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The First Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 7 -

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Issachar’s four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
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The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. They were the heads of their fathers’ houses, from the descendants of Tola and they were listed as mighty warriors among their generation. They numbered 22,600 in the days of David.
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Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah. His sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, all five of them were clan leaders.
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Along with them they had thirty-six thousand troops for battle, according to the lists belonging to their ancestors’ clans, for they had many wives and sons.
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Their brothers, the tribe of Issachar, had eighty-seven thousand fighting men, according to the lists belonging to their ancestors’ clans.

The Descendants of Benjamin

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Benjamin’s three sons were Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
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Bela’s five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were soldiers and originators of clans. Their people numbered 22,034 fighting men, according to the lists belonging to their ancestors’ clans.
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Becher’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were his sons.
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The lists of their clans numbered 20,200 family leaders and fighting men.
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The son of Jediael was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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All these were sons of Jediael. Listed in their clan lists were 17,200 leaders and fighting men fit for military service.
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Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and Hushim was a son of Aher.

The Descendants of Naphtali

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Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. These were Bilhah’s grandsons.

The Descendants of Manasseh

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Manasseh had a male child named Asriel, whom his Aramite concubine bore. She also gave birth to Machir, Gilead’s father.
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Machir took a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. A sister’s name was Maacah. Another of Manasseh’s descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
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Maacah wife of Machir, bore a son and she called him Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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Ulam’s son was Bedan. These were the descendants of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh.
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Gilead’s sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abi Ezer, and Mahlah.
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The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

The Descendants of Ephraim

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The descendants of Ephraim were as follows: Ephraim’s son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was Tahath.
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Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah. Ezer and Elead were killed by men of Gath, natives in the land, when they went to steal their cattle.
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Ephraim their father mourned for them many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
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He slept with his wife. She conceived and bore a son. Ephraim called him Beriah, because tragedy had come to his family.
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His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah.
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His son was Rephah. Rephah’s son was Resheph. Resheph’s son was Telah. Telah’s son was Tahan.
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Tahan’s son was Ladan. Ladan’s son was Ammihud. Ammihud’s son was Elishama.
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Elishama’s son was Nun. Nun’s son was Joshua.
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Their possessions and residences were Bethel and its surrounding villages. They extended eastward to Naaran and westward to Gezer and its villages, and to Shechem and its villages to Ayyah and its villages.
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On the border with Manasseh were Beth Shan and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. In these towns the descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived.

The Descendants of Asher

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Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister.
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Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
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Heber’s sons were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. Shua was their sister.
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Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s children.
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Shomer, Japhlet’s brother, had these sons: Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
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Shemer’s brother, Helem, had these sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
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Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
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Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
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Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
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Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
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All these were descendants of Asher. They were ancestors of the clans, leaders of their families, distinguished men, fighting men, and chief among the leaders. There were twenty-six thousand men listed who were fit for military service, according to their numbered lists.
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Of the sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
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The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, 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.
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The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
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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.
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Their brothers among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valor, listed in all by genealogy, were eighty-seven thousand.

The Descendants of Benjamin

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The sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael, three.
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The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor; and they were listed by genealogy twenty-two thousand thirty-four.
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The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
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They were listed by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers’ houses, mighty men of valor, twenty thousand two hundred.
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The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
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All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers’ households, mighty men of valor, seventeen thousand two hundred, who were able to go out in the army for war.
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So were Shuppim, Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, and the sons of Aher.

The Descendants of Naphtali

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

The Descendants of Manasseh

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The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.
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Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters.
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Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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The sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
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His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
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The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

The Descendants of Ephraim

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The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
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Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take away their livestock.
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Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him.
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He went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah,(a) because there was trouble with his house.
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His daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth Horon the lower and the upper, and Uzzen Sheerah.
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Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
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Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
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Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
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Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer with its towns; Shechem also and its towns, to Azzah and its towns;
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and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The children of Joseph the son of Israel lived in these.

The Descendants of Asher

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The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister.
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The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
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Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.
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The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
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The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.
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The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
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The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
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Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
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The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
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The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
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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 listed by genealogy for service in war was twenty-six thousand men.

Footnotes

(a)7:23 “Beriah” is similar to the Hebrew word for “misfortune”.
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