Bible in 90 Days
From Adam to Abraham
1 Adam, Seth, Enosh, 2 Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared, 3 Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech; 4 Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
5 The sons of Japheth:
Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tuval, Meshech and Tiras.
6 The sons of Gomer:
Ashkenaz, Diphath and Togarmah.
7 The sons of Javan:
Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim and Rodanim.
8 The sons of Ham:
Cush, Mizraim, Put and Canaan.
9 The sons of Cush:
Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama and Sabteca.
The sons of Raama:
Sheba and Dedan.
10 Cush fathered Nimrod; he was the first mighty warrior on the earth.
11 Mizraim fathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, 12 Pathrusim, Casluhim—from whom the Philistines came—and Caphtorim.
13 Canaan fathered Zidon his firstborn, Heth, 14 and the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites, 15 the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites, 16 the Arvadites, the Zemarites and the Hamathites.
17 The sons of Shem:
Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud;
Aram: Uz, Chul, Geter and Meshech.
18 Arpachshad fathered Shelah
and Shelah fathered Eber.
19 To Eber were born two sons:
the name of the one was Peleg[a]—for in his days the earth was divided—
and his brother’s name was Joktan.
20 Joktan fathered:
Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah; 21 Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, 22 Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, 23 Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.
24 Shem, Arpachshad, Shelah,
25 Eber, Peleg, Reu,
26 Serug, Nahor, Terah,
27 Abram—that is Abraham.
Abraham’s Descendants
28 The sons of Abraham:
Isaac and Ishmael.
29 These are their descendants:
the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, 30 Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, 31 Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These are the sons of Ishmael.
32 The sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine:
she bore Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.
The sons of Jokshan:
Sheba and Dedan.
33 The sons of Midian:
Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida and Eldaah.
All these were the sons of Keturah.
34 Abraham also fathered Isaac.
The sons of Isaac:
Esau and Israel.
35 The sons of Esau:
Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam and Korah.
36 The sons of Eliphaz:
Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna and Amalek.
37 The sons of Reuel:
Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.
38 The sons of Seir:
Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.
39 The sons of Lotan:
Hori and Homam.
Lotan’s sister was Timna.
40 The sons of Shobal:
Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi and Onam.
The sons of Zibeon:
Aiah and Anah.
41 The sons of Anah:
Dishon.
The sons of Dishon:
Hamran, Eshban, Ithran and Cheran.
42 The sons of Etzer:
Bilhan, Zaavan, Jaakan.
The sons of Dishan:
Uz and Aran.
Edom’s Rulers
43 Now these were the kings who ruled in the land of Edom, before any king ruled over Bnei-Yisrael:
Bela the son of Beor, the name of his city was Dinhabah.
44 When Bela died, Jobab the son of Zerah of Bozrah ruled in his place.
45 When Jobab died, Husham of the land of the Temanites ruled in his place.
46 When Husham died, Hadad the son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, ruled in his place—the name of his city was Avith.
47 When Hadad died, Samlah of Masrekah ruled in his place.
48 When Samlah died, Shaul of Rehoboth-on-the-River ruled in his place.
49 When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan the son of Achbor ruled in his place.
50 When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad ruled in his place—the name of his city was Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-zahab. 51 Then Hadad died.
So the tribal chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief Alvah, chief Jetheth 52 chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon 53 chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar, 54 chief Magdiel, and chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.
Israel and Judah’s Descendants
2 These are the sons of Israel:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan and Shelah—the three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Adonai, so He put him to death. 4 Then Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
5 The sons of Perez:
Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah:
Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Dara, five in all.
7 The sons of Carmi:
Achar, the troubler of Israel who violated the ban of devoted things.
8 The sons of Ethan: Azariah.
9 The sons of Hezron who were born to him:
Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai.
10 Ram fathered Amminadab;
Amminadab fathered Nahshon, the leader of the children of Judah.
11 Nahshon fathered Salma;
Salma fathered Boaz.
12 Boaz fathered Obed;
Obed fathered Jesse.
13 Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab was second, Shimea third, 14 Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, 15 Ozem sixth, and David seventh. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. 17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 20 Hur fathered Uri and Uri fathered Bezalel.
