CHAPTER 7

¹And for the sons of Issachar, Tola and Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four. ²And the sons of Tola, Uzzi and Rephaiah and Jeriel and Jahmi and Jibsam and Shemuel, heads of their patriarchal houses. Tola had valiant warriors by their generations. Their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred. ³And the son of Uzzi, Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah, Michael and Obadiah and Joel and Ishiah—five—all of them chiefs. ⁴And with them by their generations according to their patriarchal houses were thirty-six thousand army troops for battle, for they had many sons and wives. ⁵And their brothers for all the clans of Issachar were eighty-seven thousand valiant warriors. All traced their lineage. ⁶For Benjamin, Bela and Becher and Jediael—three. ⁷And the sons of Bela, Ezbon and Uzzi and Uzziel and Jerimoth and Iri—five—heads of their patriarchal houses, valiant warriors, and they traced their lineage to the number of twenty-two thousand thirty-four. ⁸And the sons of Becher, Zemirah and Joash and Eliezer and Elioenai and Omri and Jerimoth and Abijah, and Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher. ⁹And they traced their lineage to their generations, heads of their patriarchal houses, valiant warriors, twenty thousand two hundred. ¹⁰And the sons of Jediael, Bilhan, and the sons of Bilhan, Jeush and Benjamin and Ehud and Chenaanah and Zethan and Tarshish and Ahishahar. ¹¹All these were the sons of Jediael by the heads of patriarchal houses, valiant warriors, seventeen thousand two hundred, sallying forth in the army for battle. ¹²And Shuppim and Huppim, the sons of Ir, Hushim the sons of Aher. ¹³The sons of Naphtali, Jahziel and Guni and Jezer and Shallum, sons of Bilhah. ¹⁴The sons of Manasseh, Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore. She bore Machir father of Gilead. ¹⁵And Machir took a wife for Huppim and for Shuppim, and the name of his sister was Maachah, and the name of the second son was Zelophehad, and Zelo-phehad had daughters. ¹⁶And Maachah, Machir’s wife, bore a son and called his name Peresh, and his brother’s name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. ¹⁷And the son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir son of Manasseh. ¹⁸And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah. ¹⁹And the sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam. ²⁰And the sons of Ephraim, Shuthelah and Bered his son and Tahath his son and Eladah his son and Tahath his son, ²¹and Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son and Ezer and Elead. And the men of Gath who were born in the land killed them, for they had gone down to take their cattle. ²²And Ephraim their father mourned them many days, and his brothers came to console him. ²³And he came to bed with his wife and she conceived and bore a son and called his name Beriah for the misfortune that had come to his house. ²⁴And his daughter was Sheerah, and she built lower and upper Beth-Horon and Uzzen-Sheerah. ²⁵And Rephah his son and Resheph and Telah his son and Tahan his son, ²⁶Laadan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, ²⁷Non his son, Joshua his son. ²⁸And their holding and their settlements were Bethel and its hamlets and to the east Naaran and to the west Gezer and its hamlets and Shechem and its hamlets as far as Aiah and its hamlets. ²⁹And alongside the sons of Manasseh, Beth-Shean and its hamlets, Taanach and its hamlets, Megiddo and its hamlets, Dor and its hamlets. In these did live the sons of Joseph son of Israel. ³⁰The sons of Asher, Imnah and Ishvah and Ishvi and Beriah and Serah their sister. ³¹And the sons of Beriah, Heber and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzaith. ³²And Heber begot Japhlet and Shomer and Hotham and Shua their sister. ³³And the sons of Japhlet, Pasach and Bimhal and Ashvath. These are the sons of Japhlet. ³⁴And the sons of Shemer, Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram. ³⁵And the sons of Helem his brother, Zophah and Imna and Shelesh and Amal. ³⁶The sons of Zophah, Suah and Harnepher and Shual and Beri and Imrah, ³⁷Bezer and Hod and Shamma and Shilshah and Ithran and Beera. ³⁸And the sons of Jether, Jephunneh and Pispah and Ara. ³⁹And the sons of Ulla, Arah and Haniel and Rizia. ⁴⁰All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the patriarchal houses, picked men, valiant warriors, and they traced their lineage through the army in battle, their number twenty-six thousand men.