1 Chronicles 7
Berean Standard BibleTranslation
Berean Standard Bible
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
1The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
1And of the sons of Issachar: Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four.
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.
2And the sons of Tola: Uzzi and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour according to their generations, even of Tola; their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred.
3The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.
3And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah; and the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.
4In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.
4And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses, were bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand; for they had many wives and sons.
5Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.
5And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, mighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy, were fourscore and seven thousand.
6The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
6The sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.
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.
7And the sons of Bela: Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of fathers' houses, mighty men of valour; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
8The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.
8And 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.
9Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor.
9And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.
10The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
10And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
11All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.
11All these were sons of Jediael, even heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war.
12The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.
12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, the son of another.
13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum —the descendants of Bilhah.
13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14The descendants of Manasseh: Through his Aramean concubine, Asriel, as well as Machir the father of Gilead.
14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore — his concubine the Aramitess bore 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.
15and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah — and the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had 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.
16And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was 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.
17And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.
18And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah.
19And these were the sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
19And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
20The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
20And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah — and Bered was his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and 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.
21and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son — and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.
22Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
22And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren 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, because tragedy had come upon his house.
23And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.
24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah.
24And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen-sheerah.
25Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
25And Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son;
26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son;
27Nun his son, and Joshua his son.
27Nun his son, 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 and its villages.
28And 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 Aiah and the towns thereof;
29And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and the towns thereof, Taanach and the towns thereof, Megiddo and the towns thereof, Dor and the towns thereof. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.
30The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
30The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
31And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua.
32And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.
33And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Asvath. These are the children of Japhlet.
34The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.
34And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram.
35The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.
35And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
36The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
36The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shaul, and Beri, and Imrah;
37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.
37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilsha, and Ithran, and Beera.
38The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.
38And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara.
39The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.
39And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and 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.
40All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.
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