Issachar’s Descendants

7 Issachar’s four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron. ² Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. These men were heads of the families of Tola. They were soldiers grouped according to their ancestry. In David’s day there were 22,600 of them. ³ The five descendants of Uzzi were Izrahiah and Izrahiah’s sons Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All of them were heads ⌞of families⌟. ⁴ They had many wives and children. So in addition to these men grouped according to their ancestry and families, there were 36,000 soldiers. ⁵ Their relatives (that is, all of Issachar’s families) were fighting men. A total of 87,000 of them was recorded in the genealogy.

Benjamin’s Descendants

⁶ Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. ⁷ Bela’s five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families and fighting men. In the genealogy 22,034 of them were recorded. ⁸ Becher’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. These were all of Becher’s sons. ⁹ In the genealogy 22,200 of them were recorded according to their ancestry (the heads of their families and fighting men). ¹⁰ Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹ All of these men were Jediael’s descendants. They headed families that produced 17,200 fighting men who could go to war. ¹² The Shuppites and Huppites were Ir’s descendants. The Hushites were descendants of someone else.

Naphtali’s Descendants

¹³ Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. They were Bilhah’s grandsons.

Manasseh’s Descendants Who Lived West of the Jordan River

¹⁴ Manasseh’s sons were Asriel and Machir. Their mother was Manasseh’s Aramean concubine.^[a] Machir was the first to settle Gilead. ¹⁵ He married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His wife’s ^[b] name was Maacah. The name of his second son was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters. ¹⁶ Maacah, Machir’s wife, had a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh, whose sons were Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷ Ulam’s son was Bedan. These were the people of Gilead, descendants of Machir (son of Manasseh). ¹⁸ Bedan’s sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹ Shemida’s sons were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Ephraim’s Descendants

²⁰ 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. ²¹ Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah.

Ephraim’s sons Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath when they came to take their livestock. ²² Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, even though his brothers tried to comfort him. ²³ Then he slept with his wife, and she became pregnant. She gave birth to a son, and Ephraim named him Beriah [Tragedy], because tragedy had come to his home. ²⁴ Beriah’s daughter was Sheerah, who built Upper and Lower Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah. ²⁵ Beriah’s son was Rephah. Rephah’s son was Resheph. Resheph’s son was Telah. Telah’s son was Tahan. ²⁶ Tahan’s son was Ladan. Ladan’s son was Ammihud. Ammihud’s son was Elishama. ²⁷ Elishama’s son was Nun. Nun’s son was Joshua.

²⁸ The land and homes of Ephraim’s descendants were in Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer with its villages to the west, Shechem and its villages, and as far as Gaza and its villages. ²⁹ Next to Manasseh were Beth Shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The descendants of Joseph, son of Israel, live in these cities.

Asher’s Descendants

³⁰ Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was Serah. ³¹ Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malchiel, who first settled Birzaith. ³² Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and their sister Shua. ³³ Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons. ³⁴ The sons of his brother Shomer were Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. ³⁵ His brother Helem’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶ Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilsha, Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸ Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. ³⁹ Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. ⁴⁰ All of these men were Asher’s descendants—heads of their families, outstanding men, soldiers, and distinguished leaders. Their military roster had 26,000 recorded in it.

Benjamin’s Descendants

8 Benjamin was the father of Bela (his firstborn), Ashbel (his second son), Aharah (his third son), ² Nohah (his fourth son), and Rapha (his fifth son). ³ Bela’s sons were Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶ These were Ehud’s sons, who were heads of the families living in Geba and who were taken away as captives to Manahath: ⁷ Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera led the rest of them away as captives. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸ Shaharaim divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. But later in Moab, ⁹ he and his wife Hodesh had the following sons: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰ Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. All of Shaharaim’s sons became heads of families. ¹¹ He and Hushim were the parents of Abitub and Elpaal. ¹² Elpaal’s sons were Eber, Misham, and Shemed (who built Ono, Lod, and Lod’s villages).

