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1 Chronicles 7:1-14 Good News Bible (GNB)

1. Issachar had four sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

2. Tola had six sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. They were heads of families of the clan of Tola and were famous soldiers. At the time of King David their descendants numbered 22,600.

3. Uzzi had one son, Izrahiah. Izrahiah and his four sons, Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah, were all heads of families.

4. They had so many wives and children that their descendants were able to provide 36,000 men for military service.

5. The official records of all the families of the tribe of Issachar listed 87,000 men eligible for military service.

6. Benjamin had three sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

7. Bela had five sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of families in the clan and were all famous soldiers. Their descendants included 22,034 men eligible for military service.

8. Becher had nine sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.

9. The official record of their descendants by families listed 20,200 men eligible for military service.

10. Jediael had one son, Bilhan, and Bilhan had seven sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11. They were heads of families in the clan and were all famous soldiers. Their descendants included 17,200 men eligible for military service.

12. Shuppim and Huppim also belonged to this tribe.Dan had one son, Hushim.

13. Naphtali had four sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum. (They were descendants of Bilhah.)

14. By his Aramean concubine, Manasseh had two sons, Asriel and Machir. Machir was the father of Gilead.

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