1 Chronicles 7

The Descendants of Issachar

1The sons of Issachar: Jashub, and Shimron— four in all. 2The sons of Tola: 3The son of Uzzi: 4In addition to them, according to their genealogy, they had 36,000 troops for battle, for they had many wives and children.

The Descendants of Benjamin

5Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies. 6The three sons of Benjamin: 7The sons of Bela: 8The sons of Becher: 9Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their families— 20,200 mighty men of valor. 10The son of Jediael: 11All these sons of Jediael were heads of their families, mighty men of valor; there were 17,200 fit for battle.

The Descendants of Naphtali

12The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir, and the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

The Descendants of Manasseh

13The sons of Naphtali: Guni, Jezer, and Shallum — the descendants of Bilhah. 14The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel 15Machir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. The name of his sister was Maacah. 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: 18His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

The Descendants of Ephraim

19And these were the sons of Shemida: 20The descendants of Ephraim: 21Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son. 22Their father Ephraim mourned for many days, and his relatives came to comfort him. 23And again he slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because tragedy had come upon his house. 24His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon, as well as Uzzen-sheerah. 25Additionally, Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27Nun his son, and Joshua his son. 28Their holdings and settlements included Bethel and its villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages.

The Descendants of Asher

29And along the borders of Manasseh were Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns. 30The children of Asher: 31The sons of Beriah: 32Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, and of their sister Shua. 33The sons of Japhlet: 34The sons of Shemer: Hubbah, and Aram. 35The sons of his brother Helem: 36The sons of Zophah: 37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera. 38The sons of Jether: 39The sons of Ulla: 40All these were the descendants of Asher — heads of their families, choice and mighty men of valor, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men fit for battle, recorded in their genealogies, was 26,000.