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Adam ,
Seth ,
Enosh ,
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Cainan ,
Mahalalel ,
Jared ,
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Enoch ,
Methuselah ,
Lamech ,
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Noah ,
Shem ,
Ham ,
and Japheth .
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The sons of Japheth were Gomer ,
Magog ,
Madai ,
Javan ,
Tubal ,
Meshech ,
and Tiras .
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The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz ,
Diphath ,
and Togarmah .
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The sons of Javan were Elishah ,
Tarshishah ,
Kittim ,
and Rodanim .
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The sons of Ham were Cush ,
Mizraim ,
Put ,
and Canaan .
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The sons of Cush were Seba ,
Havilah ,
Sabta ,
Raama ,
and Sabtecha .
The sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan .
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Cush begot Nimrod ;
he began to be a mighty one on the earth .
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Mizraim begot Ludim ,
Anamim ,
Lehabim ,
Naphtuhim ,
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Pathrusim ,
Casluhim (
from whom came the Philistines and the Caphtorim ).
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Canaan begot Sidon ,
his firstborn ,
and Heth ;
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the Jebusite ,
the Amorite ,
and the Girgashite ;
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the Hivite ,
the Arkite ,
and the Sinite ;
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the Arvadite ,
the Zemarite ,
and the Hamathite .
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The sons of Shem were Elam ,
Asshur ,
Arphaxad ,
Lud ,
Aram ,
Uz ,
Hul ,
Gether ,
and Meshech .
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Arphaxad begot Shelah ,
and Shelah begot Eber .
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To Eber were born two sons :
the name of one was Peleg ,
for in his days the earth was divided ;
and his brother '
s name was Joktan .
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Joktan begot Almodad ,
Sheleph ,
Hazarmaveth ,
Jerah ,
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Hadoram ,
Uzal ,
Diklah ,
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Ebal ,
Abimael ,
Sheba ,
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Ophir ,
Havilah ,
and Jobab .
All these were the sons of Joktan .
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Shem ,
Arphaxad ,
Shelah ,
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Eber ,
Peleg ,
Reu ,
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Serug ,
Nahor ,
Terah ,
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and Abram ,
who is Abraham .
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The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael .
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These are their genealogies :
The firstborn of Ishmael was Nebajoth ;
then Kedar ,
Adbeel ,
Mibsam ,
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Mishma ,
Dumah ,
Massa ,
Hadad ,
Tema ,
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Jetur ,
Naphish ,
and Kedemah .
These were the sons of Ishmael .
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Now the sons born to Keturah ,
Abraham '
s concubine ,
were Zimran ,
Jokshan ,
Medan ,
Midian ,
Ishbak ,
and Shuah .
The sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan .
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The sons of Midian were Ephah ,
Epher ,
Hanoch ,
Abida ,
and Eldaah .
All these were the children of Keturah .
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And Abraham begot Isaac .
The sons of Isaac were Esau and Israel .
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The sons of Esau were Eliphaz ,
Reuel ,
Jeush ,
Jaalam ,
and Korah .
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And the sons of Eliphaz were Teman ,
Omar ,
Zephi ,
Gatam ,
and Kenaz ;
and by Timna ,
Amalek .
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The sons of Reuel were Nahath ,
Zerah ,
Shammah ,
and Mizzah .
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The sons of Seir were Lotan ,
Shobal ,
Zibeon ,
Anah ,
Dishon ,
Ezer ,
and Dishan .
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And the sons of Lotan were Hori and Homam ;
Lotan '
s sister was Timna .
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The sons of Shobal were Alian ,
Manahath ,
Ebal ,
Shephi ,
and Onam .
The sons of Zibeon were Ajah and Anah .
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The son of Anah was Dishon .
The sons of Dishon were Hamran ,
Eshban ,
Ithran ,
and Cheran .
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The sons of Ezer were Bilhan ,
Zaavan ,
and Jaakan .
The sons of Dishan were Uz and Aran .
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Now these were the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before a king reigned over the children of Israel :
Bela the son of Beor ,
and the name of his city was Dinhabah .
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And when Bela died ,
Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah reigned in his place .
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When Jobab died ,
Husham of the land of the Temanites reigned in his place .
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And when Husham died ,
Hadad the son of Bedad ,
who attacked Midian in the field of Moab ,
reigned in his place .
The name of his city was Avith .
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When Hadad died ,
Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his place .
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And when Samlah died ,
Saul of Rehoboth-by-the-River reigned in his place .
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When Saul died ,
Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his place .
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And when Baal-Hanan died ,
Hadad reigned in his place ;
and the name of his city was Pai .
His wife '
s name was Mehetabel the daughter of Matred ,
the daughter of Mezahab .
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Hadad died also .
And the chiefs of Edom were Chief Timnah ,
Chief Aliah ,
Chief Jetheth ,
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Chief Aholibamah ,
Chief Elah ,
Chief Pinon ,
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Chief Kenaz ,
Chief Teman ,
Chief Mibzar ,
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Chief Magdiel ,
and Chief Iram .
These were the chiefs of Edom .
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These were the sons of Israel :
Reuben ,
Simeon ,
Levi ,
Judah ,
Issachar ,
Zebulun ,
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Dan ,
Joseph ,
Benjamin ,
Naphtali ,
Gad ,
and Asher .
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The sons of Judah were Er ,
Onan ,
and Shelah .
These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua ,
the Canaanitess .
Er ,
the firstborn of Judah ,
was wicked in the sight of the LORD ;
so He killed him .
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And Tamar ,
his daughter-in-law ,
bore him Perez and Zerah .
All the sons of Judah were five .
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The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul .
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The sons of Zerah were Zimri ,
Ethan ,
Heman ,
Calcol ,
and Dara--five of them in all .
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The son of Carmi was Achar ,
the troubler of Israel ,
who transgressed in the accursed thing .
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The son of Ethan was Azariah .
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Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel ,
Ram ,
and Chelubai .
