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These were the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. He was the firstborn,^(a) but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph^(b) son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father's bed.^(c) He is not listed in the genealogy according to birthright.

Although Judah became strong among his brothers^(d) and a ruler came from him,^(e) the birthright was given to Joseph.

The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn:^(f) Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Joel's sons: his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,

his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal,

⁶and his son Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites, and Tiglath-pileser^[a] king of Assyria took him into exile.

His relatives by their families as they are recorded in their genealogy:^(g) Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,

and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They settled in Aroer^(h) as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.⁽ⁱ⁾

During Saul's reign they waged war against the Hagrites,^(j) who were defeated by their power. And they lived in their tents throughout the region east of Gilead.

The sons^(k) of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:^(l)

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

Their relatives according to their ancestral houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven.

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

Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was head of their ancestral houses.

¹⁶They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and throughout the pasturelands of Sharon.^(m)

¹⁷All of them were registered in the genealogies during the reigns of Judah's King Jotham⁽ⁿ⁾ and Israel's King Jeroboam.^(o)

The sons of Reuben and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors who could serve^(p) in the army—men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war.

They waged war against the Hagrites,^(q) Jetur,^(r) Naphish, and Nodab.

They received help against these enemies because they cried out to God in battle, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them.^(s) He granted their request because they trusted in Him.^(t)

They captured the Hagrites' livestock—50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys—as well as 100,000 people.

Many of the Hagrites were killed because it was God's battle.^(u) And they lived there in the Hagrites' place^(v) until the exile.^(w)

The sons of half the tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir^(x) or Mount Hermon); they were numerous.

These were the heads of their ancestral houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their ancestral houses.

But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors. They prostituted themselves^(y) with the gods of the nations^[b] God had destroyed before them.^(z)

So the God of Israel put it into the mind of Pul^(aa) (that is, Tiglath-pileser^[c]) king of Assyria to take the Reubenites, Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and Gozan's river, where they are until today.

^[a]Levi's^(a) sons: Gershom,^[b] Kohath, and Merari.

Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

Amram's children: Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron's sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Eleazar fathered Phinehas;^(b) Phinehas fathered Abishua;

Abishua fathered Bukki; Bukki fathered Uzzi;

Uzzi fathered Zerahiah; Zerahiah fathered Meraioth;

Meraioth fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;

Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Ahimaaz;

Ahimaaz fathered Azariah; Azariah fathered Johanan;

Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as priest in the temple that Solomon built in Jerusalem;

Azariah fathered Amariah; Amariah fathered Ahitub;

Ahitub fathered Zadok; Zadok fathered Shallum;

Shallum fathered Hilkiah; Hilkiah fathered Azariah;

Azariah fathered Seraiah; and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak.

Jehozadak went into exile when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile at the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.^(c)

^[c]Levi's^(d) sons: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the names of Gershom's sons: Libni and Shimei.

Kohath's sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.

Merari's sons: Mahli and Mushi. These are the Levites' families according to their fathers:

Of Gershom: his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,

his son Joah, his son Iddo, his son Zerah, and his son Jeatherai.

Kohath's sons: his son Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

his son Elkanah, his son Ebiasaph, his son Assir,

²⁴his son Tahath, his son Uriel, his son Uzziah, and his son Shaul.

Elkanah's sons: Amasai and Ahimoth,

his son Elkanah, his son Zophai, his son Nahath,

²⁷his son Eliab, his son Jeroham, and his son Elkanah.

Samuel's sons: his firstborn Joel,^[d](e) and his second son Abijah.

Merari's sons: Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

his son Shimea, his son Haggiah, and his son Asaiah.

These are the men David put in charge of the music in the Lord 's temple^(f) after the ark came to rest there.^(g)

They ministered with song in front of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the Lord 's temple in Jerusalem, and they performed their task according to the regulations given to them.

These are the men who served with their sons. From the Kohathites: Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel,

son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah,

son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai,

son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah,

son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah,

son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.

Heman's relative was Asaph, who stood at his right hand: Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea,

son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah,

⁴¹son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah,

son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei,

⁴³son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.

On the left, their relatives were Merari's sons: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

⁴⁵son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah,

son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer,

⁴⁷son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.

Their relatives, the Levites, were assigned to all the service of the tabernacle, God's temple.

But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the most holy place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offerings^(h) and on the altar of incense⁽ⁱ⁾ to make atonement for Israel according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.^(j)

These^(k) are Aaron's sons: his son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

his son Bukki, his son Uzzi, his son Zerahiah,

⁵²his son Meraioth, his son Amariah, his son Ahitub,

his son Zadok, and his son Ahimaaz.

These were the places assigned to Aaron's sons from the Kohathite family for their settlements in their territory, because the first lot was for them.^(l)

They^(m) were given Hebron in the land of Judah and its surrounding pasturelands,

but the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

Aaron's sons were given:⁽ⁿ⁾ Hebron (a city of refuge), Libnah and its pasturelands, Jattir, Eshtemoa and its pasturelands,

Hilen^[e] and its pasturelands, Debir and its pasturelands,

Ashan and its pasturelands, and Beth-shemesh and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Benjamin they were given Geba and its pasturelands, Alemeth and its pasturelands, and Anathoth and its pasturelands. They had 13 towns in all among their families.

To the rest of the Kohathites, 10 towns from half the tribe of Manasseh were assigned by lot.^(o)

The Gershomites were assigned 13 towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan according to their families.

The Merarites were assigned by lot 12 towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun according to their families.^(p)

So the Israelites gave these towns and their pasturelands to the Levites.^(q)

They assigned by lot the towns named above^(r) from the tribes of the Judahites, Simeonites, and Benjaminites.

