Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi: and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of 5 Beth-lehem. And 'Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and 6 Naarah. And Naarah bare him 'Ahuzzam1, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the i sons of Naarah. And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar', and Ethnan. And 'Hakkoz' begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel 9 the son of Harum. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sor10 row. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it 'be' not 'to my sorrow!! And God granted him 11 that which he requested. And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Esh12 ton. And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of 2Ir-nahash. These are the men of 13 Recah. And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim'; 15 for they were craftsmen. And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh ; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons 16 of Elah; and1 Kenaz. And the sons of 'Jehallelel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, (17 and Asarell. And the sons of Ezrah; Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of 18 Eshtemoa. And his wife the Jewess! bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered 19 took. And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. (20 And the sons of Shimon; Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.

Another reading is, and Zohar. Or, the city of Nahash

Or, the valley of craftsmen\

And the sons of Ishi; Zoheth, and (21 Ben-zoheth. °The sons of Shelah the son of Judah; Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the (22 house of Ashbea; and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the "records 23 are ancient. These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim1 and Gederah: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

(24 The sons of Simeon; "Nemuel, and 25 Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul : Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his 26 son. And the sons of Mishma;

'Hammuel' his son, Zaccur his son, 27 Shimei his son. And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like 28 to the children of Judah. And they

dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, 29 and Hazar-shual; and at Bilhah, and 30 at Ezem, and at Tolad; and at Be

thuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag; 31 and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Beth-biri', and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto 32 the reign of David. And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33 and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and 34 they have their genealogy.

And

In Gen. xlvi. 10, Zohar.

written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the 'Meunim' that were found there, and 'destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead because there was pasture 42 there for their flocks. And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, *(43 the sons of Ishi. And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there, unto this day. 51 And the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father's 'couch', his birthright was given unto 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 breth

ren, and of him came the prince'; (3 but the birthright was Joseph's :) the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Car4 mi. The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son; 5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal 6 his son; Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the (7 Reubenites. And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned; the 8 chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, 9 even unto Nebo and Baal-meon: and eastward he dwelt even unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10) And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the land east of Gilead.

11 And the sons of Gad dwelt over

against them, in the land of Bashan 12 unto Salecah: Joel the chief, and Shapham the second', and 'Janai', and 13 Shaphat in Bashan: and their brethren 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 'Jehishai', the son of Jahdo, the 15 son of Buz; °Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of their 'fathers' 16 houses'. And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, 'as far as 17 their borders. 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 skilful in war, were forty and four thousand seven hundred and threescore, that were able to go forth 19 to war. And they made war with the

'Hagrites', with Jetur, and 'Naphish', 20 and Nodab. And they were helped

against them, and the 'Hagrites! were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put 21 their trust in him. And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred (22 thousand. For there fell many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their 'stead' until the captivity.

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And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir and mount Hermon. (24 °And 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 valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses!.

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And they trespassed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before 26 them. And 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 unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan, unto this day.

pileser.

4 Heb. daughters. 5 Or, pasture lands

Heb. goings forth. 7 Heb. souls of men.

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'The sons of Levi; 2Gershon, Ko2 hath, and Merari. And the sons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, 3 and Uzziel. And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam. And the sons of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abish5 ua; and Abishua begat Bukki, and 6 Bukki begat Uzzi; and Uzzi begat

Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioth; Meraioth begat Amariah, and 8 Amariah begat Ahitub; and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat AhimI aaz; and Ahimaaz begat Azariah, 10 and Azariah begat Johanan; and Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the house that Solomon built in Jerusa11 lem:) and Azariah begat Amariah, 12 and Amariah begat Ahitub; and Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok begat 13 Shallum; and Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah; and Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah 15 begat Jehozadak; and Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

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"The sons of Levi; "Gershom, Ko11 hath, and Merari. And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni 18 and Shimei. And the sons of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and 19 Hebron, and Uzziel. "The sons of Merari; Mahli and Mushi. And these are the families of the Levites according to their 'fathers' houses'. 20°Of Gershom; Libni his son, Jahath 21 his son, Zimmah his son; Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son, Jeatherai his son. "The sons of Kohath; Amminadab his son, Korah 23 his son, Assir his son; Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, and Assir 24 his son; Tahath his son, 10 Uriel his son, Uzziah his son, and Shaul his 25 son.

And the sons of Elkanah; Amasai, and Ahimoth. As for Elkanah: the sons of Elkanah; "Zophai his son, and 12Nahath his son; 018Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his 23 son. And the sons of Samuel; the firstborn 14 Foel', and 'the second Abiah. The sons of Merari; Mahli,

Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah 30 his son; Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.

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And these are they whom David set over the service of song in the house of the LORD, after that the ark (32) had rest. And they ministered with song before the tabernacle of the Itent of 'meeting, until Solomon had built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem and they 15waited on their 33 office according to their order. And these are they that 15waited, 'and' their Isons'. Of the sons of the Kohathites Heman 'the' singer, the son of 34 Joel, the son of Samuel'; the son

of Elkanah, the son of Jeroham, the son of Eliel, the son of 16Toah; 35 the son of 17Zuph, the son of Elka

nah, the son of Mahath, the son of 36 Amasai; the son of Elkanah, the son

of 18 Joel, the son of Azariah, the son 37 of Zephaniah; the son of Tahath,

the son of Assir, the son of Ebia38 saph, the son of Korah; the son of

Izhar, the son of Kohath, the son of 39 Levi, the son of Israel. And his brother Asaph, who stood on his right hand, even Asaph the son of 'Bere40 chiah, the son of Shimea; the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah, the 41 son of 'Malchijah'; °the son of Ethni,

the son of Zerah, the son of Ad42 aiah; the son of Ethan, the son of 43 Zimmah, the son of Shimei ; the son

of Jahath, the son of Gershom, the (44) son of Levi. And on the left hand their brethren the sons of Merari: 19 Ethan the son of 20 Kishi, the son of 45 Abdi, the son of Malluch; the son of Hashabiah, the son of Amaziah, the 46 son of Hilkiah; the son of Amzi, the

son of Bani, the son of Shemer; 47 °the son of Mahli, the son of Mushi,

the son of Merari, the son of Levi. 48 And their brethren the Levites were 21appointed for all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God. (19) But Aaron and his sons 22offered upon the altar of burnt offering, and upon 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 50 had commanded. And these are the

sons of Aaron; Eleazar his son, Phin51 ehas his son, Abishua his son; °Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his 52 son; Meraioth his son, Amariah 53 his son, Ahitub his son; °Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.

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Now these are their dwelling places according to their lencampments in their borders: to the sons of Aaron, of the families of the Kohathites, for 55) theirs was the first lot, to them

they gave Hebron in the land of Judah, and the suburbs thereof round about 56 it; but the fields of the city, and the villages thereof, they gave to Caleb (57) the son of Jephunneh. And to the sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge, Hebron; Libnah also with her suburbs, and Jattir, and Eshtemoa 58 with her suburbs; and Hilen with her suburbs, Debir with her suburbs; 59 and Ashan with her suburbs, and Beth-shemesh with her suburbs: 60 and out of the tribe of Benjamin;

Geba with her suburbs, and "Allemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families were thir(61) teen cities. And unto 'the rest of

the sons of Kohath were given by lot, out of the family of the tribe, out of the half tribe, the half of Manasseh, 62 ten cities. And to the sons of Gershom, according to their families, out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities. 63 Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, according to their families, out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe 64 of Zebulun, twelve cities. And the children of Israel gave to the Levites 65 the cities with their suburbs. And they gave by lot out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities which are 'men66 tioned by name. And some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their borders' out of the (67) tribe of Ephraim. And they gave

unto them the cities of refuge, Shechem in the hill country of Ephraim

with her suburbs; Gezer also with 68 her suburbs; and Jokmeam with her suburbs, and Beth-horon with her sub69 urbs; and Aijalon with her suburbs,

and Gath-rimmon with her suburbs: 70) and out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the rest of the 71 family of the sons of Kohath. Unto the sons of Gershom were given, out of the family of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her sub72 urbs: and out of the tribe of Issachar ; Kedesh with her suburbs, Daberath 73 with her suburbs; and Ramoth with

her suburbs, and Anem with her sub74 urbs: and out of the tribe of Asher; Mashal with her suburbs, and Abdon 75 with her suburbs; and Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her 76 suburbs and out of the tribe of Naphtali; Kedesh in Galilee with her suburbs, and Hammon with her suburbs, and Kiriathaim with her sub77 urbs. Unto the rest of the Levites', the sons of Merari, were given, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono' with her suburbs, Tabor with her 78 suburbs and beyond the Jordan lat Jericho, on the east side of Jordan, were given them, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her 79 suburbs, land' Kedemoth with her sub

urbs, and Mephaath with her suburbs: 80 and out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth

in Gilead with her suburbs, and Maha81 naim with her suburbs, and Heshbon with her suburbs, and Jazer with her suburbs.

71 And of the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2) And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam', and Shemuel, heads of their fathers' houses', to wit, of Tola; Imighty men of 'valour' in their generations: 'their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand 3 and six hundred. And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah', five: all of them chief men. (4 And with them, by their generations, after their fathers' houses', were

7 See Josh. xxi. 22-39, where some of the names are different.

In Gen. xlvi. 13, Puvah, and Iob.

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bands of the host for war, six and thirty thousand for they had many 5) wives and sons. And their brethren among all the families of Issachar, Imighty men of valour, reckoned in all by genealogy', were fourscore and seven thousand.

6 The sons of Benjamin; Bela, and 1 Becher, and Jediael, three. And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of 'fathers' houses', mighty men of valour; and they were reckoned by genealogy twenty and two thou8 sand and thirty and four. And the

sons of Becher; Zemirah, and Joash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and 'Jeremoth', and 'Abijah', and Anathoth, and Alemeth'. All these (9) were the sons of Becher. And 'they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their 'fathers' houses', mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hun10 dred.

And the sons of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tar(II) shish', and Ahishahar. All these

were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' houses', mighty men of valour, seventeen thousand and two hundred, that were able to go forth in the host for war. (12 01Shuppim also, and Huppim, the Isons of Ir, Hushim, the sons of Aher.

13 The sons of Naphtali; ‘Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and 5Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

(14 The sons of Manasseh; 'Asriel', whom his wife bare: (his concubine the Aramitess bare Machir the father (15 of Gilead: and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah;) and the name of the second was Zelophehad: 16 and Zelophehad had daughters. And Maacah the wife of Machir bare a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rakem. 17 And the sons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the

son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bare Ishhod', and 'Abiezer, and 'Mahlah'. 19 And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

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And the sons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath 21 his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in 'the' land slew, because they came down to take away their 22 cattle. And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren 23 came to comfort him. And he went in to his wife, and she conceived, and bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil 24 with his house. And his daughter was Sheerah, who built Beth-horon the nether and the upper, and Uzzen25 sheerah. And Rephah was his son,

land' Resheph, and Telah his son, and 26 Tahan his son; Ladan his son,

Ammihud his son, Elishama his 27 son; 10 Nun' his son, Joshua his 28 son. And their possessions and

habitations were Beth-el and the 11towns thereof, and eastward 12Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto 18 Azzah1 and 29 the towns thereof: and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and her towns, Taanach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

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The sons of Asher; Imnah, and Ishvah', and 'Ishvi', and Beriah, and 31 Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who 32 was the father of Birzaith. And Heber begat Japhlet, and 14Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33 °And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the 34 children of Japhlet. And the sons

of 151Shemer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Je35) hubbah, and Aram. And the 16sons' of Helem his brother; Zophah, and