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1 Chronicles

Chapter 7

¹ And [as] to the sons of Issachar, [they were] Tola, and Puah, and Jashub, and Shimron, four. ² And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, chiefs of their fathers’ houses [belonging to] Tola, men of might according to their generations; their number in the days of David [was] twenty and two thousand and six hundred. ³ And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, Obadiah, and Joel, and Isshiah, five, all rulers.

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⁴ And with them, according to their generations, according to the houses of their families, [were men] mighty to set [armies] in array for war, thirty and six thousand, for they had multiplied [their] wives and children. ⁵ And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, also mighty men, [were] eighty-seven thousand—[this was] the number of them all.

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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 houses of families, mighty men; and their number [was] twenty and two thousand and thirty-four. ⁸ And the sons of Becher; Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jeremoth, and Abijah, and Anathoth, and Alemeth: all these [were] the sons of Becher. ⁹ And their number according to their generations ([they were] chiefs of their fathers’ houses, men of might), [was] twenty thousand and two hundred. ¹⁰ And the sons of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar. ¹¹ All these [were] the sons of Jediael, chiefs of their families, men of might, seventeen thousand and two hundred, going forth to war with might. ¹² And Shuppim, and Huppim, and the sons of Ir, Hushim, whose son [was] Aher.

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¹³ The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, his sons, Bilhah his son.

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¹⁴ The sons of Manasseh; Asriel, whom his Syrian concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of Gilead. ¹⁵ And Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, and his sister’s name was Maacah; and the name of the second [son] was Zelophehad; and to Zelophehad were born daughters. ¹⁶ And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and called his name Peresh; and his brother’s name [was] Sheresh; 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 Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. ¹⁹ And the sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

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²⁰ And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, ²¹ and Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead: and the men of Gath who were born in the land slew them, because they went down to take their cattle. ²² And their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. ²³ And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because, [said he], He was afflicted in my house. ²⁴ And his daughter [was] Sheerah, and he was among them that were left, and he built Beth-horon the upper and the lower. And the descendants of Uzzen [were] Sheerah, ²⁵ and Raphah his son, Resheph and Telah his sons, Tahan his son. ²⁶ To Ladan his son [was born his] son Ammihud, his son Elishama, [his] son ²⁷ Nun, [his] son Joshua, [these were] his sons.

1Chr 7:20-27

²⁸ And their possession and their dwelling [were] Bethel and her towns, to the east Naaran, westward Gezer and her towns, and Shechem and her towns, as far as Gaza and her towns. ²⁹ And as far as the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In this the children of Joseph the son of Israel dwelt.

1Chr 7:28-29

³⁰ The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. ³¹ And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel; he [was] the father of Birzaith. ³² And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. ³³ And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath: these [are] the sons of Japhlet. ³⁴ And the sons of Shemer; Achir, and Rohgah, and Jehubbah, and Aram. ³⁵ And the sons of Helem his brother; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. ³⁶ The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, ³⁷ and Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. ³⁸ And the sons of Jether, Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. ³⁹ And the sons of Ulla; Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

1Chr 7:30-39

⁴⁰ All these [were] the sons of Asher, all heads of families, choice, mighty men, chief leaders: their number for battle array—their number [was] twenty-six thousand men.

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