1 Chronicles 8:1–40

¹As for Benjamin, he became father to Be′la his firstborn, Ash′bel the second and A‧har′ah the third,²No′hah the fourth and Ra′pha the fifth.³And Be′la came to have sons, Ad′dar and Ge′ra and A‧bi′hud,⁴and Ab‧i‧shu′a and Na′a‧man and A‧ho′ah,⁵and Ge′ra and She‧phu′phan and Hu′ram.⁶And these were the sons of E′hud. These were the heads of [the houses of] forefathers belonging to the inhabitants of Ge′ba, and they proceeded to take them into exile at Man′a‧hath.⁷And Na′a‧man and A‧hi′jah; and Ge′ra—he was the one that took them into exile, and he became father to Uz′za and A‧hi′hud.⁸As for Sha‧ha‧ra′im, he became father to [children] in the field of Mo′ab after he sent them away. Hu′shim and Ba′a‧ra were his wives.⁹And by Ho′desh his wife he came to be father to Jo′bab and Zib′i‧a and Me′sha and Mal′cam,¹⁰and Je′uz and Sa‧chi′a and Mir′mah. These were his sons, heads of [the houses of] forefathers.

¹¹And by Hu′shim he became father to A‧bi′tub and El‧pa′al.¹²And the sons of El‧pa′al were E′ber and Mi′sham and She′med, who built O′no and Lod and its dependent towns,¹³and Be‧ri′ah and She′ma. These were heads of [the houses of] forefathers, belonging to the inhabitants of Ai′ja‧lon. These were the ones that chased away the inhabitants of Gath.¹⁴And [there were] A‧hi′o, Sha′shak and Jer′e‧moth,¹⁵and Zeb‧a‧di′ah and A′rad and E′der,¹⁶and Mi′cha‧el and Ish′pah and Jo′ha, the sons of Be‧ri′ah,¹⁷and Zeb‧a‧di′ah and Me‧shul′lam and Hiz′ki and He′ber,¹⁸and Ish′me‧rai and Iz‧li′ah and Jo′bab, the sons of El‧pa′al,¹⁹and Ja′kim and Zich′ri and Zab′di,²⁰and E‧li‧e′nai and Zil′le‧thai and E′li‧el,²¹and A‧dai′ah and Be‧ra′iah and Shim′rath, the sons of Shim′e‧i,²²and Ish′pan and E′ber and E′li‧el,²³and Ab′don and Zich′ri and Ha′nan,²⁴and Han‧a‧ni′ah and E′lam and An‧tho‧thi′jah,²⁵and Iph‧de′iah and Pe‧nu′el, the sons of Sha′shak,²⁶and Sham′she‧rai and She‧ha‧ri′ah and Ath‧a‧li′ah,²⁷and Ja‧a‧re‧shi′ah and E‧li′jah and Zich′ri, the sons of Je‧ro′ham.²⁸These were heads of [the houses of] forefathers by their descendants, headmen. These were the ones that dwelt in Jerusalem.

²⁹And it was in Gib′e‧on that the father of Gib′e‧on, [Je‧i′el,] dwelt, and his wife’s name was Ma′a‧cah.³⁰And his son, the firstborn, was Ab′don, and Zur and Kish and Ba′al and Na′dab,³¹and Ge′dor and A‧hi′o and Ze′cher.³²As for Mik′loth, he became father to Shim′e‧ah. And these really were the ones that dwelt in front of their brothers in Jerusalem along with brothers of theirs.

³³As for Ner, he became father to Kish; Kish, in turn, became father to Saul; Saul, in turn, became father to Jon′a‧than and Mal′chi‐shu′a and A‧bin′a‧dab and Esh‧ba′al.³⁴And Jon′a‧than’s son was Mer′ib‐ba′al. As for Mer′ib‐ba′al, he became father to Mi′cah.³⁵And the sons of Mi′cah were Pi′thon and Mel′ech and Ta‧re′a and A′haz.³⁶As for A′haz, he became father to Je‧ho′ad‧dah; Je‧ho′ad‧dah, in turn, became father to Al′e‧meth and Az′ma‧veth and Zim′ri. Zim′ri, in turn, became father to Mo′za;³⁷Mo′za, in turn, became father to Bin′e‧a, Ra′phah his son, El‧e‧a′sah his son, A′zel his son.³⁸And A′zel had six sons, and these were their names: Az‧ri′kam, Bo′che‧ru and Ish′ma‧el and She‧a‧ri′ah and O‧ba‧di′ah and Ha′nan. All these were the sons of A′zel.³⁹And the sons of E′shek his brother were U′lam his firstborn, Je′ush the second and E‧liph′e‧let the third.⁴⁰And the sons of U′lam came to be valiant, mighty men, bending the bow, and having many sons and grandsons, a hundred and fifty. All these were from the sons of Benjamin.