1 Chronicles 4-6

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4 The descendants of Y’hudah: Peretz, Hetzron, Karmi, Hur and Shoval. ²Re’ayah the son of Shoval fathered Yachat; Yachat fathered Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor‘ati. ³These are [the sons] of the father of ‘Eitam: Yizre‘el, Yishma and Yidbash; their sister’s name was Hatzlelponi. ⁴P’nu’el fathered Geder, and ‘Ezer fathered Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.

⁵Ashur the father of T’koa had two wives, Hel’ah and Na‘arah. ⁶Na‘arah bore him Achuzam, Hefer, Teimni and Achashtari; these were the sons of Na‘arah. ⁷The sons of Hel’ah were Tzeret, Tzochar and Etnan. ⁸Kotz fathered ‘Anuv, Tzovevah and the families of Acharchel the son of Harum. ⁹Ya‘betz was honored more than his brothers; his mother called him Ya‘betz, she explained, “because I bore him in pain ^[a].” ¹⁰Ya‘betz called on the God of Isra’el: “Please bless me by enlarging my territory. May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm, so that it will not cause me pain ^[b].” God granted his request.

¹¹K’luv the brother of Shuchah fathered M’chir, who fathered Eshton. ¹²Eshton fathered Beit-Rafa, Paseach and T’chinah the father of ‘Ir-Nachash. These are the men of Rekhah.

¹³The sons of K’naz: ‘Otni’el and S’rayah. The son of ‘Otni’el: Hatat. ¹⁴M‘onotai fathered ‘Ofrah, and S’rayah fathered Yo’av the father of Gei-Harashim; for they were craftsmen ^[c].

¹⁵The sons of Kalev the son of Y’funeh: ‘Iru, Elah and Na‘am. The son of Elah: K’naz. ¹⁶The sons of Yehallel’el: Zif, Zifah, Tirya and Asar’el. ^17-18The sons of ‘Ezrah: Yeter, Mered, ‘Efer and Yalon. These are the sons of Bityah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took as his wife: she conceived Miryam, Shamai and Yishbach the father of Esht’moa; while his Jewish wife bore Yered the father of G’dor, Hever the father of Sokho and Y’kuti’el the father of Zanoach.

¹⁹The sons of the wife of Hodiyah the sister of Nacham were the father of Ke‘ilah the Garmi and Esht’moa the Ma‘akhati. ²⁰The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. The sons of Yish‘i: Zochet and Ben-Zochet.

²¹The sons of Shelah the son of Y’hudah: ‘Er the father of Lekha, La‘adah the father of Mareshah and the clans of fine-linen-workers at Beit-Ashbea, ²²Yokim, the men of Kozeva, Saraf the ruler in Mo’av, and Yashuvi-Lechem (the records are ancient). ²³These were potters and inhabitants of N’ta‘im and G’derah; they lived there, occupied with the king’s work.

²⁴The sons of Shim‘on: N’mu’el, Yamin, Yariv, Zerach and Sha’ul. ²⁵His son was Shalum, his son was Mivsam, and his son was Mishma. ²⁶The descendants of Mishma: his son Hamu’el, his son Zakur, his son Shim‘i. ²⁷Shim‘i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y’hudah. ²⁸They lived at Be’er-Sheva, Moladah, Hatzar-Shu‘al, ²⁹Bilhah, ‘Etzem, Tolad, ³⁰B’tu’el, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹Beit-Markavot, Hatzar-Susim, Beit-Bir’i and Sha‘arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David. ³²Their villages were ‘Eitam, ‘Ayin, Rimmon, Tokhen and ‘Ashan, five cities, ³³along with all the villages surrounding these cities, as far as Ba‘al. These are the places where they lived, and they have their official genealogy. ³⁴Meshovav, Yamlekh, Yoshah the son of Amatzyah, ³⁵Yo’el, Yehu the son of Yoshivyah the son of S’rayah the son of ‘Asi’el, ³⁶Elyo‘einai, Ya‘akovah, Y’shochayah, ‘Asayah, ‘Adi’el, Y’simi’el, B’nayah, ³⁷Ziza the son of Shif‘i the son of Alon the son of Y’da‘yah the son of Shimri the son of Sh’ma‘yah — ³⁸these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. ³⁹Seeking pasture for their flocks they went to the entrance of Geder, as far as the east side of the valley. ⁴⁰They found rich, good pastures; and the land was spacious, quiet and peaceful. Those who had lived there previously belonged to Ham. ⁴¹Those whose names are written above came during the time of Hizkiyahu king of Y’hudah; they attacked their tents and the Me‘unim who were found there, destroyed them completely, and have lived there in place of them to this day; because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴²Some 500 of them who were descendants of Shim‘on went to Mount Se‘ir under the leadership of P’latyah, Ne‘aryah, Refayah and Uzi’el the sons of Yish‘i. ⁴³They attacked the remnant of ‘Amalek who had escaped and have lived there to this day.

