The line of Reuben.

Before

40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Ju12 Kin. 18. 8. dah, and ismote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.

k See I Sam,

15. 8. & 30. 17. &

42 And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

43 And they smote k the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and

2 Sam. 8. 12. dwelt there unto this day. CHAPTER V.

1300, &c.

a Gen, 29, 32.

& 49. 3.

b Gen. 35. 22.

& 49. 4.

Gen. 48. 15,

dGen.49.8,10.

Ps. 60. 7. &

108.8.

e Mic. 5. 2,

Matt. 2. 6.

Or, prince.

f Gon, 46. 9. Ex. 6. 14.

Num, 26. 5.

Or, Tiglathpileser,

2 Kin. 15. 29.

& 16. 7.

right) unto the captivity. 9 Their habitation and conquest of the Hagarites.

over against them, in the land of 1 Bashan unto Salcah:

12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

14 These are the children 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 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of m Sharon, upon † their borders.

17 All these were reckoned by gen

11 The chief men and habitations of Gad. 18 The number and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh. 23 The habitations and chief men of that half tribe. 25 Their captivity for their sin.

Now the sons of Reuben the first

born of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as hebdefiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

2 For d Judah prevailed above his

four and forty thousand seven hund

red and threescore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

CHRIST 1300, &c.

1 Josh. 13. 11, 24.

mech, 27, 29.

† Heb. their goings forth.

n 2 Kin. 16,5, 32.

02 Kin. 14.16, 28.

+ Heb, sons of valour.

p Gen. 25. 15. ch. 1. 31.

seph's:)

3 The sons, I say, of f 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, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

6 Beerah his son, whom || Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

7 And his brethren by their famg See ver. 17. ilies, & when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

|| Or.

Shemaiah, ver. 4.

h Josh, 13.15, 16.

:

i Josh. 22. 9.

9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied iin the land of Gilead.

10 And in the days of Saul they k Gen. 25. 12. made wark with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.

God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of † men a hundred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity.

23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

The cities of the

Before CHRIST 1444, &c.

ever. 61.

f Josh. 21. 21.

g See Josh. 21.22-35, where many of these cit

urbs,

priests and Levites.

50 And these are the sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phinehas his son, Abishua his son,

51 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son,

52 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son,

53 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son. 54 11 x Now these are their dwellingplaces throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

55 And they gave them Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about it.

56" But the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh.

57 And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of Judah, namely, Hebron, the city of refuge, and Libnah with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa, with their suburbs,

58 And | Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs,

59 And || Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 60 And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and || Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thirteen cities.

61 And unto the sons of Kohath, bwhich were left of the family of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

62 And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, dtwelve cities. 64 And the children of Israel gave to the Levites these cities with their

suburbs.

65 And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities, which are called by their names.

66 And the residue of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

67 fAnd they gave unto them, of the cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim with her suburbs; they gave

ies have oth- also Gezer with her suburbs,

68 And Jokmeam with her sub

69 And Ajalon with her suburbs, and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70 And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

71 Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

72 And out of the tribe of Issachar; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath with her suburbs,

73 And Ramoth with her suburbs, and Anem with her suburbs:

74 And out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon with her suburbs,

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her suburbs:

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kirjathaim with her suburbs.

77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her suburbs:

78 And on the other side Jordan by Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her suburbs,

79 Kedemoth also with her suburbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs:

80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbs, and Mahanaim with her suburbs, 81 And Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

CHAPTER VII.

1 The sons of Issachar, 6 of Benjamin, 13 of Naphtali, 14 of Manassch, 20, 24 and of Ephraim. 21 The calamity of Ephraim by the men of Gath. 23 Beriah is born. 28 Ephraim's habitations. 30 The sons of Asher.

OW the sons of Issachar were, || Puah, Jashub, and

No Toler

Before CHRIST 1444, &c.

1400, &c. a Gen, 46. 13. Num, 26, 23,

Shimrom, four.
2 And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and | || Phuvah,

Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai,
and Jibsam, and Shemuel, heads of
their father's house, to wit, of Tola:
they were valiant men of might in
their generations; bwhose number
was in the days of David two and
twenty thousand and six hundred.
3 And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah:
and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael,
and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five:
all of them chief men.

