The line of Reuben. Before I. CHRONICLES. |tiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, CHRIST and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. about 715. k See 1 Sam. 15. 8. & 30. 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were es17. & 2 Sam. caped, and dwelt there unto this day. 8. 12. 1300, &c. a Gen. 29. 32. & 49. 3. b Gen. 35. 22. & 49. 4. © Gen. 48. 15, 22. d Gen. 49. 8, 10. Ps. 60. 7. & 108. 8. e Mic. 5. 2. Matt. 2. 6. Or, prince. f Gen. 46. 9. Ex. 6. 14. Num. 26. 5. Or, Tiglath pileser, 2 Kings 15. 29. & 16.7. CHAPTER V. 1 The line of Reuben (who lost his birthright) unto the captivity. 9 Their habitation and conquest of the Hagarites. 11 The chief men and habitations of God. 18 The number and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh. 23 The habitations and chief men of that half tribe. 25 Their captivity for their sin. No TOW the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for ahe was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he b defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. 2 Ford Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's :) 3 The sons, I say, of f Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. 7 And his brethren by their BSde ver. 17. families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, i Or, Shemaiah, ver. 4. hJosh. 13. 15, I 16. 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in hAroer, even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multii Josh. 22. 9. plied in the land of Gilead. k Gen. 25. 12. † Heb. upon all the face of the east. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the cast land of Gilead. 11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the 1 Josh. 13. 11, land of Bashan unto Salcah: 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 24. The chief men of Gad. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 14 These are the children of Abihail the 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; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of m Sharon, upon their borders. The sons of Levi. Before CHRIST 1300, &c. I. CHRONICLES. Before CHRIST about 1300, &c. The families of the Levites. 25 And they transgressed | 18 And the sons of Kohath were, against the God of their fathers, Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and went at whoring after the and Uzziel. 12 Kings 17.7. gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before I them. 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and 10 And Johanan begat Azariah; (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple in the house. that Solomon built in Jerusalem :) † Heb. 1 Kings 6. 2 Chr. 3. h See Ezra 7. 3. 1 Or, Meshullam, ch. 9. 11. i Neh. 11. 11. 19 The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers. 20 Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath his son, mZimmah his son, 21 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeaterai his son. 22 The sons of Kohath; "Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 23 Elkanah his son, and Ebia- 25 And the sons of Elkanah; 27 P Eliab his son, Jeroham his 28 And the sons of Samuel; the 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his ver. 42. 10r, Ethan, ver. 42. Or, Adaiah, ver. 41. Or, Ethni, ver. 41. Or, Zepha niah, Aza riah, Joel, ver. 36, n See ver. 35, 36. Or, Zuph, ver. 35. ver. 34, Toah. Called &c. 31 And these are they whom about 1280, David set over the service of song in the house of the Lord, after that the qark had rest. 32 And they ministered before the dwellingplace of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem: and then they waited on their office according to their order. the sons of the Kohathites; He- 9 ch. 16. 1. 33 And these are they that 11 And Azariah begat Ama-waited with their children. Of Heb.stood. riah, and Amariah begat Ahitub, 12 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat Shallum, 13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah, 14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak, 15 And Jehozadak went into k2 Kings 25. captivity, k when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. 16 The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari. 34 The son of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of Toah, 35 The son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah, the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai, 36 The son of Elkanah, the son of Joel, the son of Azariah, the, son of Zephaniah, 37 The son of Tahath, the son of Assir, the son of Ebiasaph, Ex. 6. 24. the son of Korah, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of about 1280, &c. $ See ver. 21. ICalled Jeduthun, ch. 9. 16. & 25. 1, 3, 6. 1Or, Kushaiah, ch. 15. 17. 1444, &c. t Lev. 1. 9. u Ex. 30. 7. * Josh. 21. y Josh. 21. 11, 12. z Josh. 14. 13. & 15. 13. a Josh. 21. 13. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of Berachiah, the son of Shimea, 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah, the son of Shimei, 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi. 44 And their brethren the sons of Merari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, 46 The son of Amzi, the son of, Bani, the son of Shamer, 47 The son of Mahli, the son of Mushi, the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 Their brethren also the Levites were appointed unto all manner of service of the taber nacle of the house of God. 49 But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and "on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 Now these are their dwellingplaces throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot. 55 y And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. priests and Levites. urbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, Before CHRIST 1444, &c. Or, Holon, Josh. 21. 15. 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 59 And Ashan with her sub-10r, din, urbs, and Beth-shemesh with her Josh. 21. 16. suburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, Or, Almon, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. Josh. 21. 18. 61 And unto the sons of Kohath, bwhich were left of the bver. 66. family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities. 62' And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their suburbs. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names. Josh. 21. 5. d Josh. 21. 7, 34. 66 And the residue of the ever. 61. families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim. 67 And they gave unto them, f Josh. 21. 21. of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer with her suburbs, 68 And Jokmeam with her See Josh. suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, 69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath. 57 And to the sons of Aaron i 21. 22-35. where many of these cities have other names. Cities of the priests and Levites. Before the half tribe of I. CHRONICLES. The sons of Issachar, Benjamin, Manasseh, Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Before CHRIST Golan in Bashan with her sub- Ishiah, five: all of them chief CHRIST urbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: 1444, &c. 1400, &c. a Gen. 46. 13. Num. 26. 23. b 2 Sam. 24. 1.2. ch. 27. 1. men. 4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand sub-men: for they had many wives and sons. 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 73 And Ramoth with her urbs, and Anem with her suburbs: 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs: 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjath- | aim with her suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs: 78 And on the other side JorIdan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs, 79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs. CHAPTER VII. 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 Jediacl, 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 sous 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 hundsoldiers, fit to go out for war 1 The sons of Issachar, 6 of Benjamin, 13 NOW TOW the sons of Issachar were, a Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimrom, four. 2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; b 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; and battle. 12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. 1400, &c. Gen. 46. 21. ch. 8. 1, &c. Num. 26. 38. Num. 26.39, and Hu Shupham, pham. ver. 7. 13 The sons of Naphtali; Jah-Or, Iri, ziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah. e 14 The sons of Manassch; 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 sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters. Or, Ahiram, Num. 26. 38. e Gen. 46. 24, Shillem. 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 Num. 26.30, bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. Jeezer. h Num. 26, 35. Or, Nun, Num. 13. 8, 16. Naarath. ↑ Heb. daughters. 19 And the sons of Shemidah 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. The sons of Asher. ber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith. Before CHRIST 1400, &c. 32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and "ver. 34, Shua their sister. n 33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashyath. These are the children of Japhlet. Shamer. 34 And the sons of Shamer; ver. 32, Shomer. 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 father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the; genealogy of them that were apt i to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men. CHAPTER VIII. 24 (And his daughter was She- The stock of Saul and Jonathan. OW | 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, Jehoshuah his son. 28 ¶ And their possessions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward i Josh. 16. 7, Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof: Now Benjamin begat a Bela 1400, &c. second, and Aharah the third, 3 And the sons of Bela were, 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 6 And these are the sons of. Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to b Manahath: 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Num. 26. 38. ch. 7. 6. Or, Ard, Gen. 46. 21. or. Shupham, Num. 26. 39. See ch.7. 12. b ch. 2.52. |