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1 Chronicles 5 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Family of Reuben
The Families of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh (East)
(Gen. 46:8, 9 )
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:1 - Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel—he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not listed according to the birthright;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:2 - yet Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, although the birthright was Joseph’s—
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:3 - the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:4 - The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:5 - Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:6 - and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser[fn] king of Assyria carried into captivity. He was leader of the Reubenites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was registered: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:8 - and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:9 - Eastward they settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness this side of the River Euphrates, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:10 - Now in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they dwelt in their tents throughout the entire area east of Gilead.
The Family of Gad
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:11 - And the children of Gad dwelt next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah:
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:12 - Joel was the chief, Shapham the next, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan,
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:13 - and their brethren of their father’s house: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jachan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:14 - These were 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;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:15 - Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their father’s house.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:16 - And the Gadites dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and in its villages, and in all the common-lands of Sharon within their borders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:17 - All these were registered by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:18 - The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty valiant men, men able to bear shield and sword, to shoot with the bow, and skillful in war, who went to war.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:19 - They made war with the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:20 - And they were helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all who were with them, for they cried out to God in the battle. He heeded their prayer, because they put their trust in Him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:21 - Then they took away their livestock—fifty thousand of their camels, two hundred and fifty thousand of their sheep, and two thousand of their donkeys—also one hundred thousand of their men;
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:22 - for many fell dead, because the war was God’s. And they dwelt in their place until the captivity.
The Family of Manasseh (East)
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:23 - So the children of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land. Their numbers increased from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir, or Mount Hermon.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:24 - These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their fathers’ houses.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:25 - And they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:26 - So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, Tiglath-Pileser[fn] king of Assyria. He carried the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into captivity. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.
NKJV Footnotes
Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser
Hebrew Tilgath-Pilneser
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