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Ram begot Amminadab ,
and Amminadab begot Nahshon ,
leader of the children of Judah ;
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Nahshon begot Salma ,
and Salma begot Boaz ;
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Boaz begot Obed ,
and Obed begot Jesse ;
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Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn ,
Abinadab the second ,
Shimea the third ,
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Nethanel the fourth ,
Raddai the fifth ,
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Ozem the sixth ,
and David the seventh .
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Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail .
And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai ,
Joab ,
and Asahel--three .
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Abigail bore Amasa ;
and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite .
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Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah ,
his wife ,
and by Jerioth .
Now these were her sons :
Jesher ,
Shobab ,
and Ardon .
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When Azubah died ,
Caleb took Ephrath as his wife ,
who bore him Hur .
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And Hur begot Uri ,
and Uri begot Bezalel .
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Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead ,
whom he married when he was sixty years old ;
and she bore him Segub .
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Segub begot Jair ,
who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead .
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Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair ,
with Kenath and its towns--sixty towns .)
All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead .
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After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah ,
Hezron '
s wife Abijah bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa .
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The sons of Jerahmeel ,
the firstborn of Hezron ,
were Ram ,
the firstborn ,
and Bunah ,
Oren ,
Ozem ,
and Ahijah .
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Jerahmeel had another wife ,
whose name was Atarah ;
she was the mother of Onam .
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The sons of Ram ,
the firstborn of Jerahmeel ,
were Maaz ,
Jamin ,
and Eker .
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The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada .
The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur .
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And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail ,
and she bore him Ahban and Molid .
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The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim ;
Seled died without children .
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The son of Appaim was Ishi ,
the son of Ishi was Sheshan ,
and Sheshan '
s son was Ahlai .
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The sons of Jada ,
the brother of Shammai ,
were Jether and Jonathan ;
Jether died without children .
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The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza .
These were the sons of Jerahmeel .
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Now Sheshan had no sons ,
only daughters .
And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha .
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Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife ,
and she bore him Attai .
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Attai begot Nathan ,
and Nathan begot Zabad ;
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Zabad begot Ephlal ,
and Ephlal begot Obed ;
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Obed begot Jehu ,
and Jehu begot Azariah ;
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Azariah begot Helez ,
and Helez begot Eleasah ;
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Eleasah begot Sismai ,
and Sismai begot Shallum ;
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Shallum begot Jekamiah ,
and Jekamiah begot Elishama .
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The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha ,
his firstborn ,
who was the father of Ziph ,
and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron .
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The sons of Hebron were Korah ,
Tappuah ,
Rekem ,
and Shema .
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Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam ,
and Rekem begot Shammai .
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And the son of Shammai was Maon ,
and Maon was the father of Beth Zur .
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Ephah ,
Caleb '
s concubine ,
bore Haran ,
Moza ,
and Gazez ;
and Haran begot Gazez .
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And the sons of Jahdai were Regem ,
Jotham ,
Geshan ,
Pelet ,
Ephah ,
and Shaaph .
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Maachah ,
Caleb '
s concubine ,
bore Sheber and Tirhanah .
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She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah ,
Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea .
And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah .
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These were the descendants of Caleb :
The sons of Hur ,
the firstborn of Ephrathah ,
were Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim ,
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Salma the father of Bethlehem ,
and Hareph the father of Beth Gader .
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And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants :
Haroeh ,
and half of the families of Manuhoth .
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The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites ,
the Puthites ,
the Shumathites ,
and the Mishraites .
From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites .
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The sons of Salma were Bethlehem ,
the Netophathites ,
Atroth Beth Joab ,
half of the Manahethites ,
and the Zorites .
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And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites ,
the Shimeathites ,
and the Suchathites .
These were the Kenites who came from Hammath ,
the father of the house of Rechab .
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Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron :
The firstborn was Amnon ,
by Ahinoam the Jezreelitess ;
the second ,
Daniel ,
Called by Abigail the Carmelitess ;
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the third ,
Absalom the son of Maacah ,
the daughter of Talmai ,
king of Geshur ;
the fourth ,
Adonijah the son of Haggith ;
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the fifth ,
Shephatiah ,
by Abital ;
the sixth ,
Ithream ,
by his wife Eglah .
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These six were born to him in Hebron .
There he reigned seven years and six months ,
and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years .
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And these were born to him in Jerusalem :
Shimea ,
Shobab ,
Nathan ,
and Solomon--four by Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel .
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Also there were Ibhar ,
Elishama ,
Eliphelet ,
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Nogah ,
Nepheg ,
Japhia ,
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Elishama ,
Eliada ,
and Eliphelet--nine in all .
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These were all the sons of David ,
besides the sons of the concubines ,
and Tamar their sister .
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Solomon '
s son was Rehoboam ;
Abijah was his son ,
Asa his son ,
Jehoshaphat his son ,
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Joram his son ,
Ahaziah his son ,
Joash his son ,
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Amaziah his son ,
Azariah his son ,
Jotham his son ,
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Ahaz his son ,
Hezekiah his son ,
Manasseh his son ,
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Amon his son ,
and Josiah his son .
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The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn ,
the second Jehoiakim ,
the third Zedekiah ,
and the fourth Shallum .
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The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son .
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And the sons of Jeconiah were Assir ,
Shealtiel his son ,
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and Malchiram ,
Pedaiah ,
Shenazzar ,
Jecamiah ,
Hoshama ,
and Nedabiah .
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The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei .
The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam ,
Hananiah ,
Shelomith their sister ,
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and Hashubah ,
Ohel ,
Berechiah ,
Hasadiah ,
and Jushab-Hesed--five in all .
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The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah ,
the sons of Rephaiah ,
the sons of Arnan ,
the sons of Obadiah ,
and the sons of Shechaniah .
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The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah .
The sons of Shemaiah were Hattush ,
Igal ,
Bariah ,
Neariah ,
and Shaphat--six in all .
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The sons of Neariah were Elioenai ,
Hezekiah ,
and Azrikam--three in all .
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The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah ,
Eliashib ,
Pelaiah ,
Akkub ,
Johanan ,
Delaiah ,
and Anani--seven in all .
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The sons of Judah were Perez ,
Hezron ,
Carmi ,
Hur ,
and Shobal .
