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north as far as Ayyah and its towns. 29 Along
the border of Manasseh were the towns of
Beth-shan,* Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their
surrounding villages. The descendants of Jo
seph son of Israel* lived in these towns.
30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah,
Ishvi, and Beriah. They had a sister named
Serah.
31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel
(the father of Birzaith).
32 The sons of Heber were Japhlet, Shomer, and
Hotham. They had a sister named Shua.
33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal,
and Ashvath.
34 The sons of Shomer were Ahi,* Rohgah,
Hubbah, and Aram.
35 The sons of his brother Helem* were
Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher,
Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma,
Shilshah, Ithran,* and Beera.
38 The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah,
and Ara.
39 The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and
Rizia.
40 Each of these descendants of Asher was the
head of an ancestral clan. They were all se
lect men—mighty warriors and outstanding
leaders. The total number of men available for
military service was 26,000, as listed in their
genealogical records.
8:1 Benjamin’s first son was Bela, the second
was Ashbel, the third was Aharah, 2 the
fourth was Nohah, and the fifth was Rapha.
3 The sons of Bela were Addar, Gera, Abihud,*
4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera,
Shephuphan, and Huram.
6 The sons of Ehud, leaders of the clans living
at Geba, were exiled to Manahath. 7 Ehud’s
sons were Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera.
Gera, who led them into exile, was the
father of Uzza and Ahihud.*
8 After Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim
and Baara, he had children in the land
of Moab. 9 His wife Hodesh gave birth to
Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, 10 Jeuz, Sakia,
and Mirmah. These sons all became the
leaders of clans.
11 Shaharaim’s wife Hushim had already
given birth to Abitub and Elpaal. 12 The
sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, Shemed
(who built the towns of Ono and Lod and
their nearby villages), 13 Beriah, and Shema.
They were the leaders of the clans living in
Aijalon, and they drove out the inhabitants
of Gath.
14 Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, 15 Zebadiah, Arad,
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Eder, 16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the
sons of Beriah.
17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons
of Elpaal.
19 Jakim, Zicri, Zabdi, 20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the
sons of Shimei.
22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zicri, Hanan,
24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 25 Iphdeiah,
and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zicri were the
sons of Jeroham.
28 These were the leaders of the ancestral clans;
they were listed in their genealogical records,
and they all lived in Jerusalem.
29 Jeiel* (the father of* Gibeon) lived in the
town of Gibeon. His wife’s name was
Maacah, 30 and his oldest son was named
Abdon. Jeiel’s other sons were Zur,
Kish, Baal, Ner,* Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahio,
Zechariah,* 32 and Mikloth, who was the
father of Shimeam.* All these families lived
near each other in Jerusalem.
33 Ner was the father of Kish.
Kish was the father of Saul.
Saul was the father of Jonathan,
Malkishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.
34 Jonathan was the father of Merib-baal.
Merib-baal was the father of Micah.
35 Micah was the father of Pithon, Melech,
Tahrea,* and Ahaz.
36 Ahaz was the father of Jadah.*
Jadah was the father of Alemeth,
Azmaveth, and Zimri.
Zimri was the father of Moza.
37 Moza was the father of Binea.
Binea was the father of Rephaiah.*
Rephaiah was the father of Eleasah.
Eleasah was the father of Azel.
38 Azel had six sons: Azrikam, Bokeru,
Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan.
These were the sons of Azel.
39 Azel’s brother Eshek had three sons: the
first was Ulam, the second was Jeush,
and the third was Eliphelet. 40 Ulam’s
sons were all mighty warriors and
expert archers. They had many sons and
grandsons—150 in all.
All these were descendants of Benjamin.
7:13a As in parallel text at Gen 46:24; Hebrew reads Jahziel,
a variant spelling of Jahzeel. 7:13b As in some Hebrew and
Greek manuscripts (see also Gen 46:24; Num 26:49); most
7:15 Or Makir took a wife
Hebrew manuscripts read Shallum.
from. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. 7:23 Beriah
sounds like a Hebrew term meaning “tragedy” or “misfortune.”
7:29a Hebrew Beth-shean, a variant spelling of Beth-shan.
7:29b Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob. 7:34 Or The sons
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