1 Chronicles 7

¹The sons of Issachar:

• Tola, Puah,^{+7:1 Puah is a variant of Puvah; see Genesis 46:13 and Numbers 26:23.} Jashub, and Shimron— four in all.

• ²The sons of Tola:

• Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor.

• ³The son^{+7:3 Hebrew sons; also in verses 10 and 17} of Uzzi:

• Izrahiah.

• The sons of Izrahiah:

• Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. ⁴In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.

• ⁵Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

⁶The three sons of Benjamin:

• Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

• ⁷The sons of Bela:

• Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families— five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies.

• ⁸The sons of Becher:

• Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. ⁹Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families— 20,200 mighty men of valor.

• ¹⁰The son of Jediael:

• Bilhan.

• The sons of Bilhan:

• Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle. ¹²The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

¹³The sons of Naphtali:

• Jahziel,^{+7:13 Jahziel is a variant of Jahzeel; see Genesis 46:24.} Guni, Jezer, and Shallum^{+7:13 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts Shillem; see Genesis 46:24 and Numbers 26:49.}— the descendants of Bilhah.

¹⁴The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel

• through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.

• ¹⁵Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah.

• Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

• ¹⁶Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

• ¹⁷The son of Ulam:

• Bedan.

• These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. ¹⁸His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

• ¹⁹And these were the sons of Shemida:

• Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

²⁰The descendants of Ephraim:

• Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, ²¹Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son.

• Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock.

• ²²Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. ²³And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah,^{+7:23 Beriah sounds like the Hebrew for tragedy or disaster.} because tragedy had come upon his house. ²⁴His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.

• ²⁵Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son,^{+7:25 Some LXX manuscripts; Hebrew does not include his son.} Telah his son, Tahan his son, ²⁶Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷Nun^{+7:27 Or Non} his son, and Joshua his son.

• ²⁸Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah^{+7:28 Ayyah is another name for Gaza; see also LXX.} and its villages. ²⁹And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean,^{+7:29 Beth-shean is a variant of Beth-shan; see 1 Samuel 31:10 and 2 Samuel 21:12.} Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

³⁰The children of Asher:

• Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

• ³¹The sons of Beriah:

• Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

• ³²Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.

• ³³The sons of Japhlet:

• Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.

• ³⁴The sons of Shemer:

• Ahi, Rohgah,^{+7:34 Or The sons of his brother Shemer: Rohgah; note that Shemer is a variant of Shomer; see verse 32.} Hubbah, and Aram.

• ³⁵The sons of his brother Helem:^{+7:35 Helem is possibly another name for Hotham; see verse 32.}

• Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

• ³⁶The sons of Zophah:

• Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, ³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran,^{+7:37 Ithran is possibly a variant of Jether; see verse 38.} and Beera.

• ³⁸The sons of Jether:

• Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

• ³⁹The sons of Ulla:

• Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

• ⁴⁰All these were the descendants of Asher — heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.