“1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the
firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled 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 Judah prevailed above
his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright
[was] Joseph’s:) 3 The sons, [I say], of 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 families, when the genealogy of their generations
was reckoned, [were] the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 And Bela the son
of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even
unto Nebo and Baalmeon: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in
of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were
multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made
war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their
tents throughout all the east [land] of Gilead. 11 And the children of
Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah: 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 Sharon, upon their
borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.”
“18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of
Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to
shoot with bow, and skilful in war, [were] four and forty thousand seven
hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war
with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And they were
helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand,
and all that [were] with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and
he was intreated 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 an 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 Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.
24 And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher,
and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their
fathers. 25 And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and
went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God
destroyed before them. 26 And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of
Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria,
and he carried them away, even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and
Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.” (1 Chronicles 5:1-26 AV)
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