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And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath ,
and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad .
These were the families of the Zorathites .
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These were the sons of the father of Etam :
Jezreel ,
Ishma ,
and Idbash ;
and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi ;
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and Penuel was the father of Gedor ,
and Ezer was the father of Hushah .
These were the sons of Hur ,
the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem .
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And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives ,
Helah and Naarah .
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Naarah bore him Ahuzzam ,
Hepher ,
Temeni ,
and Haahashtari .
These were the sons of Naarah .
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The sons of Helah were Zereth ,
Zohar ,
and Ethnan ;
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and Koz begot Anub ,
Zobebah ,
and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum .
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Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers ,
and his mother called his name Jabez ,
saying , "
Because I bore him in pain ."
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And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying , "
Oh ,
that You would bless me indeed ,
and enlarge my territory ,
that Your hand would be with me ,
and that You would keep me from evil ,
that I may not cause pain !"
So God granted him what he requested .
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Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir ,
who was the father of Eshton .
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And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha ,
Paseah ,
and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash .
These were the men of Rechah .
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The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah .
The sons of Othniel were Hathath ,
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and Meonothai who begot Ophrah .
Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim ,
for they were craftsmen .
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The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru ,
Elah ,
and Naam .
The son of Elah was Kenaz .
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The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph ,
Ziphah ,
Tiria ,
and Asarel .
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The sons of Ezrah were Jether ,
Mered ,
Epher ,
and Jalon .
And Mered '
s wife bore Miriam ,
Shammai ,
and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa .
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His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor ,
Heber the father of Sochoh ,
and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah .)
And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh ,
whom Mered took .
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The sons of Hodiah '
s wife ,
the sister of Naham ,
were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite .
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And the sons of Shimon were Amnon ,
Rinnah ,
Ben-Hanan ,
and Tilon .
And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth .
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The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah ,
Laadah the father of Mareshah ,
and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea ;
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also Jokim ,
the men of Chozeba ,
and Joash ;
Saraph ,
who ruled in Moab ,
and Jashubi-Lehem .
Now the records are ancient .
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These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah ;
there they dwelt with the king for his work .
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The sons of Simeon were Nemuel ,
Jamin ,
Jarib ,
Zerah ,
and Shaul ,
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Shallum his son ,
Mibsam his son ,
and Mishma his son .
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And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son ,
Zacchur his son ,
and Shimei his son .
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Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters ;
but his brothers did not have many children ,
nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah .
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They dwelt at Beersheba ,
Moladah ,
Hazar Shual ,
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Bilhah ,
Ezem ,
Tolad ,
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Bethuel ,
Hormah ,
Ziklag ,
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Beth Marcaboth ,
Hazar Susim ,
Beth Biri ,
and at Shaaraim .
These were their cities until the reign of David .
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And their villages were Etam ,
Ain ,
Rimmon ,
Tochen ,
and Ashan--five cities --
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and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal .
These were their dwelling places ,
and they maintained their genealogy :
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Meshobab ,
Jamlech ,
and Joshah the son of Amaziah ;
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Joel ,
and Jehu the son of Joshibiah ,
the son of Seraiah ,
the son of Asiel ;
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Elioenai ,
Jaakobah ,
Jeshohaiah ,
Asaiah ,
Adiel ,
Jesimiel ,
and Benaiah ;
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Ziza the son of Shiphi ,
the son of Allon ,
the son of Jedaiah ,
the son of Shimri ,
the son of Shemaiah --
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these mentioned by name were leaders in their families ,
and their father '
s house increased greatly .
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So they went to the entrance of Gedor ,
as far as the east side of the valley ,
to seek pasture for their flocks .
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And they found rich ,
good pasture ,
and the land was broad ,
quiet ,
and peaceful ;
for some Hamites formerly lived there .
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These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah ;
and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there ,
and utterly destroyed them ,
as it is to this day .
So they dwelt in their place ,
because there was pasture for their flocks there .
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Now some of them ,
five hundred men of the sons of Simeon ,
went to Mount Seir ,
having as their captains Pelatiah ,
Neariah ,
Rephaiah ,
and Uzziel ,
the sons of Ishi .
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And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped .
They have dwelt there to this day .
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Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel--he was indeed the firstborn ,
but because he defiled his father '
s bed ,
his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph ,
the son of Israel ,
so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright ;
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yet Judah prevailed over his brothers ,
and from him came a ruler ,
although the birthright was Joseph '
s --
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the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch ,
Pallu ,
Hezron ,
and Carmi .
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The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son ,
Gog his son ,
Shimei his son ,
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Micah his son ,
Reaiah his son ,
Baal his son ,
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and Beerah his son ,
whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria carried into captivity .
He was leader of the Reubenites .
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And his brethren by their families ,
when the genealogy of their generations was registered :
the chief ,
Jeiel ,
and Zechariah ,
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and Bela the son of Azaz ,
the son of Shema ,
the son of Joel ,
who dwelt in Aroer ,
as far as Nebo and Baal Meon .
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Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates ,
because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead .
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Now in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites ,
who fell by their hand ;
and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead .
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And the children of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah :
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Joel was the chief ,
Shapham the next ,
then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan ,
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and their brethren of their father '
s house :
Michael ,
Meshullam ,
Sheba ,
Jorai ,
Jachan ,
Zia ,
and Eber--seven in all .
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These were the children 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 ;
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Ahi the son of Abdiel ,
the son of Guni ,
was chief of their father '
s house .
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And the Gadites dwelt in Gilead ,
in Bashan and in its villages ,
and in all the common-lands of Sharon within their borders .
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All these were registered by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah ,
and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel .
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The sons of Reuben ,
the Gadites ,
and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men ,
men able to bear shield and sword ,
to shoot with the bow ,
and skillful in war ,
who went to war .
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They made war with the Hagrites ,
Jetur ,
Naphish ,
and Nodab .
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And they were helped against them ,
and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand ,
and all who were with them ,
for they cried out to God in the battle .
He heeded their prayer ,
because they put their trust in Him .
