1 Chronicles 5
1 And the sons of Ruben the first-born
of Israel (for he was the first-born; but because of
his going up to his father's couch, his father gave
his blessing to his son Joseph, even the son of
Israel; and he was not reckoned as first-born;
2 for Judas
was very mighty even among his brethren, and one was
to be a ruler out of him: but the blessing
was Joseph's).
3 The sons of Ruben the first-born of
Israel; Enoch, and Phallus, Asrom, and Charmi.
4 The sons of Joel; Semei, and Banaia
his son: and the sons of Gug the son of Semei.
5 His son
was Micha, his son Recha, his son Joel,
6 his son Beël, whom Thagla-phallasar
king of Assyria carried away captive: he is the chief
of the Rubenites.
7 And his brethren in his family, in
their distribution according to their generations; the chief, Joel, and
Zacharia. 8 And Balec the son of Azuz,
the son of Sama, the son of Joel: he dwelt in Aroer, and even to Naban, and
Beelmasson. 9 And he dwelt eastward to
the borders of the wilderness, from the river Euphrates: for they had much
cattle in the land of Galaad. 10 And
in the days of Saul they made war upon the sojourners
in the land; and they fell into their hands, all of
them dwelling in their tents eastward of Galaad.
11 The sons of Gad dwelt over against
them in the land of Basan even to Sela.
12 Joel the first-born, and Sapham
the second, and Janin the scribe in Basan.
13 And their brethren according to
the houses of their fathers; Michael, Mosollam, and Sebee, and Joree, and
Joachan, and Zue, and Obed, seven.
14 These
are the sons of Abichaia the son of Uri, the son of
Idai, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesai, the son of
Jeddai, the son of Buz, 15 who was the brother of the son of Abdiel, the son of
Guni, he was chief of the house of their families.
16 They dwelt in Galaad, in Basan,
and in their villages, and in all the country round
about Saron to the border. 17 The
enumeration of them all took place in the days of
Joatham king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The sons of Ruben and Gad, and the
half-tribe of Manasse, of mighty men, bearing shields and sword, and bending
the bow, and skilled in war, were forty and four
thousand and seven hundred and sixty, going forth to battle.
19 And they made war with the
Agarenes, and Itureans, and Naphiseans, and Nadabeans,
20 and they prevailed against them:
and the Agaræans were given into their hands,
they and all their tents: for they cried to God in
the battle, and he hearkened to them, because they trusted on him.
21 And they took captive their store;
five thousand camels, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand
asses, and a hundred thousand men.
22 For many fell slain, because the
war was of God. And they dwelt in their place until
the captivity.
23 And the half-tribe of Manasse
dwelt from Basan to Baal, Ermon, and Sanir, and
to the mount Aërmon: and they increased in Libanus.
24 And these were the heads of the
houses of their families; Opher, and Sei, and Eliel, and Jeremia, and Oduia,
and Jediel, mighty men of valour, men of renown, heads of the houses of their
families.
25 But they rebelled against the God
of their fathers, and went a-whoring after the gods of the nations of the
land, whom God cast out from before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up
the spirit of Phaloch king of Assyria, and the spirit of Thagla-phallasar king
of Assyria, and carried away Ruben and Gaddi, and the half-tribe of Manasse,
and brought them to Chaach, and Chabor, and to the river Gozan, until this
day.
27 The sons of Levi: Gedson, Caath,
and Merari. 28 And the sons of Caath;
Ambram, and Issaar, Chebron, and Oziel.
29 And the sons of Ambram; Aaron, and
Moses, and Mariam: and the sons of Aaron; Nadab, and Abiud, Eleazar, and
Ithamar. 30 Eleazar begot Phinees,
Phinees begot Abisu; 31 Abisu begot
Bokki, and Bokki begot Ozi; 32 Ozi
begot Zaraia, Zaraia begot Mariel;
33 and Mariel begot Amaria, and
Amaria begot Achitob; 34 and Achitob
begot Sadoc, and Sadoc begot Achimaas;
35 and Achimaas begot Azarias, and
Azarias begot Joanan; 36 and Joanan
begot Azarias: he ministered as priest in the house which Solomon built in
Jerusalem. 37 And Azarias begot
Amaria, and Amaria begot Achitob;
38 and Achitob begot Sadoc, and Sadoc
begot Salom; 39 and Salom begot
Chelcias, and Chelcias begot Azarias;
40 and Azarias begot Saraia, and
Saraias begot Josadac. 41 And Josadac
went into captivity with Juda and Jerusalem under Nabuchodonosor.