1 As for sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel—for he [is] the firstborn, and on account of his profaning the bed of his father his birthright has been given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and [he is] not to be reckoned by genealogy for the birthright, 2 for Judah has been mighty over his brother, and for leader above him, and the birthright [is] to Joseph— 3 sons of Reuben, firstborn of Israel: Enoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 Sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, 5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Ba‘al his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur removed; he [is] prince of the Reubenite. 7 And his brothers, by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, [are] heads: Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel—he is dwelling in Aroer, even to Nebo and Ba‘al-Meon; 9 and he dwelt at the east even to the entering in of the wilderness, even from the Euphrates River, for their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And they have made war with the Hagarites in the days of Saul, who fall by their hand, and they dwell in their tents over all the face of the east of Gilead. 11 And the sons of Gad have dwelt opposite them in the land of Bashan to Salcah: 12 Joel the head, and Shapham the second, and Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan; 13 and their brothers of the house of their fathers [are] Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber—seven. 14 These [are] sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz; 15 Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, [is] head of the house of their fathers; 16 and they dwell in Gilead in Bashan, and in her small towns, and in all outskirts of Sharon, on their outskirts; 17 all of them reckoned themselves by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 18 Sons of Reuben, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh, of sons of valor, men carrying shield and sword, and treading bow, and taught in battle, [are] forty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going out to the host. 19 And they make war with the Hagarites, and Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab, 20 and they are helped against them, and the Hagarites are given into their hand, and all who [are] with them, for they cried to God in battle, and He received their plea, because they trusted in Him. 21 And they take their livestock captive—fifty thousand of their camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand of mankind; 22 for many have fallen pierced, for the battle [is] of God; and they dwell in their stead until the expulsion. 23 And the sons of the half of the tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan to Ba‘al-Hermon, and Senir, and Mount Hermon; they have multiplied. 24 And these [are] heads of the house of their fathers: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, men mighty in valor, men of renown, heads of the house of their fathers. 25 And they trespass against the God of their fathers, and go whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God destroyed from their presence; 26 and the God of Israel stirs up the spirit of Pul king of Asshur, and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Asshur, and he removes them—even the Reubenite, and the Gadite, and the half of the tribe of Manasseh—and brings them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and the River of Gozan to this day.
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1 Chronicles 5 Literal Standard Version
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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
Ahi
A Gadite, son of Abdiel, who was head of their family in Gilead and Bashan.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:15
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
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
Jaanai
A Gadite leader who lived in Bashan, named with Shapham and Shaphat.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 5:12
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)
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- 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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