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1 Chronicles Chapter 8

¹Benjamin became the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud, ⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶These are the sons of Ehud, the heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them captive to Manahath: ⁷Naaman, Ahijah and Gera, who carried them captive. He became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸Shaharaim became the father of children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away; Hushim and Baara were his wives.

⁹By Hodesh his wife, he became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰Jeuz, Shachia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' [houses].

¹¹Of Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.

¹²The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, with its towns), ¹³Beriah, Shema, who were heads of fathers' [houses] of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath; ¹⁴Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, Joha, the sons of Beriah, ¹⁷Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, Jobab, the sons of Elpaal, ¹⁹Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, Shimrath, the sons of Shimei, ²²Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵Iphdeiah, Penuel, the sons of Shashak, ²⁶Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zichri, the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸These were heads of fathers' [houses] throughout their generations, chief men: these lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹In Gibeon there lived the father of Gibeon, [Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah; ³⁰and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, ³¹and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher.

³²Mikloth became the father of Shimeah. They also lived with their brothers in Jerusalem, over against their brothers.

³³Ner became the father of Kish; and Kish became the father of Saul; and Saul became the father of Jonathan, and Malchishua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal.

³⁴The son of Jonathan was Merib Baal; and Merib Baal became the father of Micah.

³⁵The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea and Ahaz.

³⁶Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.

³⁷Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.

³⁸Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹The sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, one hundred fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.