1 Chronicles 7
1 And as to
the sons of Issachar, they were Thola, and Phua, and
Jasub, and Semeron, four. 2 And the
sons of Thola; Ozi, Raphaia, and Jeriel, and Jamai, and Jemasan, and Samuel,
chiefs of their fathers' houses belonging to Thola,
men of might according to their generations; their number in the days of David
was twenty and two thousand and six hundred.
3 And the sons of Ozi; Jezraia: and
the sons of Jezraia; Michael, Abdiu, and Joel, and Jesia, five, all rulers.
4 And with them, according to their
generations, according to the houses of their families,
were men mighty to set
armies in array for war, thirty and six thousand, for
they had multiplied their wives and children.
5 And their brethren among all the
families of Issachar, also mighty men,
were eighty-seven thousand—this was
the number of them all.
6 The sons of Benjamin; Bale, and
Bachir, and Jediel, three. 7 And the
sons of Bale; Esebon, and Ozi, and Oziel, and Jerimuth, and Uri, five; heads
of houses of families, mighty men; and their number
was twenty and two thousand and thirty-four.
8 And the sons of Bachir; Zemira, and
Joas, and Eliezer, and Elithenan, and Amaria, and Jerimuth, and Abiud, and
Anathoth, and Eleemeth: all these were the sons of
Bachir. 9 And their number according
to their generations, (they were chiefs of their
fathers' houses, men of might), was twenty thousand
and two hundred. 10 And the sons of
Jediel; Balaan: and the sons of Balaan; Jaüs, and Benjamin, and Aoth, and
Chanana, and Zæthan, and Tharsi, and Achisaar.
11 All these
were the sons of Jediel, chiefs of their families,
men of might, seventeen thousand and two hundred, going forth to war with
might. 12 And Sapphin, and Apphin,
and the sons of Or, Asom, whose son was Aor.
13 The sons of Nephthali; Jasiel,
Goni, and Aser, and Sellum, his sons, Balam his son.
14 The sons of Manasse; Esriel, whom
his Syrian concubine bore; and she bore to him also Machir the father of
Galaad. 15 And Machir took a wife for
Apphin and Sapphin, and his sister's name was Moöcha; and the name of the
second son was Sapphaad; and to Sapphaad were born
daughters. 16 And Moöcha the wife of
Machir bore a son, and called his name Phares; and his brother's name
was Surus; his sons
were Ulam, and Rocom.
17 And the sons of Ulam; Badam. These
were the sons of Galaad, the son of Machir, the son
of Manasse. 18 And his sister
Malecheth bore Isud, and Abiezer, and Maela.
19 And the sons of Semira were, Aim,
and Sychem, and Lakim, and Anian.
20 And the sons of Ephraim;
Sothalath, and Barad his son, and Thaath his son, Elada his son, Saath his
son, 21 and Zabad his son, Sothele
his son, and Azer, and Elead: and the men of Geth who were born in the land
slew them, because they went down to take their cattle.
22 And their father Ephraim mourned
many days, and his brethren came to comfort him.
23 And he went in to his wife, and
she conceived, and bore a son, and he called his name Beria, because,
said he, He was afflicted in my house.
24 And his daughter
was Saraa, and he was among them that were left, and
he built Bæthoron the upper and the lower. And the descendants of Ozan
were Seera,
25 and Raphe his son, Saraph and
Thalees his sons, Thaen his son.
26 To Laadan his son
was born his son Amiud, his son Helisamai,
his son
27 Nun,
his son Jesue,
these were his sons.
28 And their possession and their
dwelling were Bæthel and her towns, to the east
Noaran, westward Gazer and her towns, and Sychem and her towns, as far as Gaza
and her towns. 29 And as far as the
borders of the sons of Manasse, Bæthsaan and her towns, Thanach and her towns,
Mageddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In this the children of Joseph the
son of Israel dwelt.
30 The sons of Aser; Jemna, and Suia,
and Isui, and Beria, and Sore their sister.
31 And the sons of Beria; Chaber, and
Melchiel; he was the father of Berthaith.
32 And Chaber begot Japhlet, and
Samer, and Chothan, and Sola their sister.
33 And the sons of Japhlet; Phasec,
and Bamael, and Asith: these are the sons of Japhlet.
34 And the sons of Semmer; Achir, and
Rooga, and Jaba, and Aram. 35 And the
sons of Elam his brother; Sopha, and Imana, and Selles, and Amal.
36 The sons of Sopha; Sue, and
Arnaphar, and Suda, and Barin, and Imran,
37 and Basan, and Oa, and Sama, and
Salisa, and Jethra, and Beëra. 38 And
the sons of Jether, Jephina, and Phaspha, and Ara.
39 And the sons of Ola; Orech, Aniel,
and Rasia.
40 All these
were the sons of Aser, all heads of families, choice,
mighty men, chief leaders: their number for battle array—their number
was twenty-six thousand men.