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1 Paralipomenon 5:5-21 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

5. Micha his son, Reia his son, Baal his son,

6. Beera his son, whom Thelgathphalnasar king of the Assyrians carried away captive, and he was prince in the tribe of Ruben.

7. And his brethren, and all his kindred, when they were numbered by their families, had for princes Jehiel, and Zacharias.

8. And Bala the son of Azaz, the son of Samma, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer as far as Nebo, and Beelmeon.

9. And eastward he had his habitation as far as the entrance of the desert, and the river Euphrates. For they possessed a great number of cattle in the land of Galaad.

10. And in the days of Saul they fought against the Agarites, and slew them, and dwelt in their tents in their stead, in all the country, that looketh to the east of Galaad.

11. And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Basan, as far as Selcha:

12. Johel the chief, and Saphan the second: and Janai, and Saphat in Basan.

13. And their brethren according to the houses of their kindreds, were Michael, and Mosollam, and Sebe, and Jorai, and Jacan, and Zie, and Heber, seven.

14. These were the sons of Abihail, the son of Hurl, the son of Jara, the son of Galaad, the son of Michael, the son of Jesisi, the son of Jeddo, the son of But.

15. And their brethren the sons of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house in their families,

16. And they dwelt in Galaad, and in Basan and in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Saron, unto the borders.

17. All these were numbered in the days of Joathan king of Juda, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

18. The sons of Ruben, and of Gad, and of the half tribe of Manasses, fighting men, bearing shields, and swords, and bending the bow, and trained up to battles, four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore that went out to war.

19. They fought against the Agarites: but the Itureans, and Naphis, and Nodab,

20. Gave them help. And the Agarites were delivered into their hands, and all that were with them, because they called upon God in the battle: and he heard them, because they had put their faith in him.

21. And they took all that they possessed, of camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men a hundred thousand souls.

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