1 Chronicles 7
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1 Chronicles 7:7-18

7The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, heads of their families—five in all. There were 22,034 mighty men of valor listed in their genealogies. 8The sons of Becher: 9Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons. Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families—20,200 mighty men of valor. 10The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: 11Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar. All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle. 12The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

13The sons of Naphtali:

Jahziel,1 Guni, Jezer, and Shallum2—the descendants of Bilhah.

14The descendants of Manasseh:

Asriel through his Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead. 15Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters. 16Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17The son of Ulam: Bedan. 18These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

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Notes

  1. 1. 1 Chronicles 7:13 Jahziel is a variant of Jahzeel; see Genesis 46:24. ↩
  2. 2. 1 Chronicles 7:13 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew and LXX manuscripts Shillem; see Genesis 46:24 and Numbers 26:49. ↩

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