1 Also, there were the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. For indeed, he was his firstborn, but when he had violated the bed of his father, his right as firstborn was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, and he was not reputed as firstborn. 2 Moreover, Judah, who was strongest among his brothers, from his stock leaders sprung up, but the right of firstborn was reputed to Joseph. 3 So then, the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser, the king of the Assyrians, led away captive, and he was a leader in the tribe of Reuben. 7 Now his brothers and all his kindred, when they were being numbered according to their families, had as leaders Jeiel and Zechariah. 8 Now Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baalmeon. 9 And he lived toward the eastern region, as far as the entrance to the wilderness and the river Euphrates. For indeed, they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Gilead. 10 Then, in the days of Saul, they battled against the Hagarites and put them to death. And they lived in place of them, in their dwellings, throughout the entire region that looks to the east of Gilead. 11 Truly, the sons of Gad lived in the opposite region from them, in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah: 12 Joel the head, and Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan. 13 Truly, their brothers, according to the houses of their kindred, were: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and 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, 15 along with their brothers, the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni, the leader of the house, in their families, 16 And they lived in Gilead, and in Bashan and its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as the borders. 17 All these were numbered in the days of Jotham, the king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the king of Israel: 18 the sons of Reuben, and of Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh, men of war, carrying shields and swords, and bending the bow, and trained for battle, forty-four thousand and seven hundred sixty, advancing to the fight. 19 They struggled against the Hagarites, yet truly the Jetureans, and Naphish, and Nodab offered assistance to them. 20 And the Hagarites were delivered into their hands, and all who were with them. For they called upon God while they did battle. And he heeded them, because they had trusted in him. 21 And they seized all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one hundred thousand lives. 22 And many fell down wounded. For it was a war of the Lord. And they lived in place of them, until the transmigration. 23 Also, the sons of the one half tribe of Manasseh possessed the land, from the parts of Bashan as far as Baal, Hermon, and Sanir, and Mount Hermon. For certainly, their number was immense. 24 And these were leaders of the house of their kindred: Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, very valiant and powerful men, and renowned leaders in their families. 25 But they abandoned the God of their fathers, and they fornicated after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God took away before them. 26 And so the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul, the king of the Assyrians, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser, the king of Assur. And he took away Reuben, and Gad, and the one half tribe of Manasseh. And he led them to Halah, and to Habor, and to Hara, and to the river of Gozan, even to this day.
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Notes on this text (3)
- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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People & places in this chapter
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People
Abdiel
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
Abihail
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
Azaz
Azaz is listed as a son of Shema in the ancestry of Bela.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:8
Azriel
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
Baal
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
Beerah
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
Bela
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
Buz
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
Eber
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
Eliel
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
Epher
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
Gilead
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
Gog
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
Guni
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
Hodaviah
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
Huri
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
Ishi
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
Jacan
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
Jahdiel
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
Jahdo
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
Jaroah
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
Jeiel
Named first ("the chief") among the relatives of Beerah recorded by clan in the Reubenite genealogy.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:7
Jeremiah
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
Jeshishai
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
Joel
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
Joel
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
Jorai
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
Meshullam
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
Micah
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
Michael
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
Michael
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
Reaiah
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
Shapham
Named second among the Gadite leaders who lived in Bashan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:12
Shaphat
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
Sheba
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
Shema
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
Shemaiah
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
Shimei
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
Zechariah
Named with Jeiel among the relatives of Beerah recorded by clan in the Reubenite genealogy.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:7
Zia
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
Cross references (20)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 35:22; Genesis 29:32; Genesis 48:15–22; Genesis 49:3–4; Exodus 6:14
- 2 Matthew 2:6; Micah 5:2; Genesis 49:8–10; Psalm 60:7; Hebrews 7:14
- 3 Genesis 46:9; Exodus 6:14; Numbers 26:5–9
- 6 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Kings 16:7; 2 Kings 15:29
- 7 1 Chronicles 5:17
- 8 Numbers 32:38; Numbers 32:34; 1 Chronicles 5:4; Isaiah 15:2; Joshua 13:17
- 9 Joshua 22:8–9
- 10 Genesis 25:12; Psalm 83:6; 1 Chronicles 5:18–21; Genesis 21:9
- 11 Joshua 13:11; Joshua 13:24–28; Numbers 32:34–36; Deuteronomy 3:10–17
- 16 1 Chronicles 27:29; Song of Songs 2:1; Isaiah 35:2
- 17 2 Kings 15:32; 2 Kings 14:28; 2 Kings 14:16; 2 Kings 15:5; 2 Kings 14:23
- 18 Joshua 4:12–13; Numbers 1:3
- 19 1 Chronicles 1:31; Genesis 25:15; 1 Chronicles 5:10
- 20 Psalm 22:4–5; Psalm 9:10; 2 Chronicles 18:31; Psalm 20:7–8; Joshua 10:14
- 21 Numbers 31:35; Revelation 18:13
- 22 Joshua 23:10; 2 Chronicles 32:8; Romans 8:31; 2 Kings 15:29; 2 Kings 17:6
- 23 Deuteronomy 3:8–9; Song of Songs 4:8; Joshua 13:29–31; Joshua 13:11; Psalm 133:3
- 24 1 Chronicles 4:38
- 25 Psalm 106:34–39; Revelation 17:5; Hosea 1:2; Hosea 9:1; Exodus 34:15
- 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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