21 Afterward Hezron had relations with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead—he had married her when he was 60 years old—and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub fathered Jair, who had 23 cities in the land of Gilead. 23 But Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, along with Kenath and its surrounding villages, 60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrath, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
25 Now the sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel:
Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam:
Shammai and Jada.
The sons of Shammai:
Nadab and Abishur.
29 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab:
Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without children.
31 The sons of Appaim:
Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan.
Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai:
Jeter and Jonathan—Jeter died without sons.
33 The sons of Jonathan:
Pelet and Zaza.
These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. But Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35 So Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife, and she bore him Attai. 36 Then Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad. 37 Zabad fathered Ephlal and Ephlal fathered Obed. 38 Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah. 39 Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah. 40 Eleasah fathered Sisamai, and Sisamai fathered Shallum. 41 Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel:
Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron:
Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.
44 Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam. Rekem fathered Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth-Zur.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai:
Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheba the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. The daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 50 These were the descendants of Caleb.
The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrath:
Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, 51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons:
Haroeh, half of the Menuhites. 53 The clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Itrites, the Puhtites, the Shumathites, the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma:
Beth-lehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55 and the clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These were the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of the Rechabites.
David’s Descendants
3 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron:
the firstborn was Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite woman;
second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite woman;
2 third, Absalom the son of Maacah the daughter of King Talmai of Geshur;
fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith;
3 fifth, Shephatiah by Abital; the sixth, Ithream by his wife Eglah.
4 Six were born to him in Hebron. There he reigned seven years and six months; then in Jerusalem he reigned 33 years.
5 These were born to him in Jerusalem:
Shimea, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were from Bath-shua[b] the daughter of Ammiel;
6 and the other nine were Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, 7 Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, 8 Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet. 9 All these were sons of David, besides his sons by the concubines. Tamar was their sister.
10 Solomon’s son was Rehoboam.
Abijah was his son,
Asa his son,
Jehoshaphat his son,
11 Joram his son,
Ahaziah his son,
Joash his son,
12 Amaziah his son,
Azariah his son,
Jotham his son,
13 Ahaz his son,
Hezekiah his son,
Manasseh his son,
14 Amon his son,
and Josiah his son.
15 The sons of Josiah:
Johanan the firstborn,
Jehoiakim the second,
Zedekiah the third,
and Shallum the fourth.
16 The sons of Jehoiakim:
Jeconiah was his son,
Zedekiah his son.
17 The sons of Jeconiah, the captive:
Shealtiel his son, 18 Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.
19 The sons of Pedaiah:
Zerubbabel and Shimei.
The sons of Zerubbabel:
Meshullam and Hananiah; Shelomith was their sister, 20 and five others:
Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah and Jushabhesed.
21 The sons of Hananiah:
Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, whose son was Rephaiah, whose son was Arnan, whose son was Obadiah, whose son was Shecaniah.
22 The descendants of Shecaniah:
Shemaiah and sons Hatush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all.
23 The sons of Neariah: Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam—three in all.
24 The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani—seven in all.
Judah’s Descendants
4 The sons of Judah:
Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.
2 Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
3 These were the sons of Etam:
Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazlelponi.
4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5 Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah bore him Ahuzam, Hepher, Timeni and Ahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7 The sons of Helah:
Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan.
8 Koz fathered Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
Prayer of Jabez
9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.” 10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, saying, “If only You would greatly bless me, and enlarge my territory. Let Your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I might not suffer pain.” Adonai granted what he asked.
Other Descendants of Judah
11 Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
13 The sons of Kenaz:
Othniel and Seraiah.
The sons of Othniel:
Hatath 14 and Meonothai, who fathered Ophrah.
Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim[c], for they were craftsmen.
15 The sons of Caleb, son of Jephunneh:
Iru, Elah and Naam.
The son of Elah:
Kenaz.
16 The sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiriah and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah:
Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. She also bore Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 (His Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soho and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Bithiah, Pharaoh’s daughter whom Mered married.
19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:
the father of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 The sons of Shimon:
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon.
The sons of Ishi:
Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah, son of Judah:
Er the father of Lecah, Ladah the father of Mareshah, the families of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea, 22 and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab and Jashubi-lehem (the records are ancient). 23 These were the potters and those who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there while doing the king’s work.
