1 Chronicles 8CJB

1Binyamin fathered Bela his firstborn son; his second, Ashbel; his third, Achrach;

2his fourth, Nochah; and his fifth, Rafa.

3Bela had sons: Adar, Gera, Avihud,

4Avishua, Na'aman, Achoach,

5Gera, Sh'fufan and Huram.

6These are the sons of Ehud, the heads of fathers' clans among the inhabitants of Geva (they were carried away captive to Manachat;

7those who carried them off were Na'aman, Achiyah and Gera): he fathered 'Uzah and Achichud.

8Shacharayim fathered children on the plains of Mo'av; after sending away his wives Hushim and Ba'ara,

9it was through his wife Hodesh that he fathered: Yovav, Tzivya, Mesha, Malkam,

10Ye'utz, Sokhya and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of clans.

11Through Hushim he fathered Avituv and Elpa'al.

12The sons of Elpa'al: 'Ever, Mish'am, Shemed - he built Ono and Lod with its towns -

13and B'ri'ah and Shema - they were heads of fathers' clans among the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove away the people living in Gat.

14Achyo, Shashak, Yeremot,

15Z'vadyah, 'Arad, 'Eder,

16Mikha'el, Yishpah and Yocha were the sons of B'ri'ah.

17Z'vadyah, Meshulam, Hizki, Hever,

18Yishm'rai, Yizli'ah and Yovav were the sons of Elpa'al.

19Yakim, Zikhri, Zavdi,

20Eli'einai, Tziltai, Eli'el,

21'Adayah, B'rayah and Shimrat were the sons of Shim'i.

22Yishpan, 'Eved, Eli'el,

23'Avdon, Zikhri, Hanan,

24Hananyah, 'Eilam, 'Anatotyah,

25Yifdeyah and P'nu'el were the sons of Shashak.

26Shamsh'rai, Sh'charyah,'Atalyah,

27Ya'areshyah, Eliyah and Zikhri were the sons of Yerocham.

28These were leaders of fathers' houses through all their generations, leading men who lived in Yerushalayim.

29In Giv'on lived the father of Giv'on, whose wife's name was Ma'akhah;

30and his firstborn son 'Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba'al, Nadav,

31G'dor, Achyo and Zekher.

32Miklot fathered Shim'ah. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.

33Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha'ul; and Sha'ul fathered Y'honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba'al.

34The son of Y'honatan was M'riv-Ba'al, and M'riv-Ba'al fathered Mikhah.

35The sons of Mikhah: Piton, Melekh, Ta'rea and Achaz.

36Achaz fathered Y'ho'adah; Y'ho'adah fathered 'Alemet, 'Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza;

37and Motza fathered Bin'a. His son was Rafah, his son was El'asah and his son was Atzel.

38Atzel had six sons, whose names were: 'Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma'el, Sh'aryah, 'Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel.

39The sons of his brother 'Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Ye'ush the second and Elifelet the third.

40The sons of Ulam were strong, brave men, archers; they had many children and grandchildren, a hundred and fifty. All these were descendants of Binyamin.

Scripture taken from the Complete Jewish Bible. Copyright © 1998 by David H. Stern. Published by Messianic Jewish Publishers, 6120 Day Long Lane, Clarksville, MD 21029. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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