3. The sons, therefore, of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Enoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4. The sons of Joel: Shemaiah, his son, Gog, his son, Shimei, his son,
5. Micah, his son, Reaia, his son, Baal, his son,
6. Beerah, his son, whom Tilgathpilneser, king of Assyria, carried away captive. He was prince of the Reubenites.
7. And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, had as princes, Jeiel and Zechariah.
8. And Bela, the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, dwelt in Aroer, even until Nebo and Baalmeon.
9. And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates, because their livestock were multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10. And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, {Ishmaelites}, who fell by their hand, and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of Gilead.
11. And the sons of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah.
12. Joel, the chief, and Shapham, second, and Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan.
13. And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Heber, 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 Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
15. Also Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was the prince of the house of their fathers.
16. And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan and in her towns and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their goings forth.
17. All these were reckoned by their generations in the days of Jotham, king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, king of Israel.