Descendants of Simeon
24 The sons of Simeon:
Nemuel, Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, 25 his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.
26 The descendants of Mishma:
Hammuel, Zaccur his son and Shimei his son. 27 Now Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their family did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah. 28 They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David, 32 together with their villages, Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan—five in all, 33 along with all the villages that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their habitations.
Registered in their genealogical records were: 34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshoaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah— 38 these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their clans increased greatly. 39 Now they went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 They found rich and good pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful. The former inhabitants were Hamites. 41 Now those whose names are recorded came during the days of King Hezekiah of Judah. They attacked the encampments of the Hamites, as well as the Meunim who were found there, and utterly wiped them out to this very day. They settled in their place because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 About 500 of them from the descendants of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir 43 where they struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they live there to this day.
Descendants of Reuben
5 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel—so he is not reckoned as the firstborn in the genealogical record. 2 Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers, and a ruler came from him,[d] the birthright belonged to Joseph.
3 The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:
Enoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 The descendants of Joel:
his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei, 5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah, his son Baal 6 and his son Beerah whom Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria carried into exile. He was the leader of the Reubenites.
7 His kinsmen by their families, as listed in their genealogical records:
the leader Jeiel, Zechariah, 8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel.
They settled in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon, 9 while in the east they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness from this side of the river Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 Now in the days of Saul they had made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand. So they lived in their encampments in the entire eastern area of Gilead.
11 Now the sons of Gad lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah:
12 Joel the leader, Shapham second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 Their kinsmen according to their ancestral families: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber—seven in all.
14 These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jehishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. 15 Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni was leader of their ancestral families. 16 They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its surrounding villages, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon, up to their borders. 17 All these were recorded 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 the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 warriors ready for war—men who carried shield and sword and drew the bow, and were skilled in battle. 19 So they made war with the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab. 20 They received help against them, so that the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their hand, for they cried out to God during the battle. He answered their supplications, because they put their trust in Him. 21 They took away their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys, as well as 100,000 people. 22 For many fell slain, because the war was of God. So they dwelt in their place until the exile.
Manesseh East of Jordan
23 Now the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir and Mount Hermon. They were numerous. 24 These were the heads of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their clans.
25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of King Pul of Assyria—the spirit of Tillegath-pilneser king of Assyria—and he carried away the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara and to the river of Gozan, to this day.
Descendants of Levi
27 The sons of Levi:
Gershon, Kohath and Merari.
28 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
29 The children of Amram:
Aaron, Moses and Miriam.
The sons of Aaron:
Nadav and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.
30 Eleazar fathered Phinehas and Phinehas fathered Abishua. 31 Abishua fathered Bukki, and Bukki fathered Uzzi. 32 Uzzi fathered Zerahiah and Zerahiah fathered Meraioth. 33 Meraioth fathered Amariah and Amariah fathered Ahitub. 34 Ahitub fathered Zadok and Zadok fathered Ahimaaz. 35 Ahimaaz fathered Azariah and Azariah fathered Johanan. 36 Johanan fathered Azariah, who served as kohen in the House that Solomon built in Jerusalem. 37 Azariah fathered Amariah, and Amariah fathered Ahitub. 38 Ahitub fathered Zadok, and Zadok fathered Shallum. 39 Shallum fathered Hilkiah, and Hilkiah fathered Azariah, 40 and Azariah fathered Seraiah, and Seraiah fathered Jehozadak. 41 Jehozadak went into captivity when Adonai exiled Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.
6 The sons of Levi:
Gershom, Kohath and Merari.
2 These are the names of the sons of Gershom:
Libni and Shimei.
3 The sons of Kohath:
Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.
4 The sons of Merari:
Mahli and Mushi.
These are the families of the Levites according to their clans.
5 Of Gershom:
Libni his son, Jahath his son, Zimmah his son, 6 Joah his son, Iddo his son, Zerah his son and Jeatherai his son.
7 The sons of Kohath:
Amminadab his son, Korah his son, Assir his son, 8 Elkanah his son, and Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son, 9 Tahath his son, Uriel his son, Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.
10 The sons of Elkanah:
Amasai and Ahimoth, 11 his son Elkanah, Zophai his son, Nahath his son, 12 Eliab his son, Jeroham his son, Elkanah his son.