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Then they took away their livestock--fifty thousand of their camels ,
two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep ,
and two thousand of their donkeys--also one hundred thousand of their men ;
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for many fell dead ,
because the war was God '
s .
And they dwelt in their place until the captivity .
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So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land .
Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon ,
that is ,
to Senir ,
or Mount Hermon .
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These were the heads of their fathers '
houses :
Epher ,
Ishi ,
Eliel ,
Azriel ,
Jeremiah ,
Hodaviah ,
and Jahdiel .
They were mighty men of valor ,
famous men ,
and heads of their fathers '
houses .
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And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers ,
and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land ,
whom God had destroyed before them .
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So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria ,
that is ,
Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria .
He carried the Reubenites ,
the Gadites ,
and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity .
He took them to Halah ,
Habor ,
Hara ,
and the river of Gozan to this day .
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The sons of Levi were Gershon ,
Kohath ,
and Merari .
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The sons of Kohath were Amram ,
Izhar ,
Hebron ,
and Uzziel .
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The children of Amram were Aaron ,
Moses ,
and Miriam .
And the sons of Aaron were Nadab ,
Abihu ,
Eleazar ,
and Ithamar .
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Eleazar begot Phinehas ,
and Phinehas begot Abishua ;
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Abishua begot Bukki ,
and Bukki begot Uzzi ;
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Uzzi begot Zerahiah ,
and Zerahiah begot Meraioth ;
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Meraioth begot Amariah ,
and Amariah begot Ahitub ;
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Ahitub begot Zadok ,
and Zadok begot Ahimaaz ;
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Ahimaaz begot Azariah ,
and Azariah begot Johanan ;
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Johanan begot Azariah (
it was he who ministered as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem );
*
Azariah begot Amariah ,
and Amariah begot Ahitub ;
*
Ahitub begot Zadok ,
and Zadok begot Shallum ;
*
Shallum begot Hilkiah ,
and Hilkiah begot Azariah ;
*
Azariah begot Seraiah ,
and Seraiah begot Jehozadak .
*
Jehozadak went into captivity when the LORD carried Judah and Jerusalem into captivity by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar .
*
The sons of Levi were Gershon ,
Kohath ,
and Merari .
*
These are the names of the sons of Gershon :
Libni and Shimei .
*
The sons of Kohath were Amram ,
Izhar ,
Hebron ,
and Uzziel .
*
The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi .
Now these are the families of the Levites according to their fathers :
*
Of Gershon were Libni his son ,
Jahath his son ,
Zimmah his son ,
*
Joah his son ,
Iddo his son ,
Zerah his son ,
and Jeatherai his son .
*
The sons of Kohath were Amminadab his son ,
Korah his son ,
Assir his son ,
*
Elkanah his son ,
Ebiasaph his son ,
Assir his son ,
*
Tahath his son ,
Uriel his son ,
Uzziah his son ,
and Shaul his son .
*
The sons of Elkanah were Amasai and Ahimoth .
*
As for Elkanah ,
the sons of Elkanah were Zophai his son ,
Nahath his son ,
*
Eliab his son ,
Jeroham his son ,
and Elkanah his son .
*
The sons of Samuel were Joel the firstborn ,
and Abijah the second .
*
The sons of Merari were Mahli ,
Libni his son ,
Shimei his son ,
Uzzah his son ,
*
Shimea his son ,
Haggiah his son ,
and Asaiah his son .
*
Now these are the men whom David appointed over the service of song in the house of the LORD ,
after the ark came to rest .
*
They were ministering with music before the dwelling place of the tabernacle of meeting ,
until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem ,
and they served in their office according to their order .
*
And these are the ones who ministered with their sons :
Of the sons of the Kohathites were Heman the singer ,
the son of Joel ,
the son of Samuel ,
*
the son of Elkanah ,
the son of Jeroham ,
the son of Eliel ,
the son of Toah ,
*
the son of Zuph ,
the son of Elkanah ,
the son of Mahath ,
the son of Amasai ,
*
the son of Elkanah ,
the son of Joel ,
the son of Azariah ,
the son of Zephaniah ,
*
the son of Tahath ,
the son of Assir ,
the son of Ebiasaph ,
the son of Korah ,
*
the son of Izhar ,
the son of Kohath ,
the son of Levi ,
the son of Israel .
*
And his brother Asaph ,
who stood at his right hand ,
was Asaph the son of Berachiah ,
the son of Shimea ,
*
the son of Michael ,
the son of Baaseiah ,
the son of Malchijah ,
*
the son of Ethni ,
the son of Zerah ,
the son of Adaiah ,
*
the son of Ethan ,
the son of Zimmah ,
the son of Shimei ,
*
the son of Jahath ,
the son of Gershon ,
the son of Levi .
*
Their brethren ,
the sons of Merari ,
on the left hand ,
were Ethan the son of Kishi ,
the son of Abdi ,
the son of Malluch ,
*
the son of Hashabiah ,
the son of Amaziah ,
the son of Hilkiah ,
*
the son of Amzi ,
the son of Bani ,
the son of Shamer ,
*
the son of Mahli ,
the son of Mushi ,
the son of Merari ,
the son of Levi .
*
And their brethren ,
the Levites ,
were appointed to every kind of service of the tabernacle of the house of God .
*
But Aaron and his sons offered sacrifices on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense ,
for all the work of the Most Holy Place ,
and to make atonement for Israel ,
according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded .
*
Now these are the sons of Aaron :
Eleazar his son ,
Phinehas his son ,
Abishua his son ,
*
Bukki his son ,
Uzzi his son ,
Zerahiah his son ,
*
Meraioth his son ,
Amariah his son ,
Ahitub his son ,
*
Zadok his son ,
and Ahimaaz his son .
*
Now these are their dwelling places throughout their settlements in their territory ,
for they were given by lot to the sons of Aaron ,
of the family of the Kohathites :
*
They gave them Hebron in the land of Judah ,
with its surrounding common-lands .
*
But the fields of the city and its villages they gave to Caleb the son of Jephunneh .
