1 Chronicles 7:1-40, NLT

1 Chronicles 7

Descendants of Issachar

1The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

2The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the time of King David, the total number of mighty warriors listed in the records of these clans was 22,600.

3The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. These five became the leaders of clans.

4All of them had many wives and many sons, so the total number of men available for military service among their descendants was 36,000.

5The total number of mighty warriors from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000. All of them were listed in their genealogical records.

Descendants of Benjamin

6Three of Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

7The five sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors from these clans was 22,034, as listed in their genealogical records.

8The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.

9Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors and leaders from these clans was 20,200, as listed in their genealogical records.

10The son of Jediael was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. From these clans the total number of mighty warriors ready for war was 17,200.

12The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher.

Descendants of Naphtali

13The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel,*7:13a As in parallel text at Gen 46:24; Hebrew reads Jahziel, a variant spelling of Jahzeel. Guni, Jezer, and Shillem.*7:13b As in some Hebrew and Greek manuscripts (see also Gen 46:24; Num 26:49); most Hebrew manuscripts read Shallum. They were all descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah.

Descendants of Manasseh

14The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.

15Makir found wives for*7:15 Or Makir took a wife from. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam and Rakem.

17The son of Ulam was Bedan. All these were considered Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of Manasseh.

18Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Descendants of Ephraim

20The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,

21Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath. 22Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah*7:23 Beriah sounds like a Hebrew term meaning “tragedy” or “misfortune.” because of the tragedy his family had suffered. 24He had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah.

25The descendants of Ephraim included Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan,

26Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama, 27Nun, and Joshua.

28The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns.

29Along the border of Manasseh were the towns of Beth-shan,*7:29a Hebrew Beth-shean, a variant spelling of Beth-shan. Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their surrounding villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel*7:29b Israel is the name that God gave to Jacob. lived in these towns.

Descendants of Asher

30The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. They had a sister named Serah.

31The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel (the father of Birzaith).

32The sons of Heber were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. They had a sister named Shua.

33The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath.

34The sons of Shomer were Ahi,*7:34 Or The sons of Shomer, his brother, were. Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

35The sons of his brother Helem*7:35 Possibly another name for Hotham; compare 7:32. were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

36The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran,*7:37 Possibly another name for Jether; compare 7:38. and Beera.

38The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

39The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

40Each of these descendants of Asher was the head of an ancestral clan. They were all select men—mighty warriors and outstanding leaders. The total number of men available for military service was 26,000, as listed in their genealogical records.