1 Chronicles 5
1 Now the
sons of
Reuben the
firstborn of
Israel, (for he was the
firstborn; but, forasmuch as he
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 For
Judah prevailed above his
brethren, and of him came the chief
ruler; but the
birthright was Joseph's:)
3 The
sons, I say, of
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
Tilgathpilneser 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
Shema, the
son of
Joel, who
dwelt in
Aroer, even unto
Nebo and
Baalmeon: 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. 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
east land of
Gilead. 11 And the
children of
Gad dwelt over against them, in the
land of
Bashan unto
Salchah: 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. 16 And they
dwelt in
Gilead in
Bashan, and in her
towns, and in all the
suburbs of
Sharon, upon their
borders. 17 All these were reckoned by
genealogies in the
days of
Jotham king of
Judah, and in the
days of
Jeroboam king of
Israel. 18 The
sons of
Reuben, and the
Gadites, and
half the
tribe of
Manasseh, of valiant
men, men able to
bear buckler and
sword, and to
shoot with
bow, and
skilful in
war, were
four and
forty thousand seven hundred and
threescore, that went
out to the
war. 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
intreated of them; because they put their
trust in him.
21 And they took
away their
cattle; of their
camels fifty thousand, and of
sheep two
hundred and
fifty thousand, and of
asses two
thousand, and of
men an hundred thousand. 22 For there
fell down
many slain, because the
war was of
God. 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
Baalhermon 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
fathers. 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.
26 And the
God of
Israel stirred
up the
spirit of
Pul king of
Assyria, and the
spirit of
Tilgathpilneser king of
Assyria, and he carried them
away, even the
Reubenites, and the
Gadites, and the
half tribe of
Manasseh, and
brought them unto
Halah, and
Habor, and
Hara, and to the
river Gozan, unto this
day.