*
And to the sons of Aaron they gave one of the cities of refuge ,
Hebron ;
also Libnah with its common-lands ,
Jattir ,
Eshtemoa with its common-lands ,
*
Hilen with its common-lands ,
Debir with its common-lands ,
*
Ashan with its common-lands ,
and Beth Shemesh with its common-lands .
*
And from the tribe of Benjamin :
Geba with its common-lands ,
Alemeth with its common-lands ,
and Anathoth with its common-lands .
All their cities among their families were thirteen .
*
To the rest of the family of the tribe of the Kohathites they gave by lot ten cities from half the tribe of Manasseh .
*
And to the sons of Gershon ,
throughout their families ,
they gave thirteen cities from the tribe of Issachar ,
from the tribe of Asher ,
from the tribe of Naphtali ,
and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan .
*
To the sons of Merari ,
throughout their families ,
they gave twelve cities from the tribe of Reuben ,
from the tribe of Gad ,
and from the tribe of Zebulun .
*
So the children of Israel gave these cities with their common-lands to the Levites .
*
And they gave by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah ,
from the tribe of the children of Simeon ,
and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin these cities which are called by their names .
*
Now some of the families of the sons of Kohath were given cities as their territory from the tribe of Ephraim .
*
And they gave them one of the cities of refuge ,
Shechem with its common-lands ,
in the mountains of Ephraim ,
also Gezer with its common-lands ,
*
Jokmeam with its common-lands ,
Beth Horon with its common-lands ,
*
Aijalon with its common-lands ,
and Gath Rimmon with its common-lands .
*
And from the half-tribe of Manasseh :
Aner with its common-lands and Bileam with its common-lands ,
for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath .
*
From the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh the sons of Gershon were given Golan in Bashan with its common-lands and Ashtaroth with its common-lands .
*
And from the tribe of Issachar :
Kedesh with its common-lands ,
Daberath with its common-lands ,
*
Ramoth with its common-lands ,
and Anem with its common-lands .
*
And from the tribe of Asher :
Mashal with its common-lands ,
Abdon with its common-lands ,
*
Hukok with its common-lands ,
and Rehob with its common-lands .
*
And from the tribe of Naphtali :
Kedesh in Galilee with its common-lands ,
Hammon with its common-lands ,
and Kirjathaim with its common-lands .
*
From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the children of Merari were given Rimmon with its common-lands and Tabor with its common-lands .
*
And on the other side of the Jordan ,
across from Jericho ,
on the east side of the Jordan ,
they were given from the tribe of Reuben :
Bezer in the wilderness with its common-lands ,
Jahzah with its common-lands ,
*
Kedemoth with its common-lands ,
and Mephaath with its common-lands .
*
And from the tribe of Gad :
Ramoth in Gilead with its common-lands ,
Mahanaim with its common-lands ,
*
Heshbon with its common-lands ,
and Jazer with its common-lands .
*
The sons of Issachar were Tola ,
Puah ,
Jashub ,
and Shimron--four in all .
*
The sons of Tola were Uzzi ,
Rephaiah ,
Jeriel ,
Jahmai ,
Jibsam ,
and Shemuel ,
heads of their father '
s house .
The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations ;
their number in the days of David was twenty-two thousand six hundred .
*
The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah ,
and the sons of Izrahiah were Michael ,
Obadiah ,
Joel ,
and Ishiah .
All five of them were chief men .
*
And with them ,
by their generations ,
according to their fathers '
houses ,
were thirty-six thousand troops ready for war ;
for they had many wives and sons .
*
Now their brethren among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor ,
listed by their genealogies ,
eighty-seven thousand in all .
*
The sons of Benjamin were Bela ,
Becher ,
and Jediael--three in all .
*
The sons of Bela were Ezbon ,
Uzzi ,
Uzziel ,
Jerimoth ,
and Iri--five in all .
They were heads of their fathers '
houses ,
and they were listed by their genealogies ,
twenty-two thousand and thirty-four mighty men of valor .
*
The sons of Becher were Zemirah ,
Joash ,
Eliezer ,
Elioenai ,
Omri ,
Jerimoth ,
Abijah ,
Anathoth ,
and Alemeth .
All these are the sons of Becher .
*
And they were recorded by genealogy according to their generations ,
heads of their fathers '
houses ,
twenty thousand two hundred mighty men of valor .
*
The son of Jediael was Bilhan ,
and the sons of Bilhan were Jeush ,
Benjamin ,
Ehud ,
Chenaanah ,
Zethan ,
Tharshish ,
and Ahishahar .
*
All these sons of Jediael were heads of their fathers '
houses ;
there were seventeen thousand two hundred mighty men of valor fit to go out for war and battle .
*
Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir ,
and Hushim was the son of Aher .
*
The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel ,
Guni ,
Jezer ,
and Shallum ,
the sons of Bilhah .
*
The descendants of Manasseh :
his Syrian concubine bore him Machir the father of Gilead ,
the father of Asriel .
*
Machir took as his wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim ,
whose name was Maachah .
The name of Gilead '
s grandson was Zelophehad ,
but Zelophehad begot only daughters .
* (
Maachah the wife of Machir bore a son ,
and she called his name Peresh .
The name of his brother was Sheresh ,
and his sons were Ulam and Rakem .
*
The son of Ulam was Bedan .)
These were the descendants of Gilead the son of Machir ,
the son of Manasseh .
*
His sister Hammoleketh bore Ishhod ,
Abiezer ,
and Mahlah .
*
And the sons of Shemida were Ahian ,
Shechem ,
Likhi ,
and Aniam .
*
The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah ,
Bered his son ,
Tahath his son ,
Eladah his son ,
Tahath his son ,
*
Zabad his son ,
Shuthelah his son ,
and Ezer and Elead .
The men of Gath who were born in that land killed them because they came down to take away their cattle .
*
Then Ephraim their father mourned many days ,
and his brethren came to comfort him .
*
And when he went in to his wife ,
she conceived and bore a son ;
and he called his name Beriah ,
because tragedy had come upon his house .