5 The sons of Re’uven the firstborn of Isra’el — he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosef the son of Isra’el, though not in such a way as for him to be regarded in the genealogy as the firstborn. ²For Y’hudah became greater than his brothers, inasmuch as the ruler came from him; nevertheless, the birthright went to Yosef. ³So these are the sons of Re’uven the firstborn of Isra’el: Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi.

⁴The descendants of Yo’el: his son Sh’ma‘yah, his son Gog, his son Shim‘i, ⁵his son Mikhah, his son Re‘ayah, his son Ba‘al, ⁶and his son Be’erah. Tilgat-Piln’eser king of Ashur carried him away captive; he was leader of the Re’uveni. ⁷His brothers, by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records were: Ye‘i’el the leader, Z’kharyah ⁸and Bela the son of ‘Azaz the son of Sh’ma the son of Yo’el. He lived in ‘Aro‘er, with territory extending to N’vo and Ba‘al-M‘on; ⁹while to the east he occupied territory that extended to the beginning of the desert as one comes from the Euphrates River; because their cattle multiplied in the land of Gil‘ad. ¹⁰In the time of Sha’ul they went to war with the Hagri’im; after defeating them they occupied their tents throughout all the territory east of Gil‘ad.

¹¹The descendants of Gad lived across from them, in the territory from Bashan to Salkhah: ¹²Yo’el was the leader, Shafam second, then Yanai and Shafat in Bashan. ¹³The houses of their fathers’ brothers were: Mikha’el, Meshulam, Sheva, Yorai, Ya‘kan, Zia and ‘Ever — seven altogether. ¹⁴These are the sons of Avichayil the son of Huri the son of Yaroach the son of Gil‘ad the son of Mikha’el the son of Yeshishai the son of Yachdo the son of Buz; ¹⁵Achi the son of ‘Avdi’el the son of Guni was leader of their fathers’ house. ¹⁶They lived in Gil‘ad, in Bashan, in its towns and in all the pasture lands of the plain as far as their borders. ¹⁷All these were listed in genealogies during the times of Yotam king of Y’hudah and Yarov‘am king of Isra’el.

¹⁸The descendants of Re’uven, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M’nasheh included 44,760 brave men who were available for warfare, able to take up shield and sword, shoot with the bow, or make use of other war skills. ¹⁹These made war with the Hagri’im, Y’tur, Nafish and Nodav. ²⁰They received help against them, so that the Hagri’im and all who were allied with them suffered defeat at their hands; because they cried out to God while they were fighting, and he did as they requested, because they put their trust in him. ²¹From their livestock they carried off 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep and 2,000 donkeys; they also took captive 100,000 persons. ²²Many were slaughtered, because the war was of God, and they lived in their territory until the captivity.

²³The descendants of the half-tribe of M’nasheh lived and increased in the territory from Bashan to Ba‘al-Hermon, S’nir and Mount Hermon. ²⁴The leaders of their fathers’ houses were: ‘Efer, Yish‘i, Eli’el, ‘Azri’el, Yirmeyah, Hodavyah and Yachdi’el, strong, brave, famous men, leaders of their fathers’ houses. ²⁵But they broke faith with the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed ahead of them. ²⁶So the God of Isra’el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Ashur and the spirit of Tilgat-Piln’eser king of Ashur; and he carried them away as captives — the Re’uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M’nasheh — and brought them to Halach, Havor, Hara and to the Gozan River, where they are to this day.

