1And the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel ( for he was the first-born; but , forasmuch as he defiled his father ’s couch , his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel ; and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright . 2For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the prince ; but the birthright was Joseph ’s), 3the sons of Reuben the first-born of Israel : Hanoch , and Pallu , Hezron , and Carmi . 4The sons of Joel : Shemaiah his son , Gog his son , Shimei his son , 5Micah his son , Reaiah his son , Baal his son , 6Beerah his son , whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive : he was prince of the Reubenites . 7And his brethren by their families , when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned : the chief , Jeiel , and Zechariah , 8and Bela the son of Azaz , the son of Shema , the son of Joel , who dwelt in Aroer , even unto Nebo and Baal-meon : 9and eastward he dwelt even unto the entrance of the wilderness from the river Euphrates , because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead . 10And in the days of Saul , they made war with the Hagrites , who fell by their hand ; and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead .
The Reubenites and Their Land
11And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them , in the land of Bashan unto Salecah : 12Joel the chief , and Shapham the second , and Janai , and Shaphat in Bashan . 13And their brethren of their fathers’ houses : Michael , and Meshullam , and Sheba , and Jorai , and Jacan , and Zia , and Eber , seven . 14These were the sons 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; 15Ahi the son of Abdiel , the son of Guni , chief of their fathers’ houses . 16And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan , and in its towns , and in all the suburbs of Sharon , as far as their borders . 17All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel . 18The sons of Reuben , and the Gadites , and the half-tribe of Manasseh , of valiant men , men able to bear buckler and sword , and to shoot with bow , and skilful in war , were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore , that were able to go forth to war . 19And they made war with the Hagrites , with Jetur , and Naphish , and Nodab . 20And they were helped against them , and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand , and all that were with them ; for they cried to God in the battle , and he was entreated of them , because they put their trust in him . 21And 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. 22For there fell many slain , because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their stead until the captivity .
The Reubenites' Military Exploits
23And the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir and mount Hermon . 24And these were the heads of their fathers’ houses : even Epher , and Ishi , and Eliel, and Azriel , and Jeremiah , and Hodaviah , and Jahdiel , mighty men of valor , famous men , heads of their fathers’ houses . 25And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land , whom God destroyed before them . 26And the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser 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 of Gozan , unto this day .