Judah's pofterity..

Chap. iv. 17¶ And the fous of Jeconiah, Affir; Sala. thiel his fon,

18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shena. Ear, Jecamiah, Hofhama, and Nedabiah.

19 And the fons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the fons of Zerubbabel; Mehullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their fifter:

20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hafadiah, Jushab-hefed, five.

21 And the fons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jefaiah: the fons of Rephaiah, the fons of Arnan, the fons of Obadiah, the fons of Shechaniah.

22 And the fons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the fons of Shemaiah; Hattufh, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, fix.

23 And the fons of Neariah; Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.

24 And the fons of Elioenai were Hodaiah, and Fliathib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. CHAP. IV.

1,11 The pofterity of Judab by Caleb the fon
of Hur: 5 of Aber the poflbumous fon of
Hezron: 9 of Fabez and his prayer. 21 The
pofterity of Shelab, 24 and of Simeon: 39
their conqueft of Gedor, c.

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HE fons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and

2 And Reaiah the fon of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahaa. These are the families of the Zorathites.

3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ithma, and Idbath: and the name of their fifter was Hazelelponi.

4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hufhah. These are the fons of Hur, the firit born of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. S¶ And Afhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahathtari. Thefe were the fons of Naarah.

7 And the fons of Helah were Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.

8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the fon of Harum.

9¶And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Ja bez, faying, Because I bare him with forrow.

10 And jabez called on the God of Ifrael, faying, Oh that thou wouldeft bless me indeed, and enlarge my coaft, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requeft

ed.

11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah hegat Mehir, which was the father of Ethton.

12 And Ethton begat Bech-rapha, and Pafeah, and Tehinnah, the father of ir-nahash.

There are the men of Rechah.

13 And the fons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah and the fons or Othniel; Hathath.

14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charafhim; for they were craftsmen.

15 And the fons of Caleb the fon of Jephunmeh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the son of Elah, even Kenaz.

16 And the fons of Jehaleieel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Afarcel.

The poflerity of Shelab.

17 And the fons of Ezra were Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and the bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ifhbah the father of Ethtemoa.

18 And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And there are the fons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took.

19 And the fons of his wife Hodiah the fifter of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Efhtemoa the Maachathite.

20 And the fons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the fons of Ithi were Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth.

21 The fons of Shelah the fon of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Marethah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Athbea,

22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joath, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

23 Thele were the potters, and thofe that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

24 The fons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:

25 Shallum his fon, Mibfam his fon, Mithma his fon.

26 And the fons of Mifhma; Hamuel his fon, Zacchur his fon, Shimei his fon.

27 And Shimei had fixteen fons and fix daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply like to the children of judah.

28 And they dwelt at Beer-fheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-thual,

29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazarfufim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

32 And their villages were, Etam, and Aia, Rímmon, and Tochen, and Athan, five cities: 33 And all their villages that were round about the fame cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.

34 And Mefhobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the fon of Amaziah,

35 And Joel, and Jehu the fon of Jofibiah, the fon of Seraiah, the fon of Afiel,

36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jehohaiah, and Afaiah, and Adiel, and Jefimiel, and Benaiah,

37 And Ziza the fon of Shiphi, the fon of Afton, the fon of Jedaiah, the fon of Shimri, the fon of Shemaiah;

38 Thefe mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the houfe of their fathers increafed greatly.

39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the cart fide of the valley, to feek paiture for their flocks.

40 And they found fat patture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.

41 And thefe written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and fmote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and deftroyed them utterly un

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The fons of Levi. to this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because and the Hagarites were delivered into their there was pafture there for their flocks.

42 And fome of them, even of the fons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the fons of ithi.

43 And they fmote the reft of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

CHAP. V. The line of Reuben: 9 their habitation, and conqueft of the Hagarites.

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OW the fons of Reuben the firstborn of Ifrael, (for he was the firstborn; but, forafmuch as he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given unto the fons of Jofeph, the fon of Ifrael and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright.

2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was Jofeph's :)

3 The fons, 1jay, of Reuben, the firftborn of Ifrael were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

4 The fons of Joel; Shemaiah his fon, Gog his fon, Shimei his fon,

Micah his fon, Reais his fon, Baal his fon, Beerah his fon, whom Tilgath-pilnefer king of Affyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.

7 And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

8 And Bela the fon of Azaz, the fon of Shema, the fon of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo, and Baal-meon.

9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wildernefs from the river Eu

hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was entreated of them; because they put their trust in him.

21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of theep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of affes two thousand, and of men an hundred thou. fand.

22 For there fell down many flain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their fteads until the captivity.

23 And the children of the half tribe of Manaffeh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baal-hermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

24 And thefe avere the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ithi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hoda. viah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.

25 And they traafgreffed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God deitroyed before them.

26 And the God of Ifrael ftitred up the fpirit of Pul king of Affyria, and the spirit of Tilgath-pilnefer king of Affyria, and he carried them away, (even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manaffeh) and brought them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.

CHAP. VI.

1 The fons of Levi. 4 The line of the priests.
49 The office of Aaron, and his line.
HE fons of Levi; Gerthon, Kohath, and
Merari.

phrates: because their cattle were multiplied T

in the land of Gilead.

10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the eatt land of Gilead.

11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bathan unto Salcah:

12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaani, and Shaphat in Bathan.

13 And their brethren, of the houfe of their fathers, were, Michael, and Methullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jacħan, and Zia, and

Heber, feven.

14 Thefe are the children of Abihail the fon of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the ton of Gilead, the fon of Michael, the son of Jefhifhai, the fon of Jahdo, the fon of Buz;

15 Ahi the fon of Abdiel, the fon of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bafhan, and in her towns, and in all the fuburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

17 All thefe were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Ifrael.

18 The fons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manatleh, of valiant men, men able to bear buckier and fword, and to fhoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and torty thousand seven hundred and threefcore, that went out to the war.

19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephith, and Nodab.

20 And they were helped against them,

2 And the fons of Kohath; Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Uzziel.

3-And the children of Amram; Aaron, and Mofes, and Miriam. The fons also of Aaron; Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 4 Eleazar begat Phinehas, Phinehas begat Abithua,

5 And Abithua begat Bukki, and Bukki be. gat Uzzi,

6 And Uzzi begat Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begat Meraioch,

7 Meraioth begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

8 And Ahitub begat Zadok, and Zadok be. gat Ahimaaz,

9 And Ahimaaz begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Johanan,

To And Johanan begat Azariah, (he it is that executed the priest's office in the temple that Solomon built in Jerufalem,),

II And Azariah begat Amariah, and Amariah begat Ahitub,

12 And Ahitub hegat Zadok, and Zadok be. gat Shallum,

13 And Shallum begat Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begat Azariah,

14 And Azariah begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Jehozadak.

15 And Jehozadak went into captivity, when the LORD carried away Judah and Jeru. falem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

16 The fons of Levi; Gerthom, Kohath, and Merari.

17 And there be the names of the fons of Gerthom; Libni, and Shimel,

Chap. vi.

The fous of lachar,

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73 And Ramoth with her faburbs, and Anem with her fuburbs:

74 And out of the tribe of Ather; Mahal with her fuburbs, and Abdon with her fuburbs,

75 And Hukok with her suburbs, and Rehob with her fuburbs:

76 And out of the tribe of Naphtali; Ke. deih in Galilee with her fuburbs, and Ham. mon with her fuburbs, and Kirjathaim with her fuburbs.

77 Unto the rest of the children of Merari were given out of the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmon with her suburbs, Tabor with her fuburbs:

78 And on the other fide Jordan by Jericho, on the east fide of Jordan, were given them out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wil. deruefs with her suburbs, and Jahzah with her fuburbs,

79 Kedemoth also with her fuburbs, and Mephaath with her fuburbs:

80 And out of the tribe of Gad; Ramoth in Gilead with her fuburbs, and Mahanaian with her fuburbs.

81 And Hefhbon with her fuburbs, and Jazer with her fuburbs.

CHAP. VII.

The fons of Ifachar, 6 of Benjamin, 13 of Naphtali, 14 of Manafeb, 20 and Ephraim, ow the fons of lifachar were, Tola, and

Nah, Jathub, and Shimron, four.

2 And the fons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibfam, and Shemuel, heads of their father's houfe, to wit, of Tola: they were valiant men of might in their generations; whose number was in the days of David two and twenty thousand and six hundred.

3 And the fons of Uzzi; Izrahiah; and the fons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ifharth, five: all of thein chief men.

4 And with them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were bands of foldiers for war, fix and thirty thoufand men: for they had many wives and fons.

5 An 1 their brethren, among all the families or fachar, were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies four fcore and feven thoufand.

6 The fons of Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three.

7 And the fons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five, heads of the houfe of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.

8 And the fons of Becher; Zemira, and Joath, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth. All these are the fons of Becher.

9 And the number of them, after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the houfe of their fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.

10 The fons alfo of Jediael; Bilhan: and the fons of Bilhan; Jeuth, and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharfhuth, and Abihahar.

II All these the fons of Jediael, by the heads of their fathers, mighty men of valour, were feventeen thousand and two hundred

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foldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 12 Shuppim alfo, and Huppim, the chil dren of Ir, and Hufhim, the fons of Aher.

13 The fons of Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the fons of Bilhah.

14¶The fons of Manaffeh; Afhriel, whom the bare: (but his concubine the Aramit fs bare Machir the father of Gilead:

15 And Mair took to wife the fifter of Huppim and Shuppim, whofe fifter's name was Maachah;) and the name of the fecond was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.

16 And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a fon, and the called his name Pereth; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his fons were Ulam and Rakem.

17 And the fons of Ulam; Bedan. These were the ions of Gilead, the fon of Machir, the fon of Manaffeh.

18 And his fifter Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

19 And the fons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Anjam.

20 And the fons of Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his fon, and Tahath his fon, and Eladah his fon, and Tahath his fon,

21 And Zabad his fon, and Shuthelah his fon, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land flew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23 And when he went into his wife, the conceived, and bare ? fon, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with his houfe.

24 (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.)

25 And Rephah was his fon, alfo Refheph, and Telah his fon, and Tahan his fon, 26 Laadan his fon, Ammihud his fon, Elifhama his fon,

27 Non his fon, Jehoshua his fon.

28 And their poffeffions and habitations were, Beth-el and the towns thereof, and caft. ward Naaran, and weftward Gezer with the towns thereof; Shechem alfo and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the towns thereof:

29 And by the borders of the children of Manaffeh, Beth-thean and her towns, Taz. nach and her towns, Megiddo and her towns, Dor and her towns. In thefe dwelt the chil dren of Jofeph the fon of Irael.

30 The fons of Ather; Imnah, and Iluah, and Ifhuai, and Beriah, and Serah their fifter. 31 And the fons of Beriah; Heber, and Mal chiel, who is the father of Birzavith.

32 And Heber begat Japhlet, and shomer, and Hothan, and Snua their fifter.

33 And the fons of Japhlet; Pafach, and Bimhal, and Afhvath: thefe are the children of Japhlet.

34 And the fons of Shamer; Ahi, and Roh. gah, Jehubbah, and Aram.

35 And the fons of his brother Helem; Zophiah, and Imna, and Sheleth, and Amal. 36 The fons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and imrah, 37 Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shit fhah, and Ithran, and Beera.

38 And the fons of Jether; Jephuunch, and Pilpah, and Ara.

Chap. vill, ix. 39 And the fons of Uila; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia.

40 All these were the children of Ather, heads of their father's houfe, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number throughout the genealogy of them that were apt to the war and to battle was twenty and fix thousand men.

The flock of Saul and Foratban. 33¶And Ner begat Kish, and Kich begat Saul, and Saul begat jonathan, and Malchithua, and Abinadab, and Eth-baal.

34 And the fon of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah.

35 And the fons of Micah were Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz.

36 And Ahaz begat Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; 33 and Zimri begat Moza,

37 And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his

Now Benjamin begat Bela his firftborn, fon, Eleafah his fon, Azel his fon: