The First Book of the Chronicles 7

1 Now the sons of Issachar were Tola and Puah Jashub and Shimron four

2 And the sons of Tola Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmai and Jibsam and Shemuel heads of their ather’s house to wit of Tola they were valiant men of might in their generations whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred

3 And the sons of Uzzi Izrahiah and the sons of Izrahiah Michael and Obadiah and Joel Ishiah five all of them chief men

4 And with them by their generations after the house of their fathers were bands of soldiers for war six and thirty thousand men for they had many wives and sons

5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand

6 The sons of Benjamin Bela and Becher and Jediael three

7 And the sons of Bela Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri five heads of the house of their fathers mighty men of valour and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four

8 And the sons of Becher Zemira and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abiah and Anathoth and Alameth All these are the sons of Becher

9 And the number of them after their genealogy by their generations heads of the house of their fathers mighty men of valour was twenty thousand and two hundred

10 The sons also of Jediael Bilhan and the sons of Bilhan Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tharshish and Ahishahar

11 All these the sons of Jediael by the heads of their fathers mighty men of valour were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers fit to go out for war and battle

12 Shuppim also and Huppim the children of Ir and Hushim the sons of Aher

13 The sons of Naphtali Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum the sons of Bilhah

14 The sons of Manasseh Ashriel whom she bare but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead

15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim whose ister’s name was Maachah and the name of the second was Zelophehad and Zelophehad had daughters

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son and she called his name Peresh and the name of his brother was Sheresh and his sons were Ulam and Rakem

17 And the sons of Ulam Bedan These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh

18 And his sister Hammoleketh bare Ishod and Abiezer and Mahalah

19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam

20 And the sons of Ephraim Shuthelah and Bered his son and Tahath his son and Eladah his son and Tahath his son

21 And Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew because they came down to take away their cattle

22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days and his brethren came to comfort him

23 And when he went in to his wife she conceived and bare a son and he called his name Beriah because it went evil with his house

24 And his daughter was Sherah who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper and Uzzen-sherah

25 And Rephah was his son also Resheph and Telah his son and Tahan his son

26 Laadan his son Ammihud his son Elishama his son

27 Non his son Jehoshua his son

28 And their possessions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof and eastward Naaran and westward Gezer with the towns thereof Shechem also and the towns thereof unto Gaza and the towns thereof

29 And by the borders of the children of Manasseh Beth-shean and her towns Taanach and her towns Megiddo and her towns Dor and her towns In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel

30 The sons of Asher Imnah and Isuah and Ishuai and Beriah and Serah their sister

31 And the sons of Beriah Heber and Malchiel who is the father of Birzavith

32 And Heber begat Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua their sister

33 And the sons of Japhlet Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath These are the children of Japhlet

34 And the sons of Shamer Ahi and Rohgah Jehubbah and Aram

35 And the sons of his brother Helem Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal

36 The sons of Zophah Suah and Harnepher and Shual and Beri and Imrah

37 Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera

38 And the sons of Jether Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara

39 And the sons of Ulla Arah and Haniel and Rezia

40 All these were the children of Asher heads of their ather’s house choice and mighty men of valour chief of the princes And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men