13 The sons of Samuel:
his first-born Vashni, then Abiah.
14 The sons of Merari:
Mahli, Libni his son, Shimei his son, Uzzah his son, 15 Shimea his son, Haggiah his son, Asaiah his son.
16 Now these are the men David appointed to be in charge of the singing in the House of Adonai, after the Ark came to rest. 17 They ministered with song in front of the Tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the House of Adonai in Jerusalem. They carried out their avodah according to their regulations.
18 These are the ones who took their station, with their sons.
Of the sons of the Kohathites:
Heman the singer, son of Joel, son of Samuel, 19 son of Elkanah, son of Jeroham, son of Eliel, son of Toah, 20 son of Zuph, son of Elkanah, son of Mahath, son of Amasai, 21 son of Elkanah, son of Joel, son of Azariah, son of Zephaniah, 22 son of Tahath, son of Assir, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, 23 son of Izhar, son of Kohath, son of Levi, son of Israel.
24 His kinsman Asaph stood on his right—Asaph son of Berechiah, son of Shimea, 25 son of Michael, son of Baaseiah, son of Malchijah, 26 son of Ethni, son of Zerah, son of Adaiah, 27 son of Ethan, son of Zimmah, son of Shimei, 28 son of Jahath, son of Gershom, son of Levi.
29 On the left hand their kinsmen the sons of Merari: Ethan son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch, 30 son of Hashabiah, son of Amaziah, son of Hilkiah, 31 son of Amzi, son of Bani, son of Shemer, 32 son of Mahli, son of Mushi, son of Merari, son of Levi.
33 Their fellow Levites were appointed for all the avodah of the tabernacle of the House of God. 34 But Aaron and his sons were the ones presenting offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense, for all the service of the Holy of Holies and to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
35 Now these are the sons of Aaron:
Eleazar his son, Phineas his son, Abishua his son, 36 Bukki his son, Uzzi his son, Zerahiah his son, 37 Meraioth his son, Amariah his son, Ahitub his son, 38 Zadok his son, Ahimaaz his son.
Towns and Lands for Levites
39 Now these are their dwelling places according to their encampments in their territories. To Aaron’s sons of the Kohathite families (for theirs was the first lot), 40 to them they assigned Hebron in the land of Judah, and the open land around it; 41 but the fields of the city and the villages, they gave to Caleb son of Jephunneh. 42 To sons of Aaron they gave the cities of refuge: Hebron, also Libnah with its open land, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its open land, 43 Hilen with its open land, Debir with its open land, 44 Ashan with its open land, and Beth-shemesh with its open land. 45 From the tribe of Benjamin: Geba with its open land, and Alemeth with its open land, and Anathoth with its open land. They had 13 cities in all among their families.
46 To the rest of the sons of Kohath ten cities were assigned by lot from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh. 47 To the sons of Gershom, according to their families, 13 cities were assigned from the tribe of Issachar, from the tribe of Asher, from tribe of Naphtali and from the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan. 48 To the sons of Merari 12 cities were assigned by lot, according to their families, from the tribe of Reuben, from the tribe of Gad and from the tribe of Zebulun.
49 So Bnei-Yisrael gave to the Levites the cities with their open land. 50 They also assigned by lot from the tribe of the children of Judah, from the tribe of the children of Simeon, and from the tribe of the children of Benjamin, these cities that were mentioned by name.
51 Some of the families of the sons of Kohath had cities of their territory from the tribe of Ephraim. 52 They assigned to them as cities of refuge: Shechem in the hill-country of Ephraim with its open land, Gezer also with its open land, 53 Jokmeam with its open land, Beth-horon with its open land 54 Aijalon with its open land, and Gath-rimmon with its open land. 55 Also from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Aner with its open land and Bileam with its open land, for the rest of the family of the sons of Kohath. 56 To the sons of Gershom were assigned, from the family of the half-tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with its open land and Ashtaroth with its open land, 57 and from the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh with its open land, Dobrath with its open land, 58 Ramoth with its open land, and Anem with its open land, 59 and from the tribe of Asher, Mashal with its open land, Abdon with its open land, 60 Hukok with its open land, Rehob with its open land, 61 and from the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilee with its open land, Hammon with its open land and Kiriathaim with its open land. 62 To the rest—the sons of Merari—were assigned, from the tribe of Zebulun, Rimmono with its open land, Tabor with its open land, 63 and beyond the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan, from the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wilderness with its open land, Jahaz with its open land, 64 Kedemoth with its open land, and Mephaath with its open land 65 and from the tribe of Gad, Ramoth in Gilead with its open land, Mahanaim with its open land, 66 Heshbon with its open land, and Jazer with its open land.
