1 Chronicles 9

1 Chronicles 9:1 All Israel was registered in the genealogies. Notice[1] they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

1 Chronicles 9:2 The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

1 Chronicles 9:3 These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:

1 Chronicles 9:4 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah;

1 Chronicles 9:5 from the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;

1 Chronicles 9:6 and from the descendants of Zerah: Jeuel and their relatives– 690 in all.

1 Chronicles 9:7 The Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

1 Chronicles 9:8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;

1 Chronicles 9:9 and their relatives according to their family history– 956 in all. All these men were heads of their ancestral families.

1 Chronicles 9:10 The priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;

1 Chronicles 9:11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;

1 Chronicles 9:12 Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;

1 Chronicles 9:13 and their relatives, the heads of their ancestral families– 1,760 in all. They were efficient men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 9:14 The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;

1 Chronicles 9:15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;

1 Chronicles 9:16 Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the settlements of the Netophathites.

1 Chronicles 9:17 The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

1 Chronicles 9:18 he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

1 Chronicles 9:19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his father’s family, the Korahites, were assigned to guard[2] the thresholds of the tent. Their ancestors had been assigned to Yahveh’scamp as guardians of the entrance.

1 Chronicles 9:20 Before, Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and Yahveh was with him.

1 Chronicles 9:21 Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the conference tent.

1 Chronicles 9:22 The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their settlements. David and the seer Samuel had appointed them to their trusted positions.

1 Chronicles 9:23 So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of Yahveh’s temple, which had been the tent-temple.

1 Chronicles 9:24 The gatekeepers were on the four winds: east, west, north, and south.

1 Chronicles 9:25 Their relatives came from their settlements at fixed times to be with them seven days,

1 Chronicles 9:26 but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s house.

1 Chronicles 9:27 They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s house because they were on guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.

1 Chronicles 9:28 Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

1 Chronicles 9:29 Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sacred place, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.

1 Chronicles 9:30 Some of the priests’ sons mixed the spices.

1 Chronicles 9:31 A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.

1 Chronicles 9:32 Some of the Kohathites’ relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the Bread of the Presence every Sabbath.

1 Chronicles 9:33 The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.

1 Chronicles 9:34 These were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their family history; they lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 9:35 Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

1 Chronicles 9:36 Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

1 Chronicles 9:37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

1 Chronicles 9:38 Mikloth fathered Shimeam. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem with their other relatives.

1 Chronicles 9:39 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chronicles 9:40 Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

1 Chronicles 9:41 Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

1 Chronicles 9:42 Ahaz fathered Jarah; Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri fathered Moza.

1 Chronicles 9:43 Moza fathered Binea. His son was Rephaiah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

1 Chronicles 9:44 Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel’s sons.

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[1] הִנֵּה = notice. 1 Chronicles 9:1; 11:1, 25; 17:1; 22:9, 14; 28:21.

[2] שָׁמַר = be careful,guard. 1 Chronicles 9:19; 10:13; 12:29; 22:12, 13; 23:32; 28:8; 29:18, 19.

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1 Chronicles 8

1 Chronicles 8:1 Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

1 Chronicles 8:2 Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.

1 Chronicles 8:3 Bela’s sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

1 Chronicles 8:4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

1 Chronicles 8:5 Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

1 Chronicles 8:6 These were Ehud’s sons. These were the heads of the families living in Geba and who were deported to Manahath:

1 Chronicles 8:7 Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera deported them and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

1 Chronicles 8:8 Shaharaim had sons in the territory of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

1 Chronicles 8:9 His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

1 Chronicles 8:10 Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, family heads.

1 Chronicles 8:11 He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

1 Chronicles 8:12 Elpaal’s sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its surrounding villages,

1 Chronicles 8:13 Beriah and Shema, who were the family heads of Aijalon’s residents and who drove out[1] the residents of Gath,

