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6 Three of Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker,
and Jediael.
7 The five sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi,
Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. Each of them
was the leader of an ancestral clan. The
total number of mighty warriors from
these clans was 22,034, as listed in their
genealogical records.
8 The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash,
Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah,
Anathoth, and Alemeth. 9 Each of them was
the leader of an ancestral clan. The total
number of mighty warriors and leaders
from these clans was 20,200, as listed in
their genealogical records.
10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons
of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud,
Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
11 Each of them was the leader of an
ancestral clan. From these clans the total
number of mighty warriors ready for war
was 17,200.
12 The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim.
Hushim was the son of Aher.
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13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel,*
Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.* They were all
descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah.
14 The descendants of Manasseh through
his Aramean concubine included Asriel.
She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.
15 Makir found wives for* Huppim and
Shuppim. Makir had a sister named
Maacah. One of his descendants was
Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
16 Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son
whom she named Peresh. His brother’s
name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh
were Ulam and Rakem. 17 The son of Ulam
was Bedan. All these were considered
Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of
Manasseh.
18 Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to
Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem,
Likhi, and Aniam.
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The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah,
Jashub, and Shimron.
2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel,
Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them
was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the
time of King David, the total number of
mighty warriors listed in the records of
these clans was 22,600.
3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. The sons of
Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and
Isshiah. These five became the leaders of
clans. 4 All of them had many wives and
many sons, so the total number of men
available for military service among their
descendants was 36,000.
5 The total number of mighty warriors from all
the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000.
All of them were listed in their genealogical
records.
20 The descendants of Ephraim were
Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,
21 Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These
two were killed trying to steal livestock
from the local farmers near Gath. 22 Their
father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long
time, and his relatives came to comfort
him. 23 Afterward Ephraim slept with
his wife, and she became pregnant and
gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him
Beriah* because of the tragedy his family
had suffered. 24 He had a daughter named
Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and
Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah.
25 The descendants of Ephraim included
Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan, 26 Ladan,
Ammihud, Elishama, 27 Nun, and Joshua.
28 The descendants of Ephraim lived in the
territory that included Bethel and its sur
rounding towns to the south, Naar an to the
east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and
Shechem and its surrounding villages to the
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