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1 And the sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel, (for he was the oldest son, but, because he made his father's bride-bed unclean, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel; but he is not to be given the place of the oldest.
1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; and the genealogy is not to be listed according to the birthright.
2 Though Judah became stronger than his brothers, and from him came the ruler, the birthright was Joseph's:)
2 For Judah prevailed above his brothers, and from him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s)—
3 The sons of Reuben, the oldest son of Israel: Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, took away as a prisoner: he was chief of the Reubenites.
6 and Beerah his son, whom Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites.
7 And his brothers by their families, when the list of their generations was made up: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
7 His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was listed: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who was living in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;
8 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to Nebo and Baal Meon;
9 And to the east his limits went as far as the starting point of the waste land, ending at the river Euphrates, because their cattle were increased in number in the land of Gilead.
9 and he lived eastward even to the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they made war on the Hagarites, and overcame them; and they put up their tents through all the land east of Gilead.
10 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.
11 And the sons of Gad were living opposite to them, in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
11 The sons of Gad lived beside them in the land of Bashan to Salecah:
12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, and Janai and Shaphat in Bashan;
12 Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 And their brothers, the men of their family: Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jacan and Zia and Eber, seven of them.
13 Their brothers of their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.
14 These were the sons 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;
14 These were the sons 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, head of their families.
15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses.
16 And they were living in Gilead in Bashan, in its small towns and in all the grass-land of Sirion as far as its limits.
16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sharon as far as their borders.
17 All these were listed under the names of their families, in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the time of Jeroboam, king of Israel.
17 All these were listed by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 There were forty-four thousand, seven hundred and sixty of the sons of Reuben and of the Gadites and of the half-tribe of Manasseh, all strong men, expert in the use of the body-cover, the sword, and the bow, and in the art of war, all able to take up arms.
18 The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, able to shoot with bow, and skillful in war, were forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty that were able to go out to war.
19 And they went to war against the Hagarites, with Jetur and Naphish and Nodab.
19 They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20 And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him.
20 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them because they put their trust in him.
21 And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.
21 They took away their livestock: of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand.
22 And a very great number went to their death, because the war was God's purpose. And they went on living in their place till they were taken away as prisoners.
22 For many fell slain, because the war was of God. They lived in their place until the captivity.
23 And the men of the half-tribe of Manasseh were living in the land: and their numbers were increased till all the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon and Senir and the mountain Hermon was theirs.
23 The children of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
24 And these were the heads of their families: Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men of war, of great name, heads of families.
24 These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
25 And they did evil against the God of their fathers, worshipping the gods of the people of the land, whom God had put to destruction before them.
25 They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel put an impulse into the heart of Pul, king of Assyria, and of Tiglath-pileser, king of Assyria, who took them away as prisoners, all the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, to Halah and Habor and Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

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  • Abdiel

    Son of Guni

    Abdiel is named as the son of Guni in the Gadite ancestry of Ahi (1 Chronicles 5:15).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:15

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  • Abihail

    Son of Huri

    A Gadite, son of Huri, whose seven sons (Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber) were kinsmen who lived in Gilead, Bashan and Sharon.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Ahi

    Head of a Gadite family

    A Gadite, son of Abdiel, who was head of their family in Gilead and Bashan.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:15

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  • Azaz

    Son of Shema

    Azaz is listed as a son of Shema in the ancestry of Bela.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:8

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  • Azriel

    Head of a Manassite family

    Azriel is named among the heads of the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan, mighty men of valor and famous men.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:24

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  • Baal

    Son of Reaiah

    Baal is listed as the son of Reaiah in the line of Joel in the genealogy of Reuben.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:5

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  • Beerah

    Reubenite leader taken into exile

    A leader of the Reubenites whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile, last in the line descending from Joel.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:6

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  • Bela

    Reubenite settler in Gilead

    A Reubenite, son of Azaz, whose family settled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon and eastward to the desert because their livestock had increased in Gilead.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:8

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  • Buz

    Gadite ancestor of Abihail

    Named at the head of Abihail's Gadite ancestry as the father of Jahdo; the text gives no father for him.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Eber

    Son of Abihail

    Eber is listed as a son of Abihail in the Gadite families (kinsmen "seven in all", 1 Chronicles 5:13-14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:13

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  • Eliel

    Head of a Manassite family

    Eliel is named among the heads of the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan, mighty men of valor and famous men.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:24

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  • Epher

    Head of a Manassite family

    Epher is named among the heads of the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan, mighty men of valor and famous men.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:24

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  • Gilead

    Son of Michael

    Gilead is named as the son of Michael in the Gadite ancestry of Abihail (1 Chronicles 5:14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Gog

    Son of Shemaiah

    Gog is listed as the son of Shemaiah in the line of Joel in the genealogy of Reuben.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:4

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  • Guni

    Gadite ancestor of Ahi

    Named at the head of Ahi's Gadite ancestry as the father of Abdiel; the text gives no father for him.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:15

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  • Hodaviah

    Head of a Manassite family

    Hodaviah is named among the heads of the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan, mighty men of valor and famous men.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:24

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  • Huri

    Son of Jaroah

    Huri is named as the son of Jaroah in the Gadite ancestry of Abihail (1 Chronicles 5:14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Ishi

    Head of a Manassite family

    Ishi is named among the heads of the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan, mighty men of valor and famous men.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:24

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  • Jacan

    Son of Abihail

    Jacan is listed as a son of Abihail in the Gadite families (kinsmen "seven in all", 1 Chronicles 5:13-14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:13

