1 Chronicles

¹ Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third, ² Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³ The sons of Bela:

Addar, Gera, Abihud, ^{[a] 4} Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵ Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶ These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:

⁷ Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud. ^[b]

⁸ Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹ His sons by his wife Hodesh:

Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰ Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

¹¹ He also had sons by Hushim:

Abitub and Elpaal.

¹² The sons of Elpaal:

Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages), ¹³ and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families of the inhabitants of Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

¹⁴ Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, ¹⁵ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

¹⁷ Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

¹⁹ Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, ²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

²² Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, ²³ Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, ²⁵ Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

²⁶ Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, ²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸ All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹ Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived ^[c] in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah, ³⁰ and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, ^[d] Nadab, ³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, ^{[e] 32} and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. ^[f] These also lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³ Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal. ^[g]

³⁴ The son of Jonathan:

Merib-baal, ^[h] and Merib-baal was the father of Micah. ^[i]

³⁵ The sons of Micah:

Pithon, Melech, Tarea, ^[j] and Ahaz.

³⁶ Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah ^[k] was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

³⁷ Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah ^[l] was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

³⁸ Azel had six sons, and these were their names:

Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹ The sons of his brother Eshek:

Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. ⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all.

All these were the descendants of Benjamin.