CHAPTER 5

¹And the sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn—for he was the firstborn, but when he profaned his father’s couch, his birth-right was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, and he did not trace his lineage to the birthright. ²Though Judah was more powerful than his brothers and a prince came from him, the birthright was Joseph’s. ³The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Enoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi. ⁴The sons of Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, ⁵Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, ⁶Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria exiled, he was the prince of the Reubenite. ⁷And his brothers by their clans traced their lineage by their generations. Jeiel the head and Zechariah ⁸and Bela son of Azaz son of Shema son of Joel, who dwelled in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-Meon. ⁹And to the east he dwelled as far as the approach to the wilderness and the Euphrates River, for their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead. ¹⁰And in the days of Saul they did battle with the Hagrites, who fell into their hands, and they dwelled in their tents along the whole eastern side of Gilead. ¹¹And the sons of Gad dwelled opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah. ¹²Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan. ¹³And their brothers by their patriarchal houses were Michael and Meshullam and Sheba and Jorai and Jachan and Zia and Eber—seven. ¹⁴These are the sons of Abihail son of Huri son of Jaroah son of Gilead son of Michael son of Jeshishai son of Jahdo son of Buz: ¹⁵Ahi son of Abdiel son of Guni head of their patriarchal house. ¹⁶And they dwelled in Gilead, in Bashan and in its hamlets and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their edges. ¹⁷All of them traced their lineage in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. ¹⁸The sons of Reuben and Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh had men of valor bearing shield and sword, drawing the bow and skilled in battle, forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty fit for duty. ¹⁹And they did battle with the Hagrites, Jetur and Naphish and Nodab. ²⁰And they had the upper hand over them, and the Hagrites were given into their hand and all who were with them, for they had cried out to God and He granted their plea, for they trusted in Him. ²¹And they carried off their livestock, fifty thousand camels and two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys and a hundred thousand people. ²²For many slain had fallen, and the battle was from God. And they dwelled in their place until the exile. ²³And the sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelled in the land from Bashan to Baal-Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon. They multiplied. ²⁴And these are the heads of their patriarchal houses: Epher and Ishi and Eliel and Azriel and Jeremiah and Hodaviah and Jahdiel, men who were valiant warriors, men of renown, heads of their patriarchal houses. ²⁵But they betrayed the God of their fathers and went whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God had destroyed before them. ²⁶And the God of Israel roused the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tilgath-Pilneser king of Assyria, and he exiled the Reubenite and the Gadite and the half-tribe of Manasseh and brought them to Halah and Habor and Hara and the Gozan River till this day. ²⁷The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ²⁸And the sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar and Hebron and Uzziel. ²⁹And the children of Amram were Aaron and Moses and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron were Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ³⁰Eleazar begot Phineas, Phineas begot Abishua. ³¹And Abishua begot Bukki, and Bukki begot Uzzi. ³²And Uzzi begot Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begot Meraioth. ³³Meraioth begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub. ³⁴And Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Ahimaaz. ³⁵And Ahimaaz begot Azariah, and Azariah begot Johanan. ³⁶And Johanan begot Azariah, he who was the priest in the house that Solomon built in Jerusalem. ³⁷And Azariah begot Amariah, and Amariah begot Ahitub. ³⁸And Ahitub begot Zadok, and Zadok begot Shallum. ³⁹And Shallum begot Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begot Azariah, ⁴⁰and Azariah begot Seraiah, and Seraiah begot Jehozadok. ⁴¹And Jehozadok went off when the LORD exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.