²⁷^(6:1)The sons of Levi: Gershon, K’hat and M’rari. ²⁸^(6:2)The sons of K’hat: ‘Amram, Yitz’har, Hevron and ‘Uzi’el. ²⁹^(6:3)The children of ‘Amram: Aharon, Moshe and Miryam. The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El‘azar and Itamar. ³⁰^(6:4)El‘azar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua, ³¹^(6:5)Avishua fathered Buki, Buki fathered ‘Uzi, ³²^(6:6)‘Uzi fathered Z’rachyah, Z’rachyah fathered M’rayot, ³³^(6:7)M’rayot fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, ³⁴^(6:8)Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Achima‘atz, ³⁵^(6:9)Achima‘atz fathered ‘Azaryah, ‘Azaryah fathered Yochanan, ³⁶^(6:10)and Yochanan fathered ‘Azaryah. He functioned as cohen in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim. ³⁷^(6:11)‘Azaryah fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, ³⁸^(6:12)Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Shalum, ³⁹^(6:13)Shalum fathered Hilkiyah, Hilkiyah fathered ‘Azaryah, ⁴⁰^(6:14)‘Azaryah fathered S’rayah, S’rayah fathered Y’hotzadak, ⁴¹^(6:15)and Y’hotzadak went into captivity when Adonai carried Y’hudah and Yerushalayim away at the hands of N’vukhadnetzar.

6 ⁽¹⁶⁾The sons of Levi: Gershom, K’hat and M’rari. ²⁽¹⁷⁾These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim‘i. ³⁽¹⁸⁾The sons of K’hat: ‘Amram, Yitz’har, Hevron and ‘Uzi’el. ⁴⁽¹⁹⁾The sons of M’rari: Machli and Mushi.

These are the families of the L’vi’im according to father’s clans: ⁵⁽²⁰⁾[The descendants] of Gershom: his son Livni, his son Yachat, his son Zimah, ⁶⁽²¹⁾his son Yo’ach, his son ‘Iddo, his son Zerach, his son Ye’atrai.

⁷⁽²²⁾The descendants of K’hat: his son ‘Amminadav, his son Korach, his son Asir, ⁸⁽²³⁾his son Elkanah, his son Evyasaf, his son Asir, ⁹⁽²⁴⁾his son Tachat, his son Uri’el, his son ‘Uziyah and his son Sha’ul. ¹⁰⁽²⁵⁾The sons of Elkanah: ‘Amasai and Achimot. ¹¹⁽²⁶⁾As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: his son Tzofai, his son Nachat, ¹²⁽²⁷⁾his son Eli’av, his son Yerocham and his son Elkanah. ¹³⁽²⁸⁾The sons of Sh’mu’el: Vashni the firstborn, then Aviyah.

¹⁴⁽²⁹⁾The descendants of M’rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim‘i, his son ‘Uzah, ¹⁵⁽³⁰⁾his son Shim‘a, his son Hagiyah and his son ‘Asayah. ¹⁶⁽³¹⁾David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of Adonai after the ark had found a permanent resting place. ¹⁷⁽³²⁾They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of Adonai in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.

¹⁸⁽³³⁾Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were — starting with descendants of the K’hati — Heman the singer, the son of Yo’el the son of Sh’mu’el, ¹⁹⁽³⁴⁾the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli’el, the son of Toach, ²⁰⁽³⁵⁾the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of ‘Amasai, ²¹⁽³⁶⁾the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo’el, the son of ‘Azaryah, the son of Tz’fanyah, ²²⁽³⁷⁾the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach, ²³⁽³⁸⁾the son of Yitz’har, the son of K’hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra’el.

²⁴⁽³⁹⁾His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim‘a, ²⁵⁽⁴⁰⁾the son of Mikha’el, the son of Ba‘aseyah, the son of Malkiyah, ²⁶⁽⁴¹⁾the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of ‘Adayah, ²⁷⁽⁴²⁾the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim‘i, ²⁸⁽⁴³⁾the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

²⁹⁽⁴⁴⁾On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M’rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of ‘Avdi, the son of Malukh, ³⁰⁽⁴⁵⁾the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah, ³¹⁽⁴⁶⁾the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, ³²⁽⁴⁷⁾the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M’rari, the son of Levi.