1 Chronicles 8:14 Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.

1 Chronicles 8:15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

1 Chronicles 8:16 Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were Beriah’s sons.

1 Chronicles 8:17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

1 Chronicles 8:18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were Elpaal’s sons.

1 Chronicles 8:19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

1 Chronicles 8:20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

1 Chronicles 8:21 Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were Shimei’s sons.

1 Chronicles 8:22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

1 Chronicles 8:23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

1 Chronicles 8:24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

1 Chronicles 8:25 Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak’s sons.

1 Chronicles 8:26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

1 Chronicles 8:27 Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were Jeroham’s sons.

1 Chronicles 8:28 These were family heads, chiefs according to their family history; they lived in Jerusalem.

1 Chronicles 8:29 Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

1 Chronicles 8:30 Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

1 Chronicles 8:31 Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,

1 Chronicles 8:32 and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem, with their other relatives.

1 Chronicles 8:33 Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

1 Chronicles 8:34 Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

1 Chronicles 8:35 Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

1 Chronicles 8:36 Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza.

1 Chronicles 8:37 Moza fathered Binea. His son was Raphah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

1 Chronicles 8:38 Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were Azel’s sons.

1 Chronicles 8:39 His brother Eshek’s sons: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

1 Chronicles 8:40 Ulam’s sons were efficient warriors and archers. They had many sons and sons of sons — 150 of them. All these were among Benjamin’s sons.

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[1] בָּרָח = run, run through, drive out. 1 Chronicles 8:13; 12:15.

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1 Chronicles 7

1 Chronicles 7:1 Sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron — four.

1 Chronicles 7:2 Sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral houses. During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as efficient warriors in their family history.

1 Chronicles 7:3 Son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. Sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

1 Chronicles 7:4 According to the family history of their ancestral houses, they had 36,000 troops of the army along with them, for they had many wives and children.

1 Chronicles 7:5 Their tribesmen, who were efficient warriors belonging to all the clans of Issachar, totalled 87,000 in their genealogies.

1 Chronicles 7:6 Three of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

1 Chronicles 7:7 Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri– five. They were efficient warriors and heads of their ancestral houses; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

1 Chronicles 7:8 Becher’s sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

1 Chronicles 7:9 Their family history was recorded according to the heads of their ancestral houses—20,200 efficient warriors.

1 Chronicles 7:10 Jediael’s son: Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

1 Chronicles 7:11 All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were efficient warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

1 Chronicles 7:12 Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

1 Chronicles 7:13 Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum– Bilhah’s sons.

1 Chronicles 7:14 Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 7:15 Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

1 Chronicles 7:16 Machir’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.

1 Chronicles 7:17 Ulam’s son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 7:18 His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

1 Chronicles 7:19 Shemida’s sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

1 Chronicles 7:20 Ephraim’s sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

1 Chronicles 7:21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead. The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle.

1 Chronicles 7:22 Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

1 Chronicles 7:23 He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.

1 Chronicles 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,

1 Chronicles 7:25 his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,

1 Chronicles 7:26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,

1 Chronicles 7:27 his son Nun, and his son Joshua.

1 Chronicles 7:28 Their holdings and settlements were Bethel and its surrounding villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,

1 Chronicles 7:29 and along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh, Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor with their surrounding villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

1 Chronicles 7:30 Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.

1 Chronicles 7:31 Beriah’s sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

1 Chronicles 7:32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.

1 Chronicles 7:33 Japhlet’s sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.

1 Chronicles 7:34 Shemer’s sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

1 Chronicles 7:35 His brother Helem’s sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

1 Chronicles 7:36 Zophah’s sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

1 Chronicles 7:37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

1 Chronicles 7:38 Jether’s sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

1 Chronicles 7:39 Ulla’s sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

1 Chronicles 7:40 All these were Asher’s descendants. They were the heads of their ancestral families, chosen men, efficient warriors, and chiefs among the generals. The number of men listed in their genealogies for army service was 26,000.

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1 Chronicles 6

1 Chronicles 6:1 Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:2 And sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:3 And children of Amram: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron’s sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

1 Chronicles 6:4 Eleazar fathered Phinehas; Phinehas fathered Abishua;

1 Chronicles 6:5 Abishua fathered Bukki; Bukki fathered Uzzi;

1 Chronicles 6:6 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;

1 Chronicles 6:7 Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;

1 Chronicles 6:8 Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;

1 Chronicles 6:9 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah; Azariah fathered Johanan;

1 Chronicles 6:10 Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem;

1 Chronicles 6:11 Azariah fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;

1 Chronicles 6:12 Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Shallum;

1 Chronicles 6:13 Shallum fathered Hilkiah; Hilkiah fathered Azariah;

1 Chronicles 6:14 Azariah fathered Seraiah; and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.

1 Chronicles 6:15 Jehozadak went into exile when Yahveh sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.

1 Chronicles 6:16 Sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

1 Chronicles 6:17 These are the names of Gershom’s sons: Libni and Shimei.

1 Chronicles 6:18 Sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

1 Chronicles 6:19 Sons of Merars: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites’ clans according to their fathers:

1 Chronicles 6:20 Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,

1 Chronicles 6:21 his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

1 Chronicles 6:22 Sons of Kohath: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

1 Chronicles 6:23 his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir,

1 Chronicles 6:24 his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.

1 Chronicles 6:25 Sons of Elkanah: Amasai and Ahimoth,

1 Chronicles 6:26 his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath,

1 Chronicles 6:27 his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.

1 Chronicles 6:28 Sons of Samuel: his firstborn Joel, and his second son Abijah.

1 Chronicles 6:29 Sons of Merari: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

1 Chronicles 6:30 his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.

1 Chronicles 6:31 These are the men David put in charge of the music in Yahveh’s house after the ark came to rest there.

1 Chronicles 6:32 They ministered[1] with song before the tabernacle, the conference tent,[2] until Solomon built Yahveh’s house in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the judgments[3] given to them.

1 Chronicles 6:33 These are the men who served with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

1 Chronicles 6:34 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

1 Chronicles 6:35 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

1 Chronicles 6:36 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

1 Chronicles 6:37 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

1 Chronicles 6:38 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

1 Chronicles 6:39 Heman’s relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

1 Chronicles 6:40 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,

1 Chronicles 6:41 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

1 Chronicles 6:42 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

1 Chronicles 6:43 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

1 Chronicles 6:44 On the left, their relatives were Merari’s sons: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

1 Chronicles 6:45 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

1 Chronicles 6:46 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

1 Chronicles 6:47 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

1 Chronicles 6:48 Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God’s temple.

1 Chronicles 6:49 But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most sacred[4] place. They presented the offerings on the altar of ascending offerings[5] and on the altar of incense to atone[6] for Israel according to all that Moses the slave of God had commanded.[7]

1 Chronicles 6:50 These are Aaron’s sons: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

1 Chronicles 6:51 his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah,

1 Chronicles 6:52 his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,

1 Chronicles 6:53 his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

1 Chronicles 6:54 These were the places assigned to Aaron’s descendants from the Kohathite clan for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.

1 Chronicles 6:55 They were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:56 but the fields and settlements around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

1 Chronicles 6:57 Aaron’s descendants were given: Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:58 Hilen and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:59 Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:60 From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had thirteen towns in all among their clans.

1 Chronicles 6:61 To the survivors[8] of the Kohathites, ten towns from the clan of half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.

1 Chronicles 6:62 The Gershomites were assigned thirteen towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their clans.

1 Chronicles 6:63 The Merarites were assigned by lot twelve towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their clans.

1 Chronicles 6:64 So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.

1 Chronicles 6:65 They assigned by lot the towns named above from the tribes of the descendants of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

1 Chronicles 6:66 Some of the clans of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

1 Chronicles 6:67 Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:68 Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:69 Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:70 From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the survivors of the clans of the Kohathites.

1 Chronicles 6:71 The Gershomites received: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the clans of half the tribe of Manasseh.

1 Chronicles 6:72 From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:73 Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:74 From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:75 Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:76 From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:77 The survivors of the Merarites received: From the tribe of Zebulun, they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:78 From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the open country and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:79 Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.

1 Chronicles 6:80 From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,

1 Chronicles 6:81 Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

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[1] שָׁרָת = minister.  1 Chronicles 6:32; 15:2; 16:4, 37; 23:13; 26:12; 27:1; 28:1.

[2] מוֹעֵד = conference. 1 Chronicles 6:32; 9:21; 23:31, 32.

[3] מִשְׁפָּט = judgment.  1 Chronicles 6:32; 15:13; 16:12, 14; 18:14; 22:13; 23:31; 24:19; 28:7.

