7:1 The sons of Issachar:

Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron—four in all.

7:2 The sons of Tola:

Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jachmai, Jibsam and Samuel. They were leaders of their families.¹ In the time of David there were 22,600 warriors listed in Tola’s genealogical records.²

7:3 The son³ of Uzzi:

Izrachiah.

The sons of Izrachiah:

Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Ishiah. All five were leaders.

7:4 According to the genealogical records of their families, they had 36,000 warriors available for battle, for they had numerous wives and sons.⁴ 7:5 Altogether the genealogical records of the clans of Issachar listed 87,000 warriors.⁵

7:6 The sons of Benjamin:⁶

Bela, Becher and Jediael—three in all.

7:7 The sons of Bela:

Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. The five of them were leaders of their families. There were 22,034 warriors listed in their genealogical records.

7:8 The sons of Becher:

Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alameth. All these were the sons of Becher. 7:9 There were 20,200 family leaders and warriors listed in their genealogical records.

7:10 The son⁷ of Jediael:

Bilhan.

The sons of Bilhan:

Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Achishachar. 7:11 All these were the sons of Jediael. Listed in their genealogical records were 17,200 family leaders and warriors who were capable of marching out to battle.

7:12 The Shuppites and Huppites were descendents of Ir; the Hushites were descendents of Acher.

7:13 The sons of Naphtali:

Jachziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillum—sons of Bilhah.

7:14 The sons of Manasseh:

Asriel—(Manasseh’s secondary wife, an Aramean, gave birth to him. She also gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead. 7:15 Now Machir married a wife from the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister’s name was Maachah.)—

Zelophechad was Manasseh’s second son;⁸ he had only daughters. 7:16 (Maachah, Machir’s wife, gave birth to a son, whom she named Peresh. His brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

7:17 The son⁹ of Ulam:

Bedan.

These were the sons of Gilead, son of Machir, son of Manasseh. 7:18 His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Machlah.

7:19 The sons of Shemida were Achian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.

7:20 The descendents of Ephraim:

Shuthelach, his son Bered, his son Tachath, his son Eleadah, his son Tachath, 7:21 his son Zabad, his son Shuthelach—

Ezer and Elead were killed by the men of Gath, who were natives of the land, when they went down to steal their cattle. 7:22 Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days and his brothers came to console him. 7:23 He had sexual relations with his wife; she got pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim¹⁰ named him Beriah because tragedy had come to his family.¹¹ 7:24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon, as well as Uzzen Sheerah—

7:25 his son Rephach,¹² his son Resheph,¹³ his son Telach, his son Tachan, 7:26 his son Ladan, his son Ammihud, his son Elishama, 7:27 his son Non¹⁴ and his son Joshua.

7:28 Their property and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding towns, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its surrounding towns to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding towns as far as Aiah and its surrounding towns. 7:29 On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendents of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.

7:30 The sons of Asher:

Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Serach was their sister.

7:31 The sons of Beriah:

Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

7:32 Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and Shuah their sister.

7:33 The sons of Japhlet:

Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.

7:34 The sons of his brother¹⁵ Shemer:¹⁶

Rohgah, Hubbah¹⁷ and Aram.

7:35 The sons of his brother Helem:¹⁸

Zophach, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

7:36 The sons of Zophach:

Suach, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah, 7:37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.

7:38 The sons of Jether:

Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.

7:39 The sons of Ulla:

Arach, Hanniel and Rizia.

7:40 All these were the descendents of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle.¹⁹