4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had many wives and sons.

5 And their brethren among all the

Job.

12 Sam.24. 1, ch. 27. 1.

2.

Before

Manasseh, and Ephraim.

d Num.26.59, Shupham,

and Hu

pham.

Or, Iri,

ver. 7.

Or, Ahiram,

Nura, 26, 38.

e Gen. 46. 24,

Shillem.

f1 Sam.13.11.

7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

8 And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher.

to comfort him.

23 And when he went in to his wife, she conceived and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his house.

24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25 And Rephah was his son, also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son,

Before CHRIST 1400, &c.

Num. 13. 8, 16.

mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

10 The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

11 All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle.

12 d Shuppim also, and Huppim, the children of || Ir, and Hushim, the sons of || Aher.

13 The sons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

14 The sons of Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare; (but his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father of Gilead:

15 And Machir took to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 And the sons of Ulam; fBedan. These were the sons of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammoleketh g Num. 26.20, bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Ma

Jeezer.

h Num.26.35.

halah.

19 And the sons of Shemidah were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi,

and Aniam.

20 And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah his son, and Tahath his son,

21 11 And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

22 And Ephraim their father mourn- |

29 And by the borders of the children of k Manasseh, Beth-shean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel. 30: The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

31 And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

32 And Heber_begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

33 And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These

are the children of Japhlet. 34 And the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35 And the sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.

36 The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.

39 And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and six thousand men.

Naarath. † Heb. daughters.

k Josh. 17. 7.

1Josh. 17. 11.

m Gen. 46. 17. Kum, 26.44.

n ver. 31, Shamer.

o ver. 32, Shomer.

1400, &c. a Gen. 46. 21. Num. 26.38. ch. 7.6.

3 And the sons of Bela were, || Ad- Or, Ard, dar, and Gera, and Abihud,

Gen. 46. 21. e

Abinadab, and || Esh-baal.

34 And the son of Jonathan was

the inhabitants of Geba, and they removed them to Manahath:

7 And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud.

8 And Shaharaim begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

9 And he begat of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

10 And Jeuz, and Shachia, and Mirma. These were his sons, heads

of the fathers.

11 And of Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal.

12 The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:

13 Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Ajalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath:

14 And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth,

15 And Zebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

16 And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah;

17 And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber,

18 Ishmerai also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal;

19 And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi,

20 And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel,

21 And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of || Shimhi;

22 And Ishpan, and Heber, and

Eliel,

23 And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

24 And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah,

25 And Iphedeiah, and Penuel, the sons of Shashak;

26 And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

27 And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

28 These were heads of the fathers, by their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 And at Gibeon dwelt the || father of Gibeon; whose d wife's name was Maachah:

30 And his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 31 And Gedor, and Ahio, and || Zacher.

32 And Mikloth begat || Shimeah. And these also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them.

& Micah.

35 And the sons of Micah were, Pithon, and Melech, and || Tarea, and Ahaz.

el Sam.14 51.

fl Sam. 14.43, Ishui.

Or, Ish-boshesh, 2 Sam. 2. 8.

Or, Mephibosheth,

2 Sam. 4. 4.

& 9. 6, 10.

36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri be- 32 Sam. 9. 12. gat Moza;

37 And Moza begat Binea: i Rapha was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

38 And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Shearialı, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

39 And the sons of Eshek his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

40 And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.

So

all Israel were reckoned by genealogies: and, behold, they were written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to Babylon for their transgression.

21b Now the first inhabitants that dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the priests, Levites, and the Nethinim.

3 And in Jerusalem dwelt of the children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 4 Uthai the son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of Pharez the son of Judah.

5 And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

6 And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and their brethren, six hundred and ninety.

7 And of the sons of Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hasenuah,

8 And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah;

9 And their brethren, according to their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers.

Or. Tahrea,

ch. 9. 41.

h Jarah,

ch, 9, 42.

ich. 9. 43, Rephaiah.

1200, &c.

a Ezra 2. 59,

about 536.

b Ezra 2.70.

Neh. 7.73.

e Josh. 9. 27. Ezra 2. 43. & 8. 20.

dNeh. 11. 1.