The chiefs of Gad. 1. CHRONICLES. The sons of Levi. 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the first-asses two thousand, and of men a hundred born of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, thousand. Hezron, and Carmi. 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of Go. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 23 And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon. : 24 And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their 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 families, (when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned,) were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of fathers. Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo, and Baal-meon: 25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their he carried them away, even the Reubenhand and they dwelt in their tents ites, and the Gadites, and the half-tribe of throughout all the east land of Gilead. Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, 11 ¶ And the children of Gad dwelt and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Goover against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salcah: zan, unto this day. 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 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. CHAP. VI. Merari. 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 2 And the sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, and Heoron, and Uzziel. 3 Ánd the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. The sons also of Aaron; Nadab, and Abihu, Eleazar, and ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abishua, 5 And Abishua begat Bukki, and Bukki begat Uzzi, 6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zera 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of hiah begat Meraioth, Sharon, upon their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealo- riah begat Ahitub, gies in the days of Jotham king of Judah,] 8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok and in the days of Jeroboam king of begat Ahimaaz, Israel. 9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and 18 T The sons of Reuben, and the Gad- Azariah begat Johanan, ites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of 10 And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it valiant men, men able to bear buckler and is that executed the priest's office in the sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem :) in war, were four and forty thousand seven 11 And Azariah begat Amariah, and hundred and threescore, that went out to Amariah begat Ahitub, the war. 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 captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnez 7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Ama 21 And they took away their cattle; of zar. their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep 16 T The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kotwo hundred and fifty thousand, and of,hath, and Merari. The line of priests. CHAP. VI. Office of Aaron and his sons. 17 And these be the names of the sons of Kishi, the son of Abdi, the son of Malluch, of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei. 45 The son of Hashabiah, the son of 18 And the sons of Kohath were, Am-Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah, ram, and Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel. 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, Zimmah 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 Ebiasaph his son, and Assir his son, 24 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, ziah his son, and Shaul his son. 25 And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. 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, acUz-cording to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded. 28 And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn Vashni, and Abiah. 26 As for Elkanah: the sons of Elka- his son, nah; Zophai his son, and Nahath his son, 51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zera27 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, El-hiah his son, kanah 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. 29 The sons of Merari; Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzza his son, 30 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his sons 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 tabernacle of the house of God. 33 And these are they that waited with their children. Of the sons of the Kohathites; Heman a singer, the son of Joel, the son of Shemuel, 50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua 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, 31 And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark had rest. 56 But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh. 32 And they ministered before the dwelling-place of the tabernacle of the congregation with singing, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusa- 57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave lem: and then they waited on their office, the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the according to their order. city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs, 58 And Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs, 55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it. 59 And Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities. 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, the son of Korah, 61 And unto the sons of Kohath which were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half-tribe, namely, 38 The son of Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of Levi, the son of Israel. 39 And his brother Asaph, who stood out of the half-tribe of Manasseh, by lot, on his right hand, even Asaph the son of ten cities. Berechiah, the son of Shimea, 62 And to the sons of Gershom through 40 The son of Michael, the son of Baa-out their families were given out of the seiah, the son of Malchiah, 41 The son of Ethni, the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah, tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manassch in Ba 42 The son of Ethan, the son of Zim-shan, thirteen cities. mah, the son of Shimei, 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given 43 The son of Jahath, the son of Ger- by lot, throughout their families, out of the shom, the son of Levi. tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of 44 And their brethren the sons of Me- Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, ari stood on the left hand: Ethan the son twelve cities. The sons of Issachar. 1. CHRONICLES. The sons of Benjamır. 64 And the children of Israel gave to number was in the days of David two and the Levites these cities with their suburbs. twenty thousand and six hundred. 65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe 3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and of the children of Judah, and out of the the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obatribe of the children of Simeon, and out of diah, and Joel, Ishiah, five; all of them the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these chief men. cities, which are called by their names. 4 And with them, by their generations, 66 And the residue of the families of the after the house of their fathers, were bands sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand out of the tribe of Ephraim. men: for they had many wives and sons. 67 And they gave unto them, of the cities 5 And their brethren among all the faof refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim milies of Issachar were valiant men of with her suburbs; they gave also Gezer might, reckoned in all by their genealo with her suburbs, gies fourscore and seven thousand. 