Some^(s) of the families of the Kohathites were given towns from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

Shechem (a city of refuge) with its pasturelands in the hill country of Ephraim, Gezer and its pasturelands,

Jokmeam and its pasturelands, Beth-horon and its pasturelands,

Aijalon and its pasturelands, and Gath-rimmon and its pasturelands.

From half the tribe of Manasseh, Aner and its pasturelands, and Bileam and its pasturelands were given to the rest of the families of the Kohathites.

The Gershomites received: Golan in Bashan and its pasturelands, and Ashtaroth and its pasturelands from the families of half the tribe of Manasseh.

From the tribe of Issachar they received Kedesh and its pasturelands, Daberath and its pasturelands,

Ramoth and its pasturelands, and Anem and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Asher they received Mashal and its pasturelands, Abdon and its pasturelands,

Hukok and its pasturelands, and Rehob and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Naphtali they received Kedesh in Galilee and its pasturelands, Hammon and its pasturelands, and Kiriathaim and its pasturelands.

The rest of the Merarites received: From the tribe of Zebulun they received Rimmono and its pasturelands and Tabor and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Reuben across the Jordan at Jericho, to the east of the Jordan, they received Bezer in the desert and its pasturelands, Jahzah and its pasturelands,

Kedemoth and its pasturelands, and Mephaath and its pasturelands.

From the tribe of Gad they received Ramoth in Gilead and its pasturelands, Mahanaim and its pasturelands,

Heshbon and its pasturelands, and Jazer and its pasturelands.

Issachar's sons:^(a) Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four.

Tola's sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral houses. During David's reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as warriors in their genealogies.^(b)

Uzzi's son: Izrahiah. Izrahiah's sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

⁴Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the genealogical records of their ancestral houses, for they had many wives and children.

⁵Their tribesmen who were warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

Three^(c) of Benjamin's sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

Bela's sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri—five. They were warriors and heads of their ancestral houses; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

Becher's sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher's sons.

⁹Their genealogies were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral houses—20,200 warriors.

Jediael's son: Bilhan. Bilhan's sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹¹All these sons of Jediael listed by heads of families were warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

¹²Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

Naphtali's sons:^(d) Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum—Bilhah's sons.

Manasseh's^(e) sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

¹⁵Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

Machir's wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

Ulam's son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

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

Shemida's sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

Ephraim's^(f) sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

²¹his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead. The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle.

²²Their father Ephraim mourned a long time, and his relatives^[a] came to comfort him.

²³He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.^[b]

²⁴His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon^(g) and Uzzen-sheerah,

his son Rephah,^[c] his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,

his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama,

²⁷his son Nun, and his son Joshua.^(h)

Their holdings and settlements were Bethel⁽ⁱ⁾ and its villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,

and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, and Dor and its villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

Asher's^(j) sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.

Beriah's sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.

Japhlet's sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons.

Shemer's sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

His brother Helem's sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

Zophah's sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

³⁷Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

Jether's sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

Ulla's sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

All these were Asher's sons. They were the heads of their ancestral houses, chosen men, warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.

Benjamin^(a) fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

²Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.

Bela's sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

These were Ehud's sons, who were the heads of the families living in Geba and who were deported to Manahath:

⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera deported them and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

⁹His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

¹⁰Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

¹¹He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

Elpaal's sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its villages,

¹³Beriah and Shema, who were the heads of families of Aijalon's residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

¹⁴Ahio,^[a] Shashak, and Jeremoth.

Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were Beriah's sons.

Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were Elpaal's sons.

Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were Shimei's sons.

Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

²⁵Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak's sons.

Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were Jeroham's sons.

These^(b) were heads of families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.

Jeiel^[b](c) fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah.

³⁰Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,

³²and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem, with their other relatives.

Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.^[c]

Jonathan's son was Merib-baal,^[d] and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

Micah's sons: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza.

Moza fathered Binea. His son was Raphah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were Azel's sons.

His brother Eshek's sons: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

Ulam's sons were warriors and archers.^[e] They had many sons and grandsons—150 of them. All these were among Benjamin's sons.

All Israel was registered in the genealogies that are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled^(a) to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

The first^(b) to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.^(c)

These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:

Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant^[a] of Perez son of Judah;

from the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;

and from the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and 690 of their relatives.

The Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;

and 956^(d) of their relatives according to their genealogical records. All these men were heads of their ancestral houses.

The priests:^(e) Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;

Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official^(f) of God's temple;

Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;

and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of households. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God's temple.

The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;

Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;

Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

The gatekeepers:^(g) Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

¹⁸he was previously stationed at the King's Gate on the east side.^(h) These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his ancestral household, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent.^[b] Their ancestors had been assigned to the Lord 's camp as guardians of the entrance.⁽ⁱ⁾

²⁰In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the Lord was with him.^(j)

²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.^(k)

The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them^(l) to their trusted positions.

So they and their sons were assigned to the gates of the Lord 's temple, which had been the tent-temple.

The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

Their relatives came from their villages^(m) at fixed times to be with them seven days,⁽ⁿ⁾

but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God's temple.^(o)

They spent the night in the vicinity of God's temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.^(p)

Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary,^(q) as well as the fine flour,^(r) wine, oil, incense, and spices.

Some of the priests' sons mixed the spices.^(s)

A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.^[c]

Some of the Kohathites' relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the bread of the Presence^(t) every Sabbath.

The singers,^(u) the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.^(v)

These^(w) were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and lived in Jerusalem.

Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife's name was Maacah.

³⁶Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

³⁷Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

³⁸Mikloth fathered Shimeam. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem with their other relatives.

Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

Jonathan's son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

Micah's sons: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.^[d]

Ahaz fathered Jarah; Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri fathered Moza.

Moza fathered Binea. His son was Rephaiah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel's sons.