1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the
firstborn; but, because he defiled his father’s couch, his birthright was
given to 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 brothers,
and of him came the prince; but the birthright was Joseph’s:) 3 the sons
of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom
Tilgath Pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the
Reubenites. 7 His brothers by their families, when the genealogy of their
generations was reckoned: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 8 and Bela the
son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, even to
Nebo and Baal Meon: 9 and eastward he lived even to the entrance of the
wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their cattle were multiplied in
the land of Gilead. 10 In the days of Saul, they made war with the
Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout
all the land east of Gilead. 11 The sons of Gad lived over against
them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah: 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the
second, and Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 Their brothers of their
fathers’ houses: Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacan, and
Zia, and Eber, seven. 14 These 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; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the
son of Guni, chief of their fathers’ houses. 16 They lived in Gilead in
Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, as far as 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 the half-tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men
able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skillful in war,
were forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty, that were able to go forth
to war. 19 They made war with the Hagrites, with Jetur, and Naphish, and
Nodab. 20 They were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered
into their hand, and all who were with them; for they cried to God in the
battle, and he was entreated of them, because they put their trust in him.
21 They took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of
sheep two hundred fifty thousand, and of donkeys two thousand, and of men one
hundred thousand. 22 For there fell many slain, because the war was of
God. They lived in their place until the captivity. 23 The children of the
half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land: they increased from Bashan to Baal
Hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon. 24 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. 25 They trespassed against the God of their fathers, and
played the prostitute after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God
destroyed before them. 26 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 to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river
of Gozan, to this day.
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