*
Now his daughter was Sheerah ,
who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon and Uzzen Sheerah ;
*
and Rephah was his son ,
as well as Resheph ,
and Telah his son ,
Tahan his son ,
*
Laadan his son ,
Ammihud his son ,
Elishama his son ,
*
Nun his son ,
and Joshua his son .
*
Now their possessions and dwelling places were Bethel and its towns :
to the east Naaran ,
to the west Gezer and its towns ,
and Shechem and its towns ,
as far as Ayyah and its towns ;
*
and by the borders of the children of Manasseh were Beth Shean and its towns ,
Taanach and its towns ,
Megiddo and its towns ,
Dor and its towns .
In these dwelt the children of Joseph ,
the son of Israel .
*
The sons of Asher were Imnah ,
Ishvah ,
Ishvi ,
Beriah ,
and their sister Serah .
*
The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel ,
who was the father of Birzaith .
*
And Heber begot Japhlet ,
Shomer ,
Hotham ,
and their sister Shua .
*
The sons of Japhlet were Pasach ,
Bimhal ,
and Ashvath .
These were the children of Japhlet .
*
The sons of Shemer were Ahi ,
Rohgah ,
Jehubbah ,
and Aram .
*
And the sons of his brother Helem were Zophah ,
Imna ,
Shelesh ,
and Amal .
*
The sons of Zophah were Suah ,
Harnepher ,
Shual ,
Beri ,
Imrah ,
*
Bezer ,
Hod ,
Shamma ,
Shilshah ,
Jithran ,
and Beera .
*
The sons of Jether were Jephunneh ,
Pispah ,
and Ara .
*
The sons of Ulla were Arah ,
Haniel ,
and Rizia .
*
All these were the children of Asher ,
heads of their fathers '
houses ,
choice men ,
mighty men of valor ,
chief leaders .
And they were recorded by genealogies among the army fit for battle ;
their number was twenty-six thousand .
*
Now Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn ,
Ashbel the second ,
Aharah the third ,
*
Nohah the fourth ,
and Rapha the fifth .
*
The sons of Bela were Addar ,
Gera ,
Abihud ,
*
Abishua ,
Naaman ,
Ahoah ,
*
Gera ,
Shephuphan ,
and Huram .
*
These are the sons of Ehud ,
who were the heads of the fathers '
houses of the inhabitants of Geba ,
and who forced them to move to Manahath :
*
Naaman ,
Ahijah ,
and Gera who forced them to move .
He begot Uzza and Ahihud .
*
Also Shaharaim had children in the country of Moab ,
after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wives .
*
By Hodesh his wife he begot Jobab ,
Zibia ,
Mesha ,
Malcam ,
*
Jeuz ,
Sachiah ,
and Mirmah .
These were his sons ,
heads of their fathers '
houses .
*
And by Hushim he begot Abitub and Elpaal .
*
The sons of Elpaal were Eber ,
Misham ,
and Shemed ,
who built Ono and Lod with its towns ;
*
and Beriah and Shema ,
who were heads of their fathers '
houses of the inhabitants of Aijalon ,
who drove out the inhabitants of Gath .
*
Ahio ,
Shashak ,
Jeremoth ,
*
Zebadiah ,
Arad ,
Eder ,
*
Michael ,
Ispah ,
and Joha were the sons of Beriah .
*
Zebadiah ,
Meshullam ,
Hizki ,
Heber ,
*
Ishmerai ,
Jizliah ,
and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal .
*
Jakim ,
Zichri ,
Zabdi ,
*
Elienai ,
Zillethai ,
Eliel ,
*
Adaiah ,
Beraiah ,
and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei .
*
Ishpan ,
Eber ,
Eliel ,
*
Abdon ,
Zichri ,
Hanan ,
*
Hananiah ,
Elam ,
Antothijah ,
*
Iphdeiah ,
and Penuel were the sons of Shashak .
*
Shamsherai ,
Shehariah ,
Athaliah ,
*
Jaareshiah ,
Elijah ,
and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham .
*
These were heads of the fathers '
houses by their generations ,
chief men .
These dwelt in Jerusalem .
*
Now the father of Gibeon ,
whose wife '
s name was Maacah ,
dwelt at Gibeon .
*
And his firstborn son was Abdon ,
then Zur ,
Kish ,
Baal ,
Nadab ,
*
Gedor ,
Ahio ,
Zecher ,
*
and Mikloth ,
who begot Shimeah .
They also dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem ,
with their brethren .
*
Ner begot Kish ,
Kish begot Saul ,
and Saul begot Jonathan ,
Malchishua ,
Abinadab ,
and Esh-Baal .
*
The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal ,
and Merib-Baal begot Micah .
*
The sons of Micah were Pithon ,
Melech ,
Tarea ,
and Ahaz .
*
And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah ;
Jehoaddah begot Alemeth ,
Azmaveth ,
and Zimri ;
and Zimri begot Moza .
*
Moza begot Binea ,
Raphah his son ,
Eleasah his son ,
and Azel his son .
*
Azel had six sons whose names were these :
Azrikam ,
Bocheru ,
Ishmael ,
Sheariah ,
Obadiah ,
and Hanan .
All these were the sons of Azel .
*
And the sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn ,
Jeush the second ,
and Eliphelet the third .
*
The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor--archers .
They had many sons and grandsons ,
one hundred and fifty in all .
These were all sons of Benjamin .
*
So all Israel was recorded by genealogies ,
and indeed ,
they were inscribed in the book of the kings of Israel .
But Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness .
*
And the first inhabitants who dwelt in their possessions in their cities were Israelites ,
priests ,
Levites ,
and the Nethinim .
*
Now in Jerusalem the children of Judah dwelt ,
and some of the children of Benjamin ,
and of the children of Ephraim and Manasseh :
*
Uthai the son of Ammihud ,
the son of Omri ,
the son of Imri ,
the son of Bani ,
of the descendants of Perez ,
the son of Judah .
*
Of the Shilonites :
Asaiah the firstborn and his sons .
*
Of the sons of Zerah :
Jeuel ,
and their brethren--six hundred and ninety .
