham’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

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

36 Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

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

37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran [whose other name was Jether], and Beera.

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

38 Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

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

39 [Another descendant of Asher was] Ulla, whose sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

Then the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia.

40 All those men were descendants of Asher, and they were all leaders of their clans. They were brave warriors and excellent leaders. In the record of the clans that are descended from Asher are [the names of] 26,000 men who served in the army.

All these were sons of Asher, the leaders of families, elect and very strong rulers among rulers. And the number of those who were of an age that was fit for warfare was twenty-six thousand.