³³⁽⁴⁸⁾Their kinsmen the L’vi’im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

³⁴⁽⁴⁹⁾But Aharon and his sons were the ones who offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the service of the Especially Holy Place and to make atonement for Isra’el, in keeping with all that Moshe the servant of God had ordered to be done. ³⁵⁽⁵⁰⁾These are the descendants of Aharon: his son El‘azar, his son Pinchas, his son Avishua, ³⁶⁽⁵¹⁾his son Buki, his son ‘Uzi, his son Z’rachyah, ³⁷⁽⁵²⁾his son M’rayot, his son Amaryah, his son Achituv, ³⁸⁽⁵³⁾his son Tzadok and his son Achima‘atz.

³⁹⁽⁵⁴⁾These were the settlements of the descendants of Aharon according to the territories assigned them: to the descendants of Aharon, of the clans of the K’hati — for the first lot fell to them — ⁴⁰⁽⁵⁵⁾they gave Hevron in the land of Y’hudah with the open land surrounding it, ⁴¹⁽⁵⁶⁾but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y’funeh. ⁴²⁽⁵⁷⁾To the descendants of Aharon they gave the city of refuge Hevron, also Livnah with its surrounding open land, Yatir, Esht’moa with its surrounding open land, ⁴³⁽⁵⁸⁾Hilen with its surrounding open land, D’vir with its surrounding open land, ⁴⁴⁽⁵⁹⁾‘Ashan with its surrounding open land, Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land; ⁴⁵⁽⁶⁰⁾and out of the tribe of Binyamin: Geva with its surrounding open land, ‘Alemet with its surrounding open land and ‘Anatot with its surrounding open land. All the cities for all their clans amounted to thirteen cities.

⁴⁶⁽⁶¹⁾The rest of the descendants of K’hat were assigned by lot, clan by clan, ten cities from the half-tribe of M’nasheh. ⁴⁷⁽⁶²⁾The descendants of Gershom were assigned, clan by clan, thirteen cities from the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and M’nasheh in Bashan. ⁴⁸⁽⁶³⁾To the descendants of M’rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re’uven, Gad and Z’vulun. ⁴⁹⁽⁶⁴⁾So the people of Isra’el gave the L’vi’im these cities with the surrounding open land. ⁵⁰⁽⁶⁵⁾From the tribes of the descendants of Y’hudah, Shim‘on and Binyamin they assigned these cities mentioned by name.

⁵¹⁽⁶⁶⁾Some of the clans of the descendants of K’hat were given cities in territory from the tribe of Efrayim. ⁵²⁽⁶⁷⁾They gave them the city of refuge Sh’khem in the hills of Efrayim with the surrounding open land, also Gezer with the surrounding open land, ⁵³⁽⁶⁸⁾Yokme‘am with the surrounding open land, Beit-Horon with the surrounding open land, ⁵⁴⁽⁶⁹⁾Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁵⁽⁷⁰⁾and out of the half-tribe of M’nasheh: ‘Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil‘am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K’hat.

⁵⁶⁽⁷¹⁾The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M’nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and ‘Ashtarot with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁷⁽⁷²⁾and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land, ⁵⁸⁽⁷³⁾Ramot with the surrounding open land and ‘Anem with the surrounding open land; ⁵⁹⁽⁷⁴⁾and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, ‘Avdon with the surrounding open land, ⁶⁰⁽⁷⁵⁾Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land; ⁶¹⁽⁷⁶⁾and from the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with the surrounding open land, Hamon with the surrounding open land and Kiryatayim with the surrounding open land.

⁶²⁽⁷⁷⁾To the rest [of the L’vi’im], the descendants of M’rari, were given, from the tribe of Z’vulun: Rimmono with the surrounding open land and Tavor with the surrounding open land; ⁶³⁽⁷⁸⁾and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, they were given, from the tribe of Re’uven: Betzer in the desert with the surrounding open land, Yahatz with the surrounding open land, ⁶⁴⁽⁷⁹⁾K’demot with the surrounding open land and Mefa‘at with the surrounding open land; ⁶⁵⁽⁸⁰⁾and from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil‘ad with the surrounding open land, Machanayim with the surrounding open land, ⁶⁶⁽⁸¹⁾Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya‘zer with the surrounding open land.

