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1 Chronicles 7:4-17 New International Version (NIV)

4. According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle, for they had many wives and children.

5. The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar, as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.

6. Three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker and Jediael.

7. The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families—five in all. Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.

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

9. Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.

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

11. All these sons of Jediael were heads of families. There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.

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

13. The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem —the descendants of Bilhah.

14. The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.

15. Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maakah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

16. Makir’s wife Maakah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

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

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