1 Chronicles 8

¹Benjamin was the father of Bela his first-born, Ashbel the second, Aharʹah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. ³And Bela had sons: Addar, Gera, Abiʹhud, ⁴Abishuʹa, Naʹaman, Ahoʹah, ⁵Gera, Shephuʹphan, and Huram. ⁶These are the sons of Ehud (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried into exile to Manʹahath): ⁷Naʹaman, Ahiʹjah, and Gera, that is, Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahiʹhud. ⁸And Shaharaʹim had sons in the country of Moab after he had sent away Hushim and Baʹara his wives. ⁹He had sons by Hodesh his wife: Jobab, Zibʹi-a, Mesha, Malcam, ¹⁰Jeʹuz, Sachiʹa, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers’ houses. ¹¹He also had sons by Hushim: Abiʹtub and Elpaʹal. ¹²The sons of Elpaʹal: Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its towns, ¹³and Beriʹah and Shema (they were heads of fathers’ houses of the inhabitants of Aiʹjalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath); ¹⁴and Ahiʹo, Shashak, and Jerʹemoth. ¹⁵Zebadiʹah, Arad, Eder, ¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were sons of Beriʹah. ¹⁷Zebadiʹah, Meshulʹlam, Hizki, Heber, ¹⁸Ishʹmerai, Izliʹah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaʹal. ¹⁹Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, ²⁰Eli-eʹnai, Zilʹlethai, Eliʹel, ²¹Adaiʹah, Beraʹiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimʹe-i. ²²Ishpan, Eber, Eliʹel, ²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, ²⁴Hananiʹah, Elam, Anthothiʹjah, ²⁵Iphdeʹiah, and Penuʹel were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶Shamʹsherai, Shehariʹah, Athaliʹah, ²⁷Ja-areshiʹah, Eliʹjah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroʹham. ²⁸These were the heads of fathers’ houses, according to their generations, chief men. These dwelt in Jerusalem.

²⁹Je-iʹel the father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maʹacah. ³⁰His first-born son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baʹal, Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahiʹo, Zecher, ³²and Mikloth (he was the father of Shimʹe-ah). Now these also dwelt opposite their kinsmen in Jerusalem, with their kinsmen. ³³Ner was the father of Kish, Kish of Saul, Saul of Jonathan, Malʹchishuʹa, Abinʹadab, and Esh-baʹal; ³⁴and the son of Jonathan was Merʹib-baʹal; and Merʹib-baʹal was the father of Micah. ³⁵The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tareʹa, and Ahaz. ³⁶Ahaz was the father of Jehoʹaddah; and Jehoʹaddah was the father of Alʹemeth, Azʹmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri was the father of Moza. ³⁷Moza was the father of Binʹe-a; Raphah was his son, Ele-aʹsah his son, Azel his son. ³⁸Azel had six sons, and these are their names: Azriʹkam, Boʹcheru, Ishʹmael, She-ariʹah, Obadiʹah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. ³⁹The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeʹush the second, and Eliphʹelet the third. ⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were men who were mighty warriors, bowmen, having many sons and grandsons, one hundred and fifty. All these were Benjaminites.