1 Chronicles 7:1-12

Genealogy from Issachar

1 Now the sons of Issachar were four: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron.

2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; ¹their number in the days of David was 22,600 * * *.

3 The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were ²chief men.

4 With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 * * troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.

5 Their relatives among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000 * *.

Descendants of Benjamin

6 ³The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael.

7 The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of fathers' households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 * * * * enrolled by genealogy.

8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.

9 They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 * * mighty men of valor.

10 The son of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.

11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 * * * mighty men of valor, who were ready to go out with the army to war.

12 Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir; Hushim was the son of Aher.

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