¹³ Beriah and Shema were the heads of the families who lived in Aijalon. They forced out the people living in Gath. ¹⁴ Their brothers ^[c] were Shashak and Jeremoth. ¹⁵ Beriah’s sons were Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah, and Joha. ¹⁷ Elpaal’s sons were Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab. ¹⁹ Shimei’s sons were Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath. ²² Shashak’s sons were Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³ Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵ Iphdeiah, and Penuel. ²⁶ Jeroham’s sons were Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri. ²⁸ These were the heads of families listed by their ancestry. They were the heads of families. They lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹ Jeiel,^[d] who first settled Gibeon, lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah. ³⁰ His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, ³² and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They lived next to their relatives in Jerusalem. ³³ Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. ³⁴ Jonathan’s son was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal was the father of Micah. ³⁵ Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz. ³⁶ Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷ Moza was the father of Binea. Binea’s son was Raphah. Raphah’s son was Eleasah. Eleasah’s son was Azel. ³⁸ Azel had six sons. Their names were Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All of these men were Azel’s sons. ³⁹ His brother Eshek’s sons were Ulam (the firstborn), Jeush (the second son), and Eliphelet (the third son). ⁴⁰ Ulam’s sons were soldiers, skilled archers. They had many sons and grandsons, 150 in all. All of these men were Benjamin’s descendants.

The People Who Lived in Jerusalem

9 All Israel was recorded in the genealogies in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. The Israelites were taken away to Babylon as captives because they had sinned. ² The first to settle again on their property in their own cities were ⌞some⌟ Israelites, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

³ Jerusalem was settled by descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh:

⁴ From the descendants of Perez, son of Judah, was Uthai, who was the son of Ammihud, grandson of Omri, and great-grandson of Imri. (Imri’s father was Bani.) ⁵ From the descendants of Shilah were Asaiah (the firstborn) and his sons. ⁶ And from the descendants of Zerah were Jeuel and their relatives, 690 in all.

⁷ From the descendants of Benjamin were Sallu (son of Meshullam, grandson of Hodaviah, and great-grandson of Hassenuah), ⁸ Ibneiah (son of Jeroham), Elah (son of Uzzi and grandson of Michri), and Meshullam (son of Shephatiah, grandson of Reuel, and great-grandson of Ibniah), ⁹ and their relatives according to their ancestry. All of these men were heads of their families. A total of 956 of them lived in Jerusalem.

¹⁰ From the priests were Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, ¹¹ and Azariah. Azariah was the son of Hilkiah, grandson of Meshullam, and great-grandson of Zadok. Zadok’s father was Meraioth, the son of Ahitub (the official in charge of God’s temple). ¹² Also from the priests were Adaiah (son of Jeroham, grandson of Pashhur, and great-grandson of Malchiah) and Maasai (son of Adiel, grandson of Jahzerah, and great-grandson of Meshullam, whose father was Meshillemith, son of Immer). ¹³ Their relatives who were heads of their families totaled 1,760 soldiers. They served in God’s temple and settled in Jerusalem.

¹⁴ From the Levites descended from Merari were Shemaiah (son of Hasshub, grandson of Azrikam, and great-grandson of Hashabiah), ¹⁵ Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, Mattaniah (son of Mica, grandson of Zichri, and great-grandson of Asaph), ¹⁶ Obadiah (son of Shemaiah, grandson of Galal, and great-grandson of Jeduthun), and Berechiah (son of Asa and grandson of Elkanah, who lived in the villages belonging to the Netophathites).

¹⁷ The gatekeepers were Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. (Shallum was in charge.) ¹⁸ Formerly, they were stationed at the king’s gate on the east side. They were the gatekeepers for the Levite quarters.

¹⁹ Shallum (son of Kore, grandson of Ebiasaph, great-grandson of Korah) and the members of his family (Korah’s descendants) were responsible for serving as watchmen at the entrances to the tent, as their ancestors had been in charge of guarding the entrances to the Lord’s camp. ²⁰ (Phinehas, Eleazar’s son, had been the official in charge of the gatekeepers, and the Lord was with him.) ²¹ Zechariah, son of Meshelemiah, was the keeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting. ²² The men chosen to be gatekeepers at the entrances totaled 212. Their genealogies were recorded in their villages. David and the seer ^[e] Samuel appointed them to these positions because they were trustworthy. ²³ So they and their descendants were assigned to be gatekeepers for the Lord’s house, that is, the tent.

²⁴ The gatekeepers were on the four sides (east, west, north, and south). ²⁵ Their relatives had to come from their villages from time to time. They would come to serve under the gatekeepers’ supervision for a period of seven days. ²⁶ The four chief Levite gatekeepers were in charge of the rooms and treasures in God’s temple because of their faithfulness. ²⁷ They would spend the night stationed around God’s temple because they had to guard it and open it every morning.

²⁸ Some of them were in charge of the utensils for worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out. ²⁹ Other descendants of Korah were placed in charge of the utensils, the holy utensils, the flour, wine, olive oil, incense, and spices. ³⁰ Some of the priests’ sons prepared the mixture of spices. ³¹ Mattithiah, a Levite, the firstborn son of Shallum, Korah’s descendant, was entrusted with preparing the flat bread. ³² Some of their Kohathite relatives were responsible for setting the bread out in rows every day of rest—a holy day.

³³ These were the musicians who were the heads of the Levite families. They lived in rooms in the temple and were free from other duties because they were on duty day and night. ³⁴ They were the heads of the Levite families according to their ancestry. These head Levites lived in Jerusalem.

Saul’s Descendants

³⁵ Jeiel, who first settled Gibeon, lived in Gibeon, and his wife’s name was Maacah. ³⁶ His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³⁷ Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth. ³⁸ Mikloth was the father of Shimeam. They lived next to their relatives in Jerusalem. ³⁹ Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Eshbaal. ⁴⁰ Jonathan’s son was Meribbaal, and Meribbaal was the father of Micah. ⁴¹ Micah’s sons were Pithon, Melech, and Tarea. ⁴² Ahaz was the father of Jarah. Jarah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. ⁴³ Moza was the father of Binea. Binea’s son was Rephaiah. Rephaiah’s son was Eleasah. Eleasah’s son was Azel. ⁴⁴ Azel had six sons. Their names were Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All of these men were Azel’s sons.

The Death of Saul^(A)

10 When the Philistines fought against Israel, the men of Israel fled from the Philistines and were killed in battle on Mount Gilboa. ² The Philistines caught up to Saul and his sons. They killed Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua, Saul’s sons. ³ The heaviest fighting was against Saul. When the archers got him in their range, he was wounded by them.

⁴ Saul told his armorbearer, “Draw your sword! Stab me, or these godless men will come and make fun of me.” But his armorbearer refused because he was terrified. So Saul took the sword and fell on it. ⁵ When the armorbearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on the sword and died. ⁶ So Saul, his three sons, and his dynasty died together.

⁷ When all the people of Israel in the valley saw that ⌞their army⌟ had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities. So the Philistines came to live in these cities.

⁸ The next day, when the Philistines came to strip the dead, they found Saul and his sons lying on Mount Gilboa. ⁹ They stripped him and took his head and his armor. Then they sent men throughout Philistine territory to tell their idols and the people this good news. ¹⁰ They put his armor in the temple of their gods and fastened his head to the temple of Dagon.

¹¹ When all the people of Jabesh Gilead heard about everything the Philistines had done to Saul, ¹² all the fighting men came and took away the dead bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried the bones under the oak tree in Jabesh. Then they fasted seven days.

¹³ So Saul died because of his unfaithfulness to the Lord: He did not obey the Lord’s word. He asked a medium to request information ⌞from a dead person⌟. ¹⁴ He didn’t request information from the Lord. So the Lord killed him and turned the kingship over to David, Jesse’s son.