The First Book of Chronicles, starting at chapter 7
{7:1} Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron,
four. {7:2} The sons of Tola: Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and
Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, [to
wit], of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations: their number
in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. {7:3} The
sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah,
and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men. {7:4} 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. {7:5}
Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of
valor, reckoned in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand. {7:6}
[The sons of] Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. {7:7}
The sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri,
five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valor; and they were
reckoned by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four. {7:8} The sons
of Becher: Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri,
and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were
the sons of Becher. {7:9} They were reckoned by genealogy, after their
generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valor,
twenty thousand two hundred. {7:10} The sons of Jediael: Bilhan. The
sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and
Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. {7:11} All these were sons of
Jediael, according to the 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. {7:12} Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons
of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher. {7:13} The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel,
and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. {7:14} The sons
of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore: she bore
Machir the father of Gilead: {7:15} and Machir 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. {7:16} Maacah the
wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of
his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. {7:17} The
sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir,
the son of Manasseh. {7:18} His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and
Abiezer, and Mahlah. {7:19} The sons of Shemida were Ahian, and
Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. {7:20} The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah,
and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath
his son, {7:21} 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. {7:22} Ephraim
their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
{7:23} He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and
he named him Beriah, because it went evil with his house. {7:24} His
daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper,
and Uzzen Sheerah. {7:25} Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah
his son, and Tahan his son, {7:26} Ladan his son, Ammihud his son,
Elishama his son, {7:27} Nun his son, Joshua his son. {7:28} Their
possessions and habitations were Bethel and the towns of it, and
eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns of it; Shechem
also and the towns of it, to Azzah and the towns of it; {7:29} and by
the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns,
Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, Dor and its towns. In
these lived the children of Joseph the son of Israel. {7:30} The sons
of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their
sister. {7:31} The sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the
father of Birzaith. {7:32} Heber became the father of Japhlet, and
Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. {7:33} The sons of Japhlet:
Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
{7:34} The sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. {7:35}
The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and
Amal. {7:36} The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and
Beri, and Imrah, {7:37} Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and
Ithran, and Beera. {7:38} The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa,
and Ara. {7:39} The sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. {7:40}
All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' 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.
{8:1} Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the
second, and Aharah the third, {8:2} Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the
fifth. {8:3} Bela had sons: Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, {8:4} and
Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, {8:5} and Gera, and Shephuphan, and
Huram. {8:6} These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of
fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them
captive to Manahath: {8:7} and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, he
carried them captive: and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
{8:8} Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab,
after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. {8:9} He
became the father of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and
Malcam, {8:10} and Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons,
heads of fathers' [houses]. {8:11} Of Hushim he became the father of
Abitub and Elpaal. {8:12} The sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and
Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with the towns of it; {8:13} and
Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' [houses] of the
inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
{8:14} and Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, {8:15} and Zebadiah, and Arad,
and Eder, {8:16} and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, the sons of
Beriah, {8:17} and Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,
{8:18} and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal, {8:19}
and Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, {8:20} and Elienai, and Zillethai,
and Eliel, {8:21} and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of
Shimei, {8:22} and Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel, {8:23} and Abdon, and
Zichri, and Hanan, {8:24} and Hananiah, and Elam, and Anthothijah,
{8:25} and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak, {8:26} and
Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, {8:27} and Jaareshiah, and
Elijah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. {8:28} These were heads of
fathers' [houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these lived
in Jerusalem. {8:29} In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon,
[Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah; {8:30} and his firstborn son
Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, {8:31} and Gedor, and
Ahio, and Zecher. {8:32} Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They
also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their
brothers. {8:33} Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the
father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and
Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. {8:34} The son of Jonathan was
Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah. {8:35} The sons
of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. {8:36} Ahaz became
the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth,
and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza. {8:37}
Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son,
Azel his son. {8:38} Azel had six sons, whose names are these:
Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan.
All these were the sons of Azel. {8:39} The sons of Eshek his brother:
Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. {8:40}
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons,
and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of
Benjamin.
{9:1} So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they
are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried
away captive to Babylon for their disobedience. {9:2} Now the first
inhabitants who lived in their possessions in their cities were
Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. {9:3} In Jerusalem
lived of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and
of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh: {9:4} Uthai the son of
Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the
children of Perez the son of Judah. {9:5} Of the Shilonites: Asaiah
the firstborn, and his sons. {9:6} Of the sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and
their brothers, six hundred ninety. {9:7} Of the sons of Benjamin:
Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah,
{9:8} and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the
son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel,
the son of Ibnijah; {9:9} and their brothers, according to their
generations, nine hundred fifty-six. All these men were heads of
fathers' [houses] by their fathers' houses. {9:10} Of the priests:
Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, Jachin, {9:11} and Azariah the son of Hilkiah,
the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son
of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; {9:12} and Adaiah the son of
Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son
of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of
Meshillemith, the son of Immer; {9:13} and their brothers, heads of
their fathers' houses, one thousand seven hundred sixty; very able men
for the work of the service of the house of God. {9:14} Of the
Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of
Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; {9:15} and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and
Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, the son of Zichri, the son of
Asaph, {9:16} and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the
son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who
lived in the villages of the Netophathites. {9:17} The porters:
Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brothers
(Shallum was the chief), {9:18} who hitherto [waited] in the king's
gate eastward: they were the porters for the camp of the children of
Levi. {9:19} Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of
Korah, and his brothers, of his father's house, the Korahites, were
over the work of the service, keepers of the thresholds of the tent:
and their fathers had been over the camp of Yahweh, keepers of the
entry. {9:20} Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time
past, [and] Yahweh was with him. {9:21} Zechariah the son of
Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting. {9:22} All
these who were chosen to be porters in the thresholds were two hundred
and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their villages, whom
David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their office of trust. {9:23}
So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house
of Yahweh, even the house of the tent, by wards. {9:24} On the four
sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south.
{9:25} Their brothers, in their villages, were to come in every seven
days from time to time to be with them: {9:26} for the four chief
porters, who were Levites, were in an office of trust, and were over
the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. {9:27} They
lodged round about the house of God, because the charge [of it] was on
them; and to them pertained the opening of it morning by morning.
{9:28} Certain of them had charge of the vessels of service; for by
count were these brought in and by count were these taken out. {9:29}
Some of them also were appointed over the furniture, and over all the
vessels of the sanctuary, and over the fine flour, and the wine, and
the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. {9:30} Some of the sons
of the priests prepared the confection of the spices. {9:31}
Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the
Korahite, had the office of trust over the things that were baked in
pans. {9:32} Some of their brothers, of the sons of the Kohathites,
were over the show bread, to prepare it every Sabbath. {9:33} These
are the singers, heads of fathers' [houses] of the Levites, [who
lived] in the chambers [and were] free [from other service]; for they
were employed in their work day and night. {9:34} These were heads of
fathers' [houses] of the Levites, throughout their generations, chief
men: these lived at Jerusalem. {9:35} In Gibeon there lived the father
of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah: {9:36} and his
firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab,
{9:37} and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. {9:38} Mikloth
became the father of Shimeam. They also lived with their brothers in
Jerusalem, over against their brothers. {9:39} Ner became the father
of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the
father of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. {9:40}
The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father
of Micah. {9:41} The sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea,
[and Ahaz]. {9:42} Ahaz became the father of Jarah; and Jarah became
the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the
father of Moza; {9:43} and Moza became the father of Binea; and
Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. {9:44} Azel had six
sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and
Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
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