Descendants of Other Tribes
7 The sons of Issachar:
Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four.
2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Shemuel, heads of their clans. The descendants of Tola were mighty men of valor; their number in the days of David was 22,600.
3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah, and the sons of Izrahiah:
Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah—all five of them were leaders.
4 Along with them, by their generations after their clans were 36,000 troops of the army for battle, for they had many wives and sons. 5 Their kinsmen among all the families of Issachar by genealogical records were mighty men of valor—87,700.
6 The sons of Benjamin:
Bela, Becher and Jediael—three.
7 The sons of Bela:
Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri—five. They were heads of clans, mighty men of valor; by genealogical records they were 22,034.
8 The sons of Becher:
Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth—all sons of Becher. 9 According to their genealogical records, their descendants were heads of their clans, 22,200 mighty men of valor.
10 Finally the sons of Jediael:
Bilhan.
The sons of Bilhan:
Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar. 11 All these were sons of Jediael, heads of their clans, mighty men of valor, 17,200 who were able to go out in the army for war. 12 Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher.
13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
14 One of the sons of Manasseh was Asriel, whom she bore; his Aramean concubine bore Machir the father of Gilead. 15 Machir took a wife from Huppim and Shuppim. His sister’s name was Maacah. The name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 Machir’s wife Maacah bore a son and she named him Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17 Ulam’s son was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 18 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, Abiezer and Mahlah. 19 Shemida’s sons were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.
20 The descendants of Ephraim:
Shuthelah, Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son, 21 Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son, also Ezer and Elead. The native-born men of Gath killed them because they came down to raid their cattle. 22 Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his brothers came to comfort him. 23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son and he called him Beriah[e], because evil had befallen his house. 24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built both lower and upper Beth-horon, and also Uzzen-sheerah. 25 Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son, 26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son, 27 Nun his son and Joshua his son.
28 Their possessions and settlements were Beth-el and its villages, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its villages, as well as Shechem and its villages, as far as Aiah and its villages, 29 and along the borders of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its villages, Taanach and its villages, Megiddo and its villages, Dor and its villages. In these lived the children of Joseph son of Israel.
30 The sons of Asher:
Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.
31 The sons of Beriah:
Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32 Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham, and their sister Shua.
33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Asvath. These were the children of Japhlet.
34 The sons of Shemer:
Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.
35 The sons of his brother Helem:
Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah:
Suah, Harnepher, Shaul, Beri, Imrah, 37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.
38 The sons of Jether:
Jephunneh, Pispa and Ara.
39 The sons of Ulla:
Arah, Hanniel and Rizia. 40 All these were the descendants of Asher, heads of the clans, choice and mighty men of valor, chief of the princes. The number of them recorded by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.
Descendants of Benjamin
8 Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel second, Ahrah third, 2 Nohah the fourth, and Rapha fifth.
3 Bela’s sons were:
Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.
6 These were the sons of Ehud—the heads of clans of the inhabitants of Geba, who were taken captive to Manahath:
7 Naaman, Ahijah and Gera—he took them captive and fathered Uzza and Ahihud.
8 Shaharaim fathered children in the country of Moab after divorcing his wives Hushim and Baara. 9 By his wife Hodesh he fathered Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam, 10 Jeuz, Sachiah and Mirmah. These were his sons, family leaders.
11 By Hushim he fathered Abitub and Elpaal.
12 The sons of Elpaal:
Eber, Misham and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod with its villages; 13 Beriah and Shema, leaders of the clans living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath.
14 Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, 15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16 Michael, Ishpah, Joha were sons of Beriah.
17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber 18 Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were sons of Elpaal.
19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, 20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 21 Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were sons of Shimei.
