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1 Chronicles 5:5-16 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

5. Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

6. Beerah his son, a leader of the Reubenites, whom Tiglath-Pilneser king of Assyria deported into exile.

7. And his kinsmen by their families, when their generations were recorded in the genealogy: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

8. and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-Meon.

9. He also lived to the east up to the entrance of the desert this side of the River Euphrates, for their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.

10. And in the days of Saul they made war against the Hagrites, and they fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents in all the region east of Gilead.

11. And the sons of Gad lived near to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

12. Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

13. And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ households: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven.

14. These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.

15. Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ households.

16. And they lived in Gilead, in Bashan, and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.

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