*
Of the sons of Benjamin :
Sallu the son of Meshullam ,
the son of Hodaviah ,
the son of Hassenuah ;
*
Ibneiah the son of Jeroham ;
Elah the son of Uzzi ,
the son of Michri ;
Meshullam the son of Shephatiah ,
the son of Reuel ,
the son of Ibnijah ;
*
and their brethren ,
according to their generations--nine hundred and fifty-six .
All these men were heads of a father '
s house in their fathers '
houses .
*
Of the priests :
Jedaiah ,
Jehoiarib ,
and Jachin ;
*
Azariah the son of Hilkiah ,
the son of Meshullam ,
the son of Zadok ,
the son of Meraioth ,
the son of Ahitub ,
the officer over the house of God ;
*
Adaiah the son of Jeroham ,
the son of Pashur ,
the son of Malchijah ;
Maasai the son of Adiel ,
the son of Jahzerah ,
the son of Meshullam ,
the son of Meshillemith ,
the son of Immer ;
*
and their brethren ,
heads of their fathers '
houses--one thousand seven hundred and sixty .
They were very able men for the work of the service of the house of God .
*
Of the Levites :
Shemaiah the son of Hasshub ,
the son of Azrikam ,
the son of Hashabiah ,
of the sons of Merari ;
*
Bakbakkar ,
Heresh ,
Galal ,
and Mattaniah the son of Micah ,
the son of Zichri ,
the son of Asaph ;
*
Obadiah the son of Shemaiah ,
the son of Galal ,
the son of Jeduthun ;
and Berechiah the son of Asa ,
the son of Elkanah ,
who lived in the villages of the Netophathites .
*
And the gatekeepers were Shallum ,
Akkub ,
Talmon ,
Ahiman ,
and their brethren .
Shallum was the chief .
*
Until then they had been gatekeepers for the camps of the children of Levi at the King '
s Gate on the east .
*
Shallum the son of Kore ,
the son of Ebiasaph ,
the son of Korah ,
and his brethren ,
from his father '
s house ,
the Korahites ,
were in charge of the work of the service ,
gatekeepers of the tabernacle .
Their fathers had been keepers of the entrance to the camp of the LORD .
*
And Phinehas the son of Eleazar had been the officer over them in time past ;
the LORD was with him .
*
Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was keeper of the door of the tabernacle of meeting .
*
All those chosen as gatekeepers were two hundred and twelve .
They were recorded by their genealogy ,
in their villages .
David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their trusted office .
*
So they and their children were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD ,
the house of the tabernacle ,
by assignment .
*
The gatekeepers were assigned to the four directions :
the east ,
west ,
north ,
and south .
*
And their brethren in their villages had to come with them from time to time for seven days .
*
For in this trusted office were four chief gatekeepers ;
they were Levites .
And they had charge over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God .
*
And they lodged all around the house of God because they had the responsibility ,
and they were in charge of opening it every morning .
*
Now some of them were in charge of the serving vessels ,
for they brought them in and took them out by count .
*
Some of them were appointed over the furnishings and over all the implements of the sanctuary ,
and over the fine flour and the wine and the oil and the incense and the spices .
*
And some of the sons of the priests made the ointment of the spices .
*
Mattithiah of the Levites ,
the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite ,
had the trusted office over the things that were baked in the pans .
*
And some of their brethren of the sons of the Kohathites were in charge of preparing the showbread for every Sabbath .
*
These are the singers ,
heads of the fathers '
houses of the Levites ,
who lodged in the chambers ,
and were free from other duties ;
for they were employed in that work day and night .
*
These heads of the fathers '
houses of the Levites were heads throughout their generations .
They dwelt at Jerusalem .
*
Jeiel the father of Gibeon ,
whose wife '
s name was Maacah ,
dwelt at Gibeon .
*
His firstborn son was Abdon ,
then Zur ,
Kish ,
Baal ,
Ner ,
Nadab ,
*
Gedor ,
Ahio ,
Zechariah ,
and Mikloth .
*
And Mikloth begot Shimeam .
They also dwelt alongside their relatives in Jerusalem ,
with their brethren .
*
Ner begot Kish ,
Kish begot Saul ,
and Saul begot Jonathan ,
Malchishua ,
Abinadab ,
and Esh-Baal .
*
The son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal ,
and Merib-Baal begot Micah .
*
The sons of Micah were Pithon ,
Melech ,
Tahrea ,
and Ahaz .
*
And Ahaz begot Jarah ;
Jarah begot Alemeth ,
Azmaveth ,
and Zimri ;
and Zimri begot Moza ;
*
Moza begot Binea ,
Rephaiah his son ,
Eleasah his son ,
and Azel his son .
*
And Azel had six sons whose names were these :
Azrikam ,
Bocheru ,
Ishmael ,
Sheariah ,
Obadiah ,
and Hanan ;
these were the sons of Azel .
*
Now the Philistines fought against Israel ;
and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines ,
and fell slain on Mount Gilboa .
*
Then the Philistines followed hard after Saul and his sons .
And the Philistines killed Jonathan ,
Abinadab ,
and Malchishua ,
Saul '
s sons .
*
The battle became fierce against Saul .
The archers hit him ,
and he was wounded by the archers .
*
Then Saul said to his armorbearer , "
Draw your sword ,
and thrust me through with it ,
lest these uncircumcised men come and abuse me ."
But his armorbearer would not ,
for he was greatly afraid .
Therefore Saul took a sword and fell on it .
*
And when his armorbearer saw that Saul was dead ,
he also fell on his sword and died .
*
So Saul and his three sons died ,
and all his house died together .
*
And when all the men of Israel who were in the valley saw that they had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead ,
they forsook their cities and fled ;
then the Philistines came and dwelt in them .
*
So it happened the next day ,
when the Philistines came to strip the slain ,
that they found Saul and his sons fallen on Mount Gilboa .
*
And they stripped him and took his head and his armor ,
and sent word throughout the land of the Philistines to proclaim the news in the temple of their idols and among the people .
*
Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods ,
and fastened his head in the temple of Dagon .
*
And when all Jabesh Gilead heard all that the Philistines had done to Saul ,
*
all the valiant men arose and took the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons ;
and they brought them to Jabesh ,
and buried their bones under the tamarisk tree at Jabesh ,
and fasted seven days .
*
So Saul died for his unfaithfulness which he had committed against the LORD ,
because he did not keep the word of the LORD ,
and also because he consulted a medium for guidance .
*
But he did not inquire of the LORD ;
therefore He killed him ,
and turned the kingdom over to David the son of Jesse .
*
Then all Israel came together to David at Hebron ,
saying , "
Indeed we are your bone and your flesh .
*
Also ,
in time past ,
even when Saul was king ,
you were the one who led Israel out and brought them in ;
and the LORD your God said to you , "
You shall shepherd My people Israel ,
and be ruler over My people Israel ."'
*
Therefore all the elders of Israel came to the king at Hebron ,
and David made a covenant with them at Hebron before the LORD .
And they anointed David king over Israel ,
according to the word of the LORD by Samuel .
*
And David and all Israel went to Jerusalem ,
which is Jebus ,
where the Jebusites were ,
the inhabitants of the land .
*
But the inhabitants of Jebus said to David , "
You shall not come in here !"
Nevertheless David took the stronghold of Zion (
that is ,
the City of David ).
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Now David said , "
Whoever attacks the Jebusites first shall be chief and captain ."
And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first ,
and became chief .
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Then David dwelt in the stronghold ;
therefore they called it the City of David .
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And he built the city around it ,
from the Millo to the surrounding area .
Joab repaired the rest of the city .
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So David went on and became great ,
and the LORD of hosts was with him .
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Now these were the heads of the mighty men whom David had ,
who strengthened themselves with him in his kingdom ,
with all Israel ,
to make him king ,
according to the word of the LORD concerning Israel .
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And this is the number of the mighty men whom David had :
Jashobeam the son of a Hachmonite ,
chief of the captains ;
he had lifted up his spear against three hundred ,
killed by him at one time .
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After him was Eleazar the son of Dodo ,
the Ahohite ,
who was one of the three mighty men .
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He was with David at Pasdammim .
Now there the Philistines were gathered for battle ,
and there was a piece of ground full of barley .
So the people fled from the Philistines .
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But they stationed themselves in the middle of that field ,
defended it ,
and killed the Philistines .
So the LORD brought about a great victory .
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Now three of the thirty chief men went down to the rock to David ,
into the cave of Adullam ;
and the army of the Philistines encamped in the Valley of Rephaim .
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David was then in the stronghold ,
and the garrison of the Philistines was then in Bethlehem .
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And David said with longing , "
Oh ,
that someone would give me a drink of water from the well of Bethlehem ,
which is by the gate !"
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So the three broke through the camp of the Philistines ,
drew water from the well of Bethlehem that was by the gate ,
and took it and brought it to David .
Nevertheless David would not drink it ,
but poured it out to the LORD .
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And he said , "
Far be it from me ,
O my God ,
that I should do this !
Shall I drink the blood of these men who have put their lives in jeopardy ?
For at the risk of their lives they brought it ."
Therefore he would not drink it .
These things were done by the three mighty men .
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Abishai the brother of Joab was chief of another three .
He had lifted up his spear against three hundred men ,
killed them ,
and won a name among these three .
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Of the three he was more honored than the other two men .
Therefore he became their captain .
However he did not attain to the first three .
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Benaiah was the son of Jehoiada ,
the son of a valiant man from Kabzeel ,
who had done many deeds .
He had killed two lion-like heroes of Moab .
He also had gone down and killed a lion in the midst of a pit on a snowy day .
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And he killed an Egyptian ,
a man of great height ,
five cubits tall .
In the Egyptian '
s hand there was a spear like a weaver '
s beam ;
and he went down to him with a staff ,
wrested the spear out of the Egyptian '
s hand ,
and killed him with his own spear .
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These things Benaiah the son of Jehoiada did ,
and won a name among three mighty men .
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Indeed he was more honored than the thirty ,
but he did not attain to the first three .
And David appointed him over his guard .
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Also the mighty warriors were Asahel the brother of Joab ,
Elhanan the son of Dodo of Bethlehem ,
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Shammoth the Harorite ,
Helez the Pelonite ,
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Ira the son of Ikkesh the Tekoite ,
Abiezer the Anathothite ,
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Sibbechai the Hushathite ,
Ilai the Ahohite ,
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Maharai the Netophathite ,
Heled the son of Baanah the Netophathite ,
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Ithai the son of Ribai of Gibeah ,
of the sons of Benjamin ,
Benaiah the Pirathonite ,
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Hurai of the brooks of Gaash ,
Abiel the Arbathite ,
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Azmaveth the Baharumite ,
Eliahba the Shaalbonite ,
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the sons of Hashem the Gizonite ,
Jonathan the son of Shageh the Hararite ,
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Ahiam the son of Sacar the Hararite ,
Eliphal the son of Ur ,
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Hepher the Mecherathite ,
Ahijah the Pelonite ,
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Hezro the Carmelite ,
Naarai the son of Ezbai ,
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Joel the brother of Nathan ,
Mibhar the son of Hagri ,
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Zelek the Ammonite ,
Naharai the Berothite (
the armorbearer of Joab the son of Zeruiah ),
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Ira the Ithrite ,
Gareb the Ithrite ,
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Uriah the Hittite ,
Zabad the son of Ahlai ,
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Adina the son of Shiza the Reubenite (
a chief of the Reubenites )
and thirty with him ,
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Hanan the son of Maachah ,
Joshaphat the Mithnite ,
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Uzzia the Ashterathite ,
Shama and Jeiel the sons of Hotham the Aroerite ,
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Jediael the son of Shimri ,
and Joha his brother ,
the Tizite ,
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Eliel the Mahavite ,
Jeribai and Joshaviah the sons of Elnaam ,
Ithmah the Moabite ,
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Eliel ,
Obed ,
and Jaasiel the Mezobaite .
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Now these were the men who came to David at Ziklag while he was still a fugitive from Saul the son of Kish ;
and they were among the mighty men ,
helpers in the war ,