22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, 24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothiah, 25 Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
26 Shamsherai, Shechariah, Athaliah 27 Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zichri were sons of Jeroham. 28 These were leaders of the clans listed in their genealogies. These lived in Jerusalem.
29 Now the father of Gibeon dwelt in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah, 30 and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahio and Zecher 32 and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. They lived with their relatives in Jerusalem, opposite their relatives.
33 Ner fathered Kish and Kish fathered Saul. Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.
34 Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
35 Micah’s sons:
Pithon, Melech, Taarea and Ahaz.
36 Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza, 37 Moza fathered Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
38 Azel had six sons and these were their names:
Azrikam, Bocru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan—all these were sons of Azel.
39 The sons of his brother Eshek:
Ulam his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third. 40 Now the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons—150. All these were descendants of Benjamin.
Kohanim and Levites in Nehemiah’s Day
9 So all Israel were registered by genealogies—behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
Judah was carried away captive to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness. 2 The first to settle on their property in their towns were Israelites, kohanim, Levites and the Temple servants. 3 Those from the children of Judah, the children of Benjamin, and the children of Ephraim and Manasseh who settled in Jerusalem were: 4 Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, who was a descendant of Perez son of Judah.
5 From the Shilonites:
Asaiah the firstborn and his sons.
6 From the sons of Zerah: Jeuel and their kinsmen—690.
7 From the sons of Benjamin:
Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah; 8 Ibneiah son of Jeroham; and Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri; and Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibneiah, 9 and their kinsmen, according to their genealogies—956. All these men were leaders of their clans.
10 From the kohanim:
Jedaiah, Jehoiarib, Jachin, 11 Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the ruler of the House of God; 12 Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah and Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer, 13 and their kinsmen, heads of their clans 1,760 very able men for the work of avodah in the House of God.
14 From the Levites:
Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah, from the sons of Merari; 15 Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph; 16 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.
17 The gatekeepers:
Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman and their brothers. Shallum was the leader; 18 he serves to this day at the king’s gate to the east. These were the gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi. 19 Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah, and his kinsmen from his ancesteral clan, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the gates of the Tent. Their ancestors had been responsible for guarding the entrance to the dwelling of Adonai 20 when Phinehas, son of Eleazar had been ruler over them in time past and Adonai was with him. 21 Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was gatekeeper of the door of the Tent of Meeting.
22 All these chosen to be gatekeepers at the gates were 212. These were registered in the genealogical records of their villages. David and Samuel the seer had appointed them to their offices. 23 They and their sons were guards of the gates of the House of Adonai, that is, the Tabernacle. 24 The gatekeepers were posted on the four sides, toward the east, west, north, and south. 25 Their kinsmen in their villages were to come from time to time and serve with them for seven days. 26 For the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted over the chambers and over the treasuries in the House of God. 27 They would spend the night around the House of God, because they were assigned to guard it and were in charge of opening it morning by morning.
28 Now some of them had charge of the utensils for avodah, for by count they brought them in and by count they took them out. 29 Some of them were appointed over the equipment and over all the utensils of the sanctuary, as well as over the fine flour, the wine, the oil, the frankincense and the spices. 30 But some of the sons of the kohanim prepared the mixture of spices. 31 Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was in charge of preparing the flat cakes. 32 Some of the relatives of Kohathites were in charge of preparing the rows of bread every Shabbat.
33 Now these were the singers, patriarchal leaders of the Levites, who stayed in the chambers and were exempt from other service, for they were on duty day and night. 34 These were heads of the Levite families, chiefs in their geneaological records. These lived in Jerusalem.
35 Jeiel, the father of Gibeon, lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah. 36 His firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 37 Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah and Mikloth. 38 Mikloth fathered Shimeam. They also lived with their kinsmen in Jerusalem, opposite their kinsmen.
39 Ner fathered Kish and Kish fathered Saul. Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab and Eshbaal.
40 The son of Jonathan was Merib-baal and Merib-baal fathered Micah.
41 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Taharea and Ahaz.
42 Ahaz fathered Jarah and Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri.
Zimri fathered Moza 43 and Moza fathered Binea; Rephaiah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.
44 Azel had six sons:
Azrikam, Bocru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
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