1 Chronicles 7

Issachar’s Descendants

¹Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron — four.²

³Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral families. During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as valiant warriors in their family records.⁴

⁵Uzzi’s son: Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.⁶⁷Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the family records of their ancestral families, for they had many wives and children.⁸⁹Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.¹⁰

Benjamin’s Descendants

¹¹Three of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.¹²

¹³Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri — five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.¹⁴

¹⁵Becher’s sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.¹⁶¹⁷Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families — 20,200 valiant warriors.¹⁸

¹⁹Jediael’s son: Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.²⁰²¹All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were valiant warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.²²²³Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.²⁴

Naphtali’s Descendants

²⁵Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum — Bilhah’s sons.²⁶

Manasseh’s Descendants

²⁷Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.²⁸²⁹Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.³⁰

³¹Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.³²

³³Ulam’s son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.³⁴³⁵His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.³⁶

³⁷Shemida’s sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.³⁸

Ephraim’s Descendants

³⁹Ephraim’s sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,⁴⁰⁴¹his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead. The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle.⁴²⁴³Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.⁴⁴⁴⁵He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.⁴⁶⁴⁷His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,⁴⁸

⁴⁹his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,⁵⁰

⁵¹his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,⁵²⁵³his son Nun, and his son Joshua.⁵⁴

⁵⁵Their holdings and settlements were Bethel and its surrounding villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,⁵⁶⁵⁷and along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh, Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor with their surrounding villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.⁵⁸

Asher’s Descendants

⁵⁹Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.⁶⁰

⁶¹Beriah’s sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.⁶²

⁶³Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.⁶⁴

⁶⁵Japhlet’s sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.⁶⁶

⁶⁷Shemer’s sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.⁶⁸

⁶⁹His brother Helem’s sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.⁷⁰

⁷¹Zophah’s sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,⁷²⁷³Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.⁷⁴

⁷⁵Jether’s sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.⁷⁶

⁷⁷Ulla’s sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.⁷⁸

⁷⁹All these were Asher’s descendants. They were the heads of their ancestral families, chosen men, valiant warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.⁸⁰