1 Chronicles 8

Revised Geneva Translation

8 Benjamin also begat Bela, his eldest son, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

² Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³ And the sons of Bela were Addar and Gera and Abihud

⁴ and Abishua and Naaman and Ahoah

⁵ and Gera and Shephuphan and Huram.

⁶ And these are the sons of Ehud. These were the chief fathers of those who inhabited Geba. And they were carried away captives to Manahath.

⁷ Naaman and Ahijah and Gera carried away captives and begat Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸ And Shaharaim begat certain ones in the country of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara, his wives.

⁹ Of Hodesh, his wife, he begat Jobab and Zibia and Mesha and Malcam

¹⁰ and Jeuz and Sachiah and Mirmah. These were his sons, chief fathers.

¹¹ And of Hushim he begat Abitub and Elpaal.

¹² And the sons of Elpaal were Eber and Misham and Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, and their villages).

¹³ And Beriah and Shema (who were the chief fathers among the inhabitants of Aijalon) drove away the inhabitants of Gath.

¹⁴ Ahio, Shashak and Jeremoth

¹⁵ and Zebadiah and Arad and Eder

¹⁶ and Michael and Ispah and Joha (the sons of Beriah)

¹⁷ and Zebadiah and Meshullam and Hizki and Heber

¹⁸ and Ishmerai and Jizliah and Jobab (the sons of Elpaal),

¹⁹ Jakim also, and Zichri and Zabdi

²⁰ and Elienai and Zillethai and Eliel

²¹ and Adaiah and Beraiah and Shimrath (the sons of Shimei)

²² and Ishpan and Eber and Eliel

²³ and Abdon and Zichri and Hanan

²⁴ and Hananiah and Elam and Antothijah,

²⁵ Iphdeiah and Penuel (the sons of Shashak)

²⁶ and Shamsherai and Shehariah and Athaliah

²⁷ and Jaareshiah and Elijah and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸ These were the chief fathers, according to their generations, princes who dwelt in Jerusalem.

²⁹ And the father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon. And the name of his wife was Maacah.

³⁰ And his eldest son was Abdon, then Zur and Kish and Baal and Nadab

³¹ and Gedor and Ahio and Zecher.

³² And Mikloth begat Shimeah. These also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, by their brethren.

³³ And Ner begat Kish. And Kish begat Saul. And Saul begat Jonathan and Malchishua and Abinadab and Esh-Baal.

³⁴ And the son of Jonathan was Merib-Baal. And Merib-Baal begat Micah.

³⁵ And the sons of Micah were Pithon and Melech and Tarea and Ahaz.

³⁶ And Ahaz begat Jehoaddah. And Jehoaddah begat Alemeth and Azmaveth and Zimri. And Zimri begat Moza.

³⁷ And Moza begat Binea, whose son Raphah. His son was Eleasah. And his son was Azel.

³⁸ And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru and Ishmael and Sheariah and Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹ And the sons of Eshek, his brother, were Ulam his eldest son, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

⁴⁰ And the sons of Ulam were valiant men of war who shot with the bow and had many sons and nephews (one hundred fifty). All these were of the sons of Benjamin.