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 4:9 Hebrew: ‘otzev
1 Chronicles 4:10 Hebrew: ‘atzbi
1 Chronicles 4:14 Hebrew: harashim

1 Chronicles 4-6

New International Version

Other Clans of Judah

4 The descendants of Judah:^(A)

Perez, Hezron,^(B) Karmi, Hur and Shobal.

²Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

³These were the sons^[a] of Etam:

Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. ⁴Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah.

These were the descendants of Hur,^(C) the firstborn of Ephrathah and father^[b] of Bethlehem.^(D)

⁵Ashhur^(E) the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

⁷The sons of Helah:

Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, ⁸and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

⁹Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,^[c] saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” ¹⁰Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

¹¹Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.^[d] These were the men of Rekah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz:

Othniel^(F) and Seraiah.

The sons of Othniel:

Hathath and Meonothai.^[e] ¹⁴Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab,

the father of Ge Harashim.^[f] It was called this because its people were skilled workers.

¹⁵The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:

Iru, Elah and Naam.

The son of Elah:

Kenaz.

¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel:

Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives gave birth to Miriam,^(G) Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸(His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.^(H)) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:

the father of Keilah^(I) the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.^(J)

²⁰The sons of Shimon:

Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.

The descendants of Ishi:

Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹The sons of Shelah^(K) son of Judah:

Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, ²²Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) ²³They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.

Simeon^(L)

²⁴The descendants of Simeon:^(M)

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib,^(N) Zerah and Shaul;

²⁵Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.

²⁶The descendants of Mishma:

Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son and Shimei his son.

²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. ²⁸They lived in Beersheba,^(O) Moladah,^(P) Hazar Shual, ²⁹Bilhah, Ezem,^(Q) Tolad, ³⁰Bethuel, Hormah,^(R) Ziklag,^(S) ³¹Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri and Shaaraim.^(T) These were their towns until the reign of David. ³²Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain,^(U) Rimmon, Token and Ashan^(V)—five towns— ³³and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath.^[g] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.

³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, ³⁵Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ³⁶also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

³⁸The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, ³⁹and they went to the outskirts of Gedor^(W) to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet.^(X) Some Hamites had lived there formerly.

⁴¹The men whose names were listed came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites^(Y) who were there and completely destroyed^[h] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. ⁴²And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of Seir.^(Z) ⁴³They killed the remaining Amalekites^(AA) who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.

Reuben

5 The sons of Reuben^(AB) the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s marriage bed,^(AC) his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph^(AD) son of Israel;^(AE) so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,^(AF) ²and though Judah^(AG) was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler^(AH) came from him, the rights of the firstborn^(AI) belonged to Joseph)— ³the sons of Reuben^(AJ) the firstborn of Israel:

Hanok, Pallu,^(AK) Hezron^(AL) and Karmi.

⁴The descendants of Joel:

Shemaiah his son, Gog his son,

Shimei his son, ⁵Micah his son,

Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

⁶and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser^[i]^(AM) king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.

⁷Their relatives by clans,^(AN) listed according to their genealogical records:

Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, ⁸and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer^(AO) to Nebo^(AP) and Baal Meon.^(AQ) ⁹To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates^(AR) River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.^(AS)

¹⁰During Saul’s reign they waged war against the Hagrites^(AT), who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.

Gad

¹¹The Gadites^(AU) lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salekah:^(AV)

¹²Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.

¹³Their relatives, by families, were:

Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.

¹⁴These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.

¹⁵Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.

¹⁶The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.

¹⁷All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham^(AW) king of Judah and Jeroboam^(AX) king of Israel.

