1 Chronicles 7
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The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their families. In the days of David, 22,600 descendants of Tola were numbered in their genealogies as mighty men of valor. Begin Abide·
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The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs. Begin Abide·
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In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children. Begin Abide·
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Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies. Begin Abide·
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The three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Becher, and Jediael. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. Begin Abide·
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Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor. Begin Abide·
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The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. Begin Abide·
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All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle. Begin Abide·
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The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—the descendants of Bilhah. Begin Abide·
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The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead. Begin Abide·
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Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters. Begin Abide·
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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. Begin Abide·
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The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. Begin Abide·
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His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah. Begin Abide·
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And these were the sons of Shemida: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. Begin Abide·
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The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, Begin Abide·
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Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by the natives of Gath, because they went down to steal their livestock. Begin Abide·
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Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. Begin Abide·
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And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house. Begin Abide·
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His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah. Begin Abide·
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Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, Begin Abide·
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Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, Begin Abide·
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Nun his son, and Joshua his son. Begin Abide·
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Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages. Begin Abide·
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And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns. Begin Abide·
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The children of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Beriah: Heber, as well as Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. Begin Abide·
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Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Shemer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram. Begin Abide·
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The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, Begin Abide·
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Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara. Begin Abide·
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The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia. Begin Abide·
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All these were the descendants of Asher—heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000. Begin Abide·