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Chronicles 7 Genealogy of Issachar
1: Now the sons of
Issachar were, Tola, and Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, four. 2: And the
sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Jibsam,
and Shemuel, heads of their father's house, 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
sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and
Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men. 4: And with
them, by their generations, after the house of their fathers, were
bands of soldiers for war, six and thirty thousand men: for they had
many wives and sons. 5: And their brethren among all the families of
Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their
genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
Genealogy
of Benjamin
6: The sons of
Benjamin; Bela, and Becher, and Jediael, three. 7: And the sons of
Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads
of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valour; and were
reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and
four. 8: And the sons of Becher; Zemira, and Joash, and Eliezer, and
Elioenai, and Omri, and Jerimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and
Alameth. All these are the sons of Becher. 9: And the number of them,
after their genealogy by their generations, heads of the house of the
fathers, mighty men of valour, was twenty thousand and two hundred.
10: The sons also of Jediael; Bilhan: and the sons of Bilhan; Jeush,
and Benjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and
Ahishahar. 11: All these the sons of Jediael, by the heads of their
fathers, mighty men of valour, were seventeen thousand and two
hundred soldiers, fit to go out for war and battle. 12: Shuppim also,
and Huppim, the children of Ir, and Hushim, the sons of Aher.
Genealogy of
Naphtali
13: The sons of
Naphtali; Jahziel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of
Bilhah.
Genealogy
of Manasseh
14: The sons of
Manasseh; Ashriel, whom she bare: (but his concubine the Aramitess
bare Machir the father of Gilead: 15: And Machir took to wife the
sister of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maachah;) and
the name of the second was Zelophehad: and Zelophehad had daughters.
16: And Maachah 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 Hammoleketh bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah. 19: And the
sons of Shemida were, Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.
Genealogy
of Ephraim
20: And the sons of
Ephraim; Shuthelah, and Bered his son, and Tahath his son, and Eladah
his son, and Tahath his son, 21: And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his
son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that
land slew, 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 in to his wife, she conceived, and
bare a son, and he called his name Beriah, because it went evil with
his house. 24: (And his daughter was Sherah, who built Beth-horon the
nether, and the upper, and Uzzen-sherah.) 25: And Rephah was his son,
also Resheph, and Telah his son, and Tahan his son, 26: Laadan his
son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27: Non his son, Jehoshua his
son. 28: And their possessions and habitations were, Bethel and the
towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the
towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Gaza and the
towns thereof: 29: And by the borders of the children of Manasseh,
Beth-shean 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.
Genealogy
of Asher
30: The sons of
Asher; Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their
sister. 31: And the sons of Beriah; Heber, and Malchiel, who is the
father of Birzavith. 32: And Heber begat Japhlet, and Shomer, and
Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33: And the sons of Japhlet; Pasach,
and Bimhal, and Ashvath. These are the children of Japhlet. 34: And
the sons of Shamer; Ahi, and Rohgah, Jehubbah, and Aram. 35: And the
sons of his brother Helem; Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal.
36: The sons of Zophah; Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and
Imrah, 37: Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma and Shilshah, and Ithran, and
Beera. 38: And the sons of Jether; Jephunneh, and Pispah, and Ara.
39: And the sons of Ulla; Arah, and Haniel, and Rezia. 40: All these
were the children of Asher, heads of their father's house, 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 six thousand men.
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Chronicles 8 Genealogy of Benjamin
1: Now Benjamin
begat Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third, 2:
Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. 3: And the sons of Bela were,
Addar, and Gera, and Abihud, 4: And Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah,
5: And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. 6: And these are the sons of
Ehud: these are the heads of the fathers of the inhabitants of Geba,
and they removed them to Manahath: 7: And Naaman, and Ahiah, and
Gera, he removed them, and begat Uzza, and Ahihud. 8: And Shaharaim
begat children in the country of Moab, after he had sent them away;
Hushim and Baara were his wives. 9: And he begat of Hodesh his wife,
Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham, 10: And Jeuz, and Shachia,
and Mirma. These were his sons, heads of the fathers. 11: And of
Hushim he begat Abitub, and Elpaal. 12: The sons of Elpaal; Eber, and
Misham, and Shamed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof:
13: Beriah also, and Shema, who were heads of the fathers of the
inhabitants of Aijalon, who drove away the inhabitants of Gath: 14:
And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth, 15: And Zebadiah, and Arad, and
Ader, 16: And Michael, and Ispah, and Joha, the sons of Beriah; 17:
And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hezeki, and Heber, 18: Ishmerai
also, and Jezliah, and Jobab, the sons of Elpaal; 19: And Jakim, and
Zichri, and Zabdi, 20: And Elienai, and Zilthai, and Eliel, 21: And
Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, the sons of Shimhi; 22: And
Ishpan, and Heber, and Eliel, 23: And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,
24: And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothijah, 25: And Iphedeiah, and
Penuel, the sons of Shashak; 26: And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and
Athaliah, 27: And Jaresiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sons of
Jeroham. 28: These were heads of the fathers, by their generations,
chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem. 29: And at Gibeon dwelt the
father of Gibeon; whose wife's name was Maachah: 30: And his
firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab, 31: And
Gedor, and Ahio, and Zacher. 32: And Mikloth begat Shimeah. And these
also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against them. 33:
And Ner begat Kish, and Kish begat Saul, and Saul begat Jonathan, and
Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 34: And the son of Jonathan
was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begat Micah. 35: And the sons of Micah
were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tarea, and Ahaz. 36: And Ahaz begat
Jehoadah; and Jehoadah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and
Zimri begat Moza, 37: And Moza begat Binea: Rapha was his son,
Eleasah his son, Azel his son: 38: And Azel had six sons, whose names
are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah,
and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. 39: And the sons of Eshek
his brother were, Ulam his firstborn, Jehush the second, and
Eliphelet the third. 40: And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of
valour, archers, and had many sons, and sons' sons, an hundred and
fifty. All these are of the sons of Benjamin.
