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1 Chronicles chapter 5
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The sons of Reuben, Israel’s — he was actually the firstborn, but because he , his firstborn rights were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel. So he isn’t listed as firstborn in the genealogy.Judah became the strongest among his brothers, and the came from him, but the firstborn rights belonged to Joseph.The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.The descendants of Joel: his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son ,his son Beerah, whom king of Assyria took into . He was a leader of the Reubenites.His relatives by their clans, listed in the genealogical records: Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah,and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They lived in and as far as Nebo and Baal-Meon.To the east they settled as far as the edge of the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of .During Saul’s reign they waged war against the , who fell to them. So they occupied their tents throughout the entire eastern region of Gilead.The descendants of Gad lived next to them in the land of , as far as Salecah:Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.Their relatives, by their ancestral families: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber — seven in all.These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was head of their ancestral family.They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding towns, and in all the of Sharon as far as they extended.All of these were recorded in the genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the had 44,760 men ready for military service — men who could carry shield and sword, draw a bow, and were trained for battle.They went to war against the Hagrites, , and Nodab.They received help against them — the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them — because they to God during the battle, and he responded to them because they him.They captured the Hagrites’ livestock: 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys. They also took 100,000 people captive.Many had fallen in battle, because . And they lived in their territory until .The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal-Hermon, Senir, and . They were numerous.These were the heads of their ancestral families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel — , famous men, heads of their ancestral families.But they with the God of their ancestors and the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.So the God of Israel of king of Assyria — that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria — and he carried them away: the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. He brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they remain .