68 And Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her suburbs, 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, 69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70 And out of the half-tribe of Manas-five; heads of the house of their fathers, seh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam mighty men of valour; and were reckoned with her suburbs, for the family of the by their genealogies twenty and two thouremnant of the sons of Kohath. sand and thirty and four. 71 Unto the sons of Gershom were 8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and given out of the family of the half-tribe Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs: Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the 72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; sons of Becher. Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs, 9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of 73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and the house of their fathers, mighty men of Anem with her suburbs: valour, was twenty thousand and two hun 74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Ma-dred. shal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs, 75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rebob with her suburbs: 76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs. 77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebu- 12 Shuppim also, and Huppim, the chillun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor dren of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher. with her suburbs: 13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, 78 And on the other side Jordan by and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were sons of Bilhah. given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer 14 T The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, in the wilderness with her suburbs, and whom she bare: (but his concubine the Jahzah with her suburbs, Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead: 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. 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. CHAP. VII. NOW TOW the sons of Issachar were Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, 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. 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, 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; whose and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam. 21 ¶ And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah rah the third, 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. son, 26 Laadan bis 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: The sons of Benjamin. TOW born, Ashbel the second, and Ala 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3 And the sons of Bela were, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4 And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah, 5 And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Hu ram. 23 6 And these are the sons of Ehud: these And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bare a son, and he call-are the heads of the fathers of the inhabited his name Beriah, because it went evil ants of Geba, and they removed them to with bis house. Manahath: 24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who 7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, built Beth-horon the nether, and the up- he removed them, and begat Uzza, and per, and Uzzen-sherah.) Ahihud. 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his 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, 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 Robgah, Jehubbab, and Aram. ;| 35 And the sons of his brother Helem Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof: 29 And by the borders of the children 13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt of Gath: the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30 The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. 14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader, 16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi, 20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; 22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan, 24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah, 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshab, 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 29 And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gimighty men of valour, chief of the princes. beon; whose wife's name was Maachah: And the number throughout the genealogy 30 And his first-born sen Abdon, and of them that were apt to the war and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadal, to battle was twenty and six thousand men. 26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah, 27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jerolam. 28 These were heads of the fathers. by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. The original of Israel's these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalein, over against them. I. CHRONICLES. 33 And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 34 And the son of Jonathan was Meribbaal; and Merib-baal begat Micab. 35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 14 And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of Merari; 36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begat Moza, 15 And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 16 And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and 38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkaand Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. nah, that dwelt in the villages of the NeAll these were the sons of Azel. tophathites. 39 And the sons of Eshek his brother] were, Ulam his first-born, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin. CHAP. IX. all Israel were reckoned gies; nd behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression. 2 18 Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in the companies of the children of Levi. 19 And Shallum the son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his of the house rahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers, being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. 20 And Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and the LORD was with him. 21 And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22 All these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of twelve. These were reckoned by their Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of genealogy in their villages, whom David the children of Pharez the son of Judah. and Samuel the seer did ordain in their Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh: and Judah's genealogies. Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 13 And their brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God. 10 ¶ And of the priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the first-set office. born, and his sons. 23 So they and their children had the 6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and oversight of the gates of the house of the their brethren, six hundred and ninety. LORD, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah, 24 In four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. 8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 25 And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to come after seven days from time to time with them. 26 For these Levites, the four chief 9 And their brethren, according to their porters, were in their set office, and were generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. over the chambers and treasuries of the All these men were chief of the fathers in house of God. the house of their fathers. 11 And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; 17 And the porters were Shallum, and Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 12 And Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah, and 27 And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon them, and the opening thereof every morn ing pertained to them. 28 And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that they should bring them in and out by tale. 29 Some of them also were appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments |