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Chronicles 9 Post-exile inhabitants of Jerusalem
1: So all Israel
were reckoned by genealogies; and, behold, they were written in the
book of the kings of Israel and Judah, who were carried away to
Babylon for their transgression. 2: Now the first inhabitants that
dwelt in their possessions in their cities were, the Israelites, the
priests, Levites, and the Nethinims. 3: And in Jerusalem dwelt of the
children of Judah, and of the children of Benjamin, and of the
children of Ephraim, and Manasseh; 4: Uthai the son of Ammihud, the
son of Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the children of
Pharez the son of Judah. 5: And of the Shilonites; Asaiah the
firstborn, and his sons. 6: And of the sons of Zerah; Jeuel, and
their brethren, six hundred and ninety. 7: And of the sons of
Benjamin; Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of
Hasenuah, 8: And Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of
Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephathiah, the
son of Reuel, the son of Ibnijah; 9: And their brethren, according to
their generations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were
chief of the fathers in the house of their fathers. 10: And of the
priests; Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin, 11: And Azariah the son
of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of
Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; 12: And
Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah,
and Maasiai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of
Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer; 13: And their
brethren, heads of the house of their fathers, a thousand and seven
hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of
the house of God. 14: And of the Levites; Shemaiah the son of
Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of
Merari; 15: And Bakbakkar, Heresh, and Galal, and Mattaniah the son
of Micah, the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; 16: And Obadiah the
son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah
the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the
Netophathites. 17: And the porters were, Shallum, and Akkub, and
Talmon, and Ahiman, and their brethren: Shallum was the chief; 18:
Who hitherto waited in the king's gate eastward: they were porters in
the companies of the children of Levi. 19: And Shallum the son of
Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his brethren, of the
house of his father, the Korahites, were over the work of the
service, keepers of the gates of the tabernacle: and their fathers,
being over the host of the LORD, were keepers of the entry. 20: And
Phinehas the son of Eleazar was the ruler over them in time past, and
the Lord was with him. 21: And Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was
porter of the door of the tabernacle of the congregation. 22: All
these which were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred
and twelve. These were reckoned by their genealogy in their villages,
whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. 23: So
they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house
of the Lord, namely, the house of the tabernacle, by wards. 24: In
four quarters were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and
south. 25: And their brethren, which were in their villages, were to
come after seven days from time to time with them. 26: For these
Levites, the four chief porters, were in their set office, and were
over the chambers and treasuries of the house of God. 27: And they
lodged round about the house of God, because the charge was upon
them, and the opening thereof every morning pertained to them. 28:
And certain of them had the charge of the ministering vessels, that
they should bring them in and out by tale. 29: Some of them also were
appointed to oversee the vessels, and all the instruments of the
sanctuary, and the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the
frankincense, and the spices. 30: And some of the sons of the priests
made the ointment of the spices. 31: And Mattithiah, one of the
Levites, who was the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, had the set
office over the things that were made in the pans. 32: And other of
their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the
shewbread, to prepare it every sabbath. 33: And these are the
singers, chief of the fathers of the Levites, who remaining in the
chambers were free: for they were employed in that work day and
night. 34: These chief fathers of the Levites were chief throughout
their generations; these dwelt at Jerusalem.
Genealogy
of Saul
35: And in Gibeon
dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jehiel, whose wife's name was Maachah:
36: And his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and
Ner, and Nadab, 37: And Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth.
38: And Mikloth begat Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their
brethren at Jerusalem, over against their brethren. 39: And Ner begat
Kish; and Kish begat Saul; and Saul begat Jonathan, and Malchi-shua,
and Abinadab, and Esh-baal. 40: And the son of Jonathan was
Merib-baal: and Merib-baal begat Micah. 41: And the sons of Micah
were, Pithon, and Melech, and Tahrea, and Ahaz. 42: And Ahaz begat
Jarah; and Jarah begat Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri
begat Moza; 43: And Moza begat Binea; and Rephaiah his son, Eleasah
his son, Azel his son. 44: And Azel had six sons, whose names are
these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and
Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
In the next three
chapters we have the rest of the genealogies of Israel. The genealogy
of Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, Asher and
Benjamin. Then we have a short digression to record the inhabitants
of Jerusalem after the exile to Babylon of Judah. And then we have
the genealogy of Saul. The genealogies seem to gentiles in the
present day as a bit pointless yet nothing in scripture is pointless
and for these tribes then and now and in the future this is
exceptionally interesting and important. It is said that whenever
anyone sees a photograph of their own family one always looks out for
oneself and for Israel and Judah this must be true as well. These
genealogies are incredibly detailed and full of information to those
who know what it all means. In chapter 9 the writer records the
people of Judah - the southern kingdom who returned after the
Babylonian exile. Instead of being reckoned in the tens of thousands
we have just a few hundred recorded that returned to the land of
Canaan. The King of Babylon was petitioned to allow the sons of Judah
to return to Canaan but the Sons of Israel the northern kingdom never
returned as a group and were mixed in with the nations. However there
were a small number of all the 12 tribes that remained in the land
they were the poor who had never stolen the Sabbath tithes that were
owed to the Lord. And in the end we come down to the family of Saul
the king.
- Why do you think that these genealogies were so important?
- What happened to the Northern Kingdom?
- What happened to the poor of the land?
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