Descendants of Issachar

1 Of the sons of Issachar:

Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron–four in all.

2 The sons of Tola:
Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, of Tola; mighty men of valor in their generations. Their number in the days of David was 22,600.

3 The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah

The sons of Izrahiah:
Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were leading men. 4 With them, according to the genealogical records of their families, were 36,000, with bands of the army prepared for war, for they had many wives and sons. 5  Among all the tribesmen of Issachar, mighty men of valor, listed by genealogy, were 87,000.

Descendants of Benjamin

6 The sons of Benjamin:

Bela, Becher, and Jediael–three in all.

7 The sons of Bela:
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri–five in all; heads of families, mighty men of valor and listed by genealogy, they were 22,034.

8 The sons of Becher:
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. 9 They were listed by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their families, mighty men of valor; 20,200.

10 The son of Jediael: Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their families, mighty men of valor, 17,200, fit for service in war. 12 So were Shuppim, Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim, and the sons of Aher.

Descendants of Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, Shallum, the descendants of Bilhah.

Descendants of Manasseh

14 The sons of Manasseh:

Asriel, whom his concubine the Aramitess bore. She bore Machir the father of Gilead.
15 Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad.
Zelophehad had daughters.
16 Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 The son of Ulam: Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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

Descendants of Ephraim

20 The sons of Ephraim:

Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son.

Ezer and Elead were killed by the the native men of Gath because they came down to raid their livestock.

22 Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 He went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because tragedy was in his house. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth Horon, and Uzzen Sheerah.

25 Rephah was his son, and Resheph, and Telah his son, Tahan his son.26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son, and Joshua his son.

28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel and its towns, and to the east, Naaran, and to the west, Gezer, with its towns; and Shechem and its towns, to Azzah and its towns. 29 By the borders of the descendants of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. The descendants of Joseph the son of Israel lived in these towns.

The Sons of Asher

30 The sons of Asher:

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Serah was their sister.

31 The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32 Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shua their sister.

33 The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet.

34 The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

35 The sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

38 The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

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

40 All these were the descendants of Asher, heads of the fathers’ houses, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them listed by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

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