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1 Chronicles 7:4-21 New English Translation (NET)

4. According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.

5. Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.

6. The sons of Benjamin:Bela, Beker, and Jediael – three in all.

7. The sons of Bela:Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.

8. The sons of Beker:Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alameth. All these were the sons of Beker.

9. There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

10. The son of Jediael:Bilhan.The sons of Bilhan:Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

11. All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

12. The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

13. The sons of Naphtali:Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum – sons of Bilhah.

14. The sons of Manasseh:Asriel, who was born to Manasseh’s Aramean concubine. She also gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

15. Now Makir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. (His sister’s name was Maacah.)Zelophehad was Manasseh’s second son; he had only daughters.

16. Maacah, Makir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

17. The son of Ulam:Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead, son of Makir, son of Manasseh.

18. His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

19. The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

20. The descendants of Ephraim:Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

21. his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah(Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle.

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