¹⁸The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service^(AY)—able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle. ¹⁹They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur,^(AZ) Naphish and Nodab. ²⁰They were helped^(BA) in fighting them, and God delivered the Hagrites and all their allies into their hands, because they cried^(BB) out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted^(BC) in him. ²¹They seized the livestock of the Hagrites—fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive, ²²and many others fell slain, because the battle^(BD) was God’s. And they occupied the land until the exile.^(BE)

The Half-Tribe of Manasseh

²³The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh^(BF) were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).^(BG)

²⁴These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families. ²⁵But they were unfaithful^(BH) to the God of their ancestors and prostituted^(BI) themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. ²⁶So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit^(BJ) of Pul^(BK) king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser^(BL) king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah,^(BM) Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.

Levi

6 ^[j]The sons of Levi:^(BN)

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

²The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(BO)

³The children of Amram:

Aaron, Moses and Miriam.^(BP)

The sons of Aaron:

Nadab, Abihu,^(BQ) Eleazar^(BR) and Ithamar.^(BS)

⁴Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,^(BT)

Phinehas the father of Abishua,

⁵Abishua the father of Bukki,

Bukki the father of Uzzi,

⁶Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,

Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,

⁷Meraioth the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

⁸Ahitub the father of Zadok,^(BU)

Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,

⁹Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,

Azariah the father of Johanan,

¹⁰Johanan the father of Azariah^(BV) (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),

¹¹Azariah the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

¹²Ahitub the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Shallum,

¹³Shallum the father of Hilkiah,^(BW)

Hilkiah the father of Azariah,

¹⁴Azariah the father of Seraiah,^(BX)

and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.^[k]

¹⁵Jozadak^(BY) was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶The sons of Levi:^(BZ)

Gershon,^[l] Kohath and Merari.^(CA)

¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei.^(CB)

¹⁸The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(CC)

¹⁹The sons of Merari:^(CD)

Mahli and Mushi.^(CE)

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

²⁰Of Gershon:

Libni his son, Jahath his son,

Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son,

Iddo his son, Zerah his son

and Jeatherai his son.

²²The descendants of Kohath:

Amminadab his son, Korah^(CF) his son,

Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel^(CG) his son,

Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

²⁵The descendants of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,

²⁶Elkanah his son,^[m] Zophai his son,

Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, Elkanah^(CH) his son

and Samuel^(CI) his son.^[n]

²⁸The sons of Samuel:

Joel^[o]^(CJ) the firstborn

and Abijah the second son.

²⁹The descendants of Merari:

Mahli, Libni his son,

Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son

and Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians^(CK)

³¹These are the men^(CL) David put in charge of the music^(CM) in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. ³²They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.

³³Here are the men who served, together with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman,^(CN) the musician,

the son of Joel,^(CO) the son of Samuel,

³⁴the son of Elkanah,^(CP) the son of Jeroham,

the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,

the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,

the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,

the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,^(CQ)

³⁸the son of Izhar,^(CR) the son of Kohath,

the son of Levi, the son of Israel;

³⁹and Heman’s associate Asaph,^(CS) who served at his right hand:

Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,^(CT)

⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,^[p]

the son of Malkijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni,

the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,

the son of Shimei, ⁴³the son of Jahath,

the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;

⁴⁴and from their associates, the Merarites,^(CU) at his left hand:

Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,

the son of Malluk, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah,

the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,

the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Mahli,

the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,

the son of Levi.

⁴⁸Their fellow Levites^(CV) were assigned to all the other duties of the tabernacle, the house of God. ⁴⁹But Aaron and his descendants were the ones who presented offerings on the altar^(CW) of burnt offering and on the altar of incense^(CX) in connection with all that was done in the Most Holy Place, making atonement for Israel, in accordance with all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Aaron:

Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son,

Abishua his son, ⁵¹Bukki his son,

Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

⁵²Meraioth his son, Amariah his son,

Ahitub his son, ⁵³Zadok^(CY) his son

and Ahimaaz his son.

⁵⁴These were the locations of their settlements^(CZ) allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):

⁵⁵They were given Hebron in Judah with its surrounding pasturelands. ⁵⁶But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.^(DA)

⁵⁷So the descendants of Aaron were given Hebron (a city of refuge), and Libnah,^[q]^(DB) Jattir,^(DC) Eshtemoa, ⁵⁸Hilen, Debir,^(DD) ⁵⁹Ashan,^(DE) Juttah^[r] and Beth Shemesh, together with their pasturelands. ⁶⁰And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon,^[s] Geba, Alemeth and Anathoth,^(DF) together with their pasturelands.

The total number of towns distributed among the Kohathite clans came to thirteen.

⁶¹The rest of Kohath’s descendants were allotted ten towns from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

⁶²The descendants of Gershon, clan by clan, were allotted thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher and Naphtali, and from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that is in Bashan.

⁶³The descendants of Merari, clan by clan, were allotted twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad and Zebulun.

⁶⁴So the Israelites gave the Levites these towns^(DG) and their pasturelands. ⁶⁵From the tribes of Judah, Simeon and Benjamin they allotted the previously named towns.

⁶⁶Some of the Kohathite clans were given as their territory towns from the tribe of Ephraim.

⁶⁷In the hill country of Ephraim they were given Shechem (a city of refuge), and Gezer,^[t]^(DH) ⁶⁸Jokmeam,^(DI) Beth Horon,^(DJ) ⁶⁹Aijalon^(DK) and Gath Rimmon,^(DL) together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁰And from half the tribe of Manasseh the Israelites gave Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands, to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

⁷¹The Gershonites^(DM) received the following:

From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh

they received Golan in Bashan^(DN) and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands;

⁷²from the tribe of Issachar

they received Kedesh, Daberath,^(DO) ⁷³Ramoth and Anem, together with their pasturelands;

⁷⁴from the tribe of Asher

they received Mashal, Abdon,^(DP) ⁷⁵Hukok^(DQ) and Rehob,^(DR) together with their pasturelands;

⁷⁶and from the tribe of Naphtali

they received Kedesh in Galilee, Hammon^(DS) and Kiriathaim,^(DT) together with their pasturelands.

⁷⁷The Merarites (the rest of the Levites) received the following:

From the tribe of Zebulun

they received Jokneam, Kartah,^[u] Rimmono and Tabor, together with their pasturelands;

⁷⁸from the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan east of Jericho

they received Bezer^(DU) in the wilderness, Jahzah, ⁷⁹Kedemoth^(DV) and Mephaath, together with their pasturelands;

⁸⁰and from the tribe of Gad

they received Ramoth in Gilead,^(DW) Mahanaim,^(DX) ⁸¹Heshbon and Jazer,^(DY) together with their pasturelands.^(DZ)

Footnotes

1 Chronicles 4:3 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Vulgate); Hebrew father
1 Chronicles 4:4 Father may mean civic leader or military leader; also in verses 12, 14, 17, 18 and possibly elsewhere.
1 Chronicles 4:9 Jabez sounds like the Hebrew for pain.
1 Chronicles 4:12 Or of the city of Nahash
1 Chronicles 4:13 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; Hebrew does not have and Meonothai.
1 Chronicles 4:14 Ge Harashim means valley of skilled workers.
1 Chronicles 4:33 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also Joshua 19:8); Hebrew Baal
1 Chronicles 4:41 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
1 Chronicles 5:6 Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser, a variant of Tiglath-Pileser; also in verse 26
1 Chronicles 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-15 is numbered 5:27-41, and 6:16-81 is numbered 6:1-66.
1 Chronicles 6:14 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verse 15
1 Chronicles 6:16 Hebrew Gershom, a variant of Gershon; also in verses 17, 20, 43, 62 and 71
1 Chronicles 6:26 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Ahimoth ²⁶and Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah:
1 Chronicles 6:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Samuel 1:19,20 and 1 Chron. 6:33,34); Hebrew does not have and Samuel his son.
1 Chronicles 6:28 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 8:2 and 1 Chron. 6:33); Hebrew does not have Joel.
1 Chronicles 6:40 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, one Septuagint manuscript and Syriac Maaseiah
1 Chronicles 6:57 See Joshua 21:13; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Hebron, Libnah.
1 Chronicles 6:59 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Joshua 21:16); Hebrew does not have Juttah.
1 Chronicles 6:60 See Joshua 21:17; Hebrew does not have Gibeon.
1 Chronicles 6:67 See Joshua 21:21; Hebrew given the cities of refuge: Shechem, Gezer.
1 Chronicles 6:77 See Septuagint and Joshua 21:34; Hebrew does not have Jokneam, Kartah.

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