[4] קֹדֶשׁ = sacred. 1 Chronicles 6:49; 9:29; 16:10, 29, 35; 22:19; 23:13, 28, 32; 24:5; 26:20, 26; 28:12; 29:3, 16.

[5] עֹלָה = ascending offering. 1 Chronicles 6:49; 16:1, 2, 40; 21:23, 24, 26, 29; 22:1; 23:31; 29:21.

[6] כָּפַר = atone, absolve. 1 Chronicles 6:49.

[7] צָוָה = command.  1 Chronicles 6:49; 14:16; 15:15; 16:15, 40; 17:6, 10; 22:6, 12, 13, 17; 24:19.

[8] יָתַר = survive. 1 Chronicles 6:61, 70, 77; 18:4; 24:20.

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1 Chronicles 5

1 Chronicles 5:1 These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn, but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, son of Israel because Reuben defiled his father’s bed. He is not listed in the genealogy according to birthright.

1 Chronicles 5:2 Although Judah became strong among his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright was given to Joseph.

1 Chronicles 5:3 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

1 Chronicles 5:4 Joel’s sons: his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,

1 Chronicles 5:5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal,

1 Chronicles 5:6 and his son Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites, and King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria took him into exile.

1 Chronicles 5:7 His relatives by their clans as they are recorded in their family history: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,

1 Chronicles 5:8 and Bela, son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They settled in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-Meon.

1 Chronicles 5:9 They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the open country[1] that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:10 During Saul’s reign, they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated by their power. They lived in tents throughout the face east of Gilead.

1 Chronicles 5:11 The sons of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

1 Chronicles 5:12 Joel the chief, Shapham the second in command, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

1 Chronicles 5:13 Their relatives according to their ancestral houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber– seven.

1 Chronicles 5:14 These were the sons of Abihail, son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.

1 Chronicles 5:15 Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was head of their ancestral family.

1 Chronicles 5:16 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding villages, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.

1 Chronicles 5:17 All of them were registered in the genealogies during the reigns of Judah’s King Jotham and Israel’s King Jeroboam.

1 Chronicles 5:18 The descendants of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 efficient[2] warriors who could serve in the army—men who carried shields and swords, drew bows, and were trained for the army.[3]

1 Chronicles 5:19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.

1 Chronicles 5:20 They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them. He was receptive to their prayer because they trusted in him.

1 Chronicles 5:21 They captured the Hagrites’ livestock– fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys– as well as one hundred thousand human throats.[4]

1 Chronicles 5:22 Many of the Hagrites were killed because it was God’s battle. And they lived there in the Hagrites’ place until the exile.

1 Chronicles 5:23 The descendants of half the tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir or Mount Hermon); they were numerous.

1 Chronicles 5:24 These were the heads of their ancestral houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were efficient warriors, famous men, and heads of their ancestral houses.

1 Chronicles 5:25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They prostituted[5] themselves with the gods of the nations God had exterminated[6] before them.

1 Chronicles 5:26 So the God of Israel roused the breath[7] of King Pul (that is, Tiglath-pileser) of Assyria, and he took the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan’s river, where they are until today.

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[1] מִדְבָּר = open country. 1 Chronicles 5:9; 6:78; 12:8; 21:29.

[2] חַיִל = efficient. 1 Chronicles 5:18, 24; 7:2, 5, 7, 9, 11, 40; 8:40; 9:13; 10:12; 11:22, 26; 12:8, 21, 25, 28, 30; 18:9; 20:1; 26:6, 7, 8, 9, 30, 31, 32; 28:1.

[3] צָבָא = army. 1 Chronicles 5:18; 7:4, 11, 40; 11:9; 12:8, 14, 21, 23, 24, 25, 33, 36, 37; 17:7, 24; 18:15; 19:8, 16, 18; 20:1; 25:1; 26:26; 27:3, 5, 34.

[4]  נֶפֶשׁ  = throat (by metonymy, person) 1 Chronicles 5:21; 11:19; 22:19; 28:9.

[5] זָנָה = be a prostitute. 1 Chronicles 5:25.

[6] שָׁמַד = exterminate. 1 Chronicles 5:25.

[7] רוּחַ = breath, wind. 1 Chronicles 5:26; 9:24; 12:18; 28:12.

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