CHAPTER 8

¹And Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And Bela had sons, Addar and Gera and Abihud, ⁴and Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah, ⁵and Gera and Shephuphan and Huram. ⁶And these were the sons of Ehud, these were the heads of the patriarchal houses for the dwellers of Geba, and they were exiled to Manahath. ⁷And Naaman and Ahijah and Gera—he exiled them and begot Uzza and Ahihud. ⁸And Shaharaim begot sons in the steppes of Moab after sending away Hushim and Baara his wives, ⁹and he begot by Hodesh his wife Jobab and Zibia and Mesha and Malcam, ¹⁰and Jeuz and Sachiah and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of the patriarchal houses. ¹¹And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal. ¹²And the sons of Elpaal were Eber and Misham and Shemed—he who built Ono and Lod and its hamlets—¹³and Beriah and Shema, they were heads of the patriarchal houses for the dwellers of Aijalon—they put to flight the dwellers of Gath—¹⁴and Ahio, Shashak and Jeremoth, ¹⁵and Zebadiah and Arad and Eder, ¹⁶and Michael and Ispah and Joha, sons of Beriah. ¹⁷And Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber, ¹⁸and Ishmerai and Izliah and Jobab, sons of Elpaal, ¹⁹and Jakim and Zichri and Zabdi, ²⁰and Elienai and Zillethai and Eliel, ²¹and Adaiah and Beraiah and Shimrath, the sons of Shimei, ²²and Ishpan and Eber and Eliel, ²³and Abdon and Zichri and Hanan, ²⁴and Hananiah and Elam and Anthothijah, ²⁵and Iphdeiah and Penuel, the sons of Shashak, ²⁶and Shamsherai and Shehariah and Athaliah, ²⁷and Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham. ²⁸These were the heads of the patriarchal houses by their generations. These heads dwelled in Jerusalem. ²⁹And in Gibeon the father of Gibeon dwelled, and his wife’s name was Maachah. ³⁰And his firstborn son was Abdon, and Zur and Kish and Baal and Nadab, ³¹and Gedor and Ahio and Zecher. ³²And Mikloth begot Shimeah and they dwelled in Jerusalem opposite their brothers, with their brothers. ³³And Ner begot Kish, and Kish begot Saul, and Saul begot Jonathan and Malchi-Shua and Abinadab and Eshbaal. ³⁴And Jonathan’s son was Meribaal, and Meribaal begot Micah. ³⁵And the sons of Micah were Pithon and Melech and Tarea and Ahaz. ³⁶And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah, and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri begot Moza. ³⁷And Moza begot Binea, Raphah his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. ³⁸And Azel had six sons, 38 and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹And the sons of Eshek his brother, Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. ⁴⁰And the sons of Ulam were valiant warrior men, drawing the bow, and with many children and grandchildren—one hundred fifty. All these were the sons of Benjamin.