1 Chronicles 7
1 Now the
sons of
Issachar were,
Tola, and
Puah, Jashub, and
Shimron, 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
number was in the
days of
David two and
twenty thousand and
six hundred. 3 And the
sons of
Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the
sons of
Izrahiah; Michael, and
Obadiah, and
Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief
men. 4 And with them, by their
generations, after the
house of their
fathers, were
bands of
soldiers for
war, six and
thirty thousand men: for they had
many wives and
sons. 5 And their
brethren among all the
families of
Issachar were
valiant men of
might, reckoned in all by their
genealogies fourscore and
seven thousand. 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 the
house of their
fathers, mighty men of
valour; and were reckoned by their
genealogies twenty and
two thousand and
thirty and
four. 8 And the
sons of
Becher; Zemira, and
Joash, and
Eliezer, and
Elioenai, and
Omri, and
Jerimoth, and
Abiah, and
Anathoth, and
Alameth. All these are the
sons of
Becher. 9 And the
number of them, after their genealogy by their
generations, heads of the
house of their
fathers, mighty
men of
valour, was
twenty thousand and two
hundred. 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. 12 Shuppim also, and
Huppim, the
children of
Ir, and
Hushim, the
sons of
Aher. 13 The
sons of
Naphtali; Jahziel, and
Guni, and
Jezer, and
Shallum, the
sons of
Bilhah. 14 The
sons of
Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she
bare: (but his
concubine the
Aramitess bare Machir the
father of
Gilead: 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, and
Shechem, and
Likhi, and
Aniam. 20 And the
sons of
Ephraim; Shuthelah, and
Bered his
son, and
Tahath his
son, and
Eladah his
son, and
Tahath his
son, 21 And
Zabad his
son, and
Shuthelah 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.
23 And when he went
in to his
wife, she
conceived, and
bare a
son, and he
called his
name Beriah, because it went
evil with his
house. 24 (And his
daughter was
Sherah, who
built Bethhoron the
nether, and the
upper, and Uzzensherah.)
25 And
Rephah was his
son, also
Resheph, and
Telah his
son, and
Tahan his
son, 26 Laadan his
son, Ammihud his
son, Elishama his
son, 27 Non his
son, Jehoshua his
son. 28 And their
possessions and
habitations were,
Bethel 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:
29 And by the
borders of the
children of
Manasseh, Bethshean and her
towns, Taanach and her
towns, Megiddo and her
towns, Dor and her
towns. In these
dwelt the
children of
Joseph the
son of
Israel. 30 The
sons of
Asher; Imnah, and
Isuah, and
Ishuai, and
Beriah, and
Serah their
sister. 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
Rohgah, Jehubbah, and
Aram. 35 And the
sons of his
brother Helem; Zophah, and
Imna, and
Shelesh, and
Amal. 36 The
sons of
Zophah; Suah, and
Harnepher, and
Shual, and
Beri, and
Imrah, 37 Bezer, and
Hod, and
Shamma, and
Shilshah, 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 mighty
men of
valour, chief of the
princes. And the
number throughout the
genealogy of them that were apt to the
war and to
battle was
twenty and
six thousand men.