I Chronicles Chapter 5

I Chronicles Chapter 5
1 The sons also of Reuben the eldest son
of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had
defiled his father's bed, therefore his
birthright was given unto the sons of
Joseph the son of Israel, so that the
genealogy is not reckoned after his
birthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his
brethren, and of him came the prince, but
the birthright was Joseph's)
3 The sons of Reuben the eldest son of
Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron
and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel, Shemaiah his son,
Gog his son, and Shimei his son, 5
Micah his son, Reaiah his son, and Baal
his son,
6 Beerah his son: whom Tilgath Pileser
[Pul] king of Assyria carried away: he
was a prince of the Reubenites.
7 And when his brethren in their families
reckoned the genealogy of their
generations, Jeiel and Zechariah were
the chief,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of
Shema, the son of Joel, which dwelt in
Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal Meon.
9 Also eastward he inhabited unto the
entering in of the wilderness from the
river Perath for they had much cattle in
the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they warred
with the Hagrites, which fell by their
hands: and they dwelt in their tents in all
the east parts of Gilead. 11 And the
children of Gad dwelt over against them
in the land of Bashan, unto Salcah.
12 Joel was the chiefest, and Shapham
the second, but Jaanai and Shaphat were
in Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house of
their fathers were Michael, and
Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and
Jacan, and Zia and Eber, seven. 14
These are the children of Abihail, the
son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of
Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of
Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of
Buz.
15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of
Guni was chief of the household of their
fathers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan,
and in the towns thereof, and in all the
suburbs of Sharon by their borders.
17 All these were reckoned by
genealogies in the days of Jotham king of
Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king
of Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben and of Gad, and
of half the tribe of Manasseh of those
that were valiant men, able to bear
shield, and sword, and to draw a bow,
exercised in war, were four and forty
thousand, seven hundred and threescore,
that went out to the war.
19 And they made war with the Hagrites,
with Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab. 20
And they were helped against them, and
the Hagrites were delivered into their
hand, and all that were with them: for
they cried to God in the battle, and he
heard them, because they trusted in him.
21 And they led away their cattle, even
their camels fifty thousand, and two
hundred, and fifty thousand sheep, and
two thousand asses, and of persons an
hundred thousand.
22 For many fell down wounded,
because the war was of God. And they
dwelt in their stead until the captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of
Manasseh dwelt in the land, from
Baashan unto Baal Hermon, and Senir,
and unto mount Hermon: for they
increased.
24 And these were the heads of the
households of their fathers, even Epher
and Ishi, and Eliel and Azriel, and
Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel,
strong men, valiant and famous, heads of
the households of their fathers. 25 But
they transgressed against the God of
their fathers, and went a whoring after
the gods of the people of the land, whom
God had destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel stirred up the
spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the
spirit of Tilgath Pileser [Pul] king of
Assyria, and he carried them away: even
the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the
half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them
unto Halah and Habor, and Hara, and to
the river Gozan, unto this day.