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1 Chronicles

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Chapter 5

1The 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, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son; 2though Judah became mighty among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph)— 3the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, 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 into exile; he was a chief of the Reubenites. 7And his brothers by their clans, when the genealogy of their generations was recorded: Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah, 8and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. 9He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates River, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell by their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout the region east of Gilead. 11The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: 12Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13And their kinsmen according to their fathers' houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven. 14These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. 15Ahi the son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief of their fathers' houses. 16And they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits. 17All of these were enrolled by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 18The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men, able to bear shield and sword, and to shoot with the bow, expert in war, 44,760, who went to war. 19They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20And when they cried to God in the battle, he granted their urgent plea because they trusted in him, and the Hagrites with all who were with them were given into their hand. 21They carried off their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 human beings. 22For many fell slain, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile. 23The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; they were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. 24These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses. 25But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, even the spirit of Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, to this day.