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  • Jahdiel

    Head of a Manassite family

    Jahdiel is named among the heads of the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan, mighty men of valor and famous men.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:24

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  • Jahdo

    Son of Buz

    Jahdo is named as the son of Buz in the Gadite ancestry of Abihail (1 Chronicles 5:14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Jaroah

    Son of Gilead

    Jaroah is named as the son of Gilead in the Gadite ancestry of Abihail (1 Chronicles 5:14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Jeiel

    Chief of the Reubenite clans

    Named first ("the chief") among the relatives of Beerah recorded by clan in the Reubenite genealogy.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:7

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  • Jeremiah

    Head of a Manassite family

    Jeremiah is named among the heads of the families of the half-tribe of Manasseh east of the Jordan, mighty men of valor and famous men.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:24

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  • Jeshishai

    Son of Jahdo

    Jeshishai is named as the son of Jahdo in the Gadite ancestry of Abihail (1 Chronicles 5:14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Joel

    Chief of the Gadites in Bashan

    The chief of the descendants of Gad who lived in Bashan, named first in the list of Gadite leaders.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:12

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  • Joel

    Reubenite, ancestor of Beerah

    A Reubenite whose descendants (Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal and Beerah) are listed; the text gives no father for him, and the Joel named in Bela's ancestry (5:8) is…

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:4; 1 Chronicles 5:8

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  • Jorai

    Son of Abihail

    Jorai is listed as a son of Abihail in the Gadite families (kinsmen "seven in all", 1 Chronicles 5:13-14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:13

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  • Meshullam

    Son of Abihail

    Meshullam is listed as a son of Abihail in the Gadite families (kinsmen "seven in all", 1 Chronicles 5:13-14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:13

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  • Micah

    Son of Shimei

    Micah is listed as the son of Shimei in the line of Joel in the genealogy of Reuben.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:5

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  • Michael

    Son of Abihail

    Michael is listed as a son of Abihail in the Gadite families (kinsmen "seven in all", 1 Chronicles 5:13-14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:13

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  • Michael

    Son of Jeshishai

    Michael is named as the son of Jeshishai in the Gadite ancestry of Abihail (1 Chronicles 5:14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:14

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  • Reaiah

    Son of Micah

    Reaiah is listed as the son of Micah in the line of Joel in the genealogy of Reuben.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:5

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  • Shapham

    Second Gadite leader in Bashan

    Named second among the Gadite leaders who lived in Bashan.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:12

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  • Shaphat

    Gadite leader in Bashan

    A Gadite leader who lived in Bashan, named last in the list of Joel's fellow leaders.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:12

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  • Sheba

    Son of Abihail

    Sheba is listed as a son of Abihail in the Gadite families (kinsmen "seven in all", 1 Chronicles 5:13-14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:13

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  • Shema

    Son of Joel

    Shema is listed as a son of Joel in the ancestry of Bela (Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:8

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  • Shemaiah

    Son of Joel

    Shemaiah is listed as the son of Joel in the line of Joel in the genealogy of Reuben.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:4

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  • Shimei

    Son of Gog

    Shimei is listed as the son of Gog in the line of Joel in the genealogy of Reuben.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:4

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  • Zechariah

    Reubenite clan relative

    Named with Jeiel among the relatives of Beerah recorded by clan in the Reubenite genealogy.

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:7

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  • Zia

    Son of Abihail

    Zia is listed as a son of Abihail in the Gadite families (kinsmen "seven in all", 1 Chronicles 5:13-14).

    Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:13

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Cross references (20)

Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.

  1. 1 Genesis 35:22; Genesis 29:32; Genesis 48:15–22; Genesis 49:3–4; Exodus 6:14
  2. 2 Matthew 2:6; Micah 5:2; Genesis 49:8–10; Psalm 60:7; Hebrews 7:14
  3. 3 Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5–9
  4. 6 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 15:29
  5. 7 1 Chronicles 5:17
  6. 8 Numbers 32:38; Numbers 32:34; 1 Chronicles 5:4; Isaiah 15:2; Joshua 13:17
  7. 9 Joshua 22:8–9
  8. 10 Genesis 25:12; Psalm 83:6; 1 Chronicles 5:18–21; Genesis 21:9
  9. 11 Joshua 13:11; Joshua 13:24–28; Numbers 32:34–36; Deuteronomy 3:10–17
  10. 16 1 Chronicles 27:29; Song of Songs 2:1; Isaiah 35:2
  11. 17 2 Kings 15:32; 2 Kings 14:28; 2 Kings 14:16; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 14:23
  12. 18 Joshua 4:12–13; Numbers 1:3
  13. 19 1 Chronicles 1:31; Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 5:10
  14. 20 Psalm 22:4–5; Psalm 9:10; 2 Chronicles 18:31; Psalm 20:7–8; Joshua 10:14
  15. 21 Numbers 31:35; Revelation 18:13
  16. 22 Joshua 23:10; 2 Chronicles 32:8; Romans 8:31; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6
  17. 23 Deuteronomy 3:8–9; Song of Songs 4:8; Joshua 13:29–31; Joshua 13:11; Psalm 133:3
  18. 24 1 Chronicles 4:38
  19. 25 Psalm 106:34–39; Revelation 17:5; Hosea 1:2; Hosea 9:1; Exodus 34:15
  20. 26 2 Kings 15:19; 2 Kings 17:6; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 18:11; 2 Chronicles 33:11

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