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1 The
sons of Reuben
the firstborn of
Israel (for he
was the firstborn,
but because he
defiled his
father’s couch,
his birthright was
given to the
sons of Joseph
the son of
Israel; and the
genealogy is not
to be
listed according to
the birthright.
2 For
Judah prevailed
above his brothers,
and from him
came the prince;
but the birthright
was Joseph’s)—
3 the
sons of Reuben
the firstborn of
Israel: Hanoch,
Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi.
4 The
sons of Joel:
Shemaiah his son,
Gog his son,
Shimei his son,
5 Micah
his son, Reaiah
his son, Baal
his son,
6 and
Beerah his son,
whom Tilgath Pilneser king
of Assyria carried
away captive. He
was prince of
the Reubenites.
7 His brothers
by their families, when
the genealogy
of their generations
was listed: the
chief, Jeiel, and
Zechariah,
8 and
Bela the son
of Azaz, the
son of Shema,
the son of
Joel, who lived
in Aroer, even
to Nebo and Baal
Meon;
9 and
he lived eastward
even to
the entrance of
the wilderness
from the river
Euphrates, because
their livestock
were multiplied in
the land of Gilead.
10 In
the days of
Saul, they made
war with the
Hagrites, who fell
by their hand;
and they lived
in their tents
throughout all the
land east of
Gilead.
11 The
sons of Gad
lived beside them
in the land of
Bashan to Salecah:
12 Joel
the chief, Shapham
the second, Janai,
and Shaphat in
Bashan.
13 Their brothers
of their fathers’ houses:
Michael, Meshullam,
Sheba, Jorai,
Jacan, Zia, and
Eber, seven.
14 These were
the sons
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;
15 Ahi the
son of Abdiel,
the son of
Guni, chief
of their fathers’ houses.
16 They
lived in Gilead
in Bashan and
in its towns,
and in all
the pasture lands
of Sharon as
far as their
borders.
17 All
these were listed
by genealogies in
the days of
Jotham king of
Judah, and in
the days of
Jeroboam king of
Israel.
18 The
sons of Reuben,
the Gadites, and
the half-tribe of
Manasseh, of
valiant men, men
able to bear
buckler and sword,
able to shoot
with bow, and
skillful in war,
were forty-four thousand seven
hundred sixty that
were able to
go out to
war.
19 They
made war with
the Hagrites, with
Jetur, and Naphish,
and Nodab.
20 They
were helped
against them, and
the Hagrites were
delivered into
their hand, and
all who were
with them; for
they cried to
God in the
battle, and he
answered them
because they put
their trust in him.
21 They
took away their
livestock: of
their camels
fifty thousand, and
of sheep two
hundred fifty thousand,
and of donkeys
two thousand, and
of men one
hundred thousand.
22 For
many fell slain,
because the war
was of God. They
lived in their
place until the
captivity.
23 The
children of the
half-tribe of
Manasseh lived in
the land. They
increased from
Bashan to Baal
Hermon, Senir, and
Mount Hermon.
24 These
were the heads
of their fathers’ houses:
Epher, Ishi, Eliel,
Azriel, Jeremiah,
Hodaviah, and
Jahdiel—mighty men
of valor, famous
men, heads of their
fathers’ houses.
25 They
trespassed against
the God of
their fathers, and
played the
prostitute after the gods
of the peoples
of the land
whom God destroyed
before them.
26 So
the God of Israel
stirred up the
spirit of Pul
king of Assyria,
and the spirit
of Tilgath 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.