New Living Translation

New American Standard Bible 1995

1The four sons of Issachar were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

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

2The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. At the time of King David, the total number of mighty warriors listed in the records of these clans was 22,600.

2The 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; their number in the days of David was 22,600.

3The son of Uzzi was Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. These five became the leaders of clans.

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

4All of them had many wives and many sons, so the total number of men available for military service among their descendants was 36,000.

4With 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.

5The total number of mighty warriors from all the clans of the tribe of Issachar was 87,000. All of them were listed in their genealogical records. Descendants of Benjamin

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

6Three of Benjamin’s sons were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

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

7The five sons of Bela were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors from these clans was 22,034, as listed in their genealogical records.

7The 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.

8The sons of Beker were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.

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

9Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. The total number of mighty warriors and leaders from these clans was 20,200, as listed in their genealogical records.

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

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

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

11Each of them was the leader of an ancestral clan. From these clans the total number of mighty warriors ready for war was 17,200.

11All 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.

12The sons of Ir were Shuppim and Huppim. Hushim was the son of Aher. Descendants of Naphtali

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

13The sons of Naphtali were Jahzeel, Guni, Jezer, and Shillem. They were all descendants of Jacob’s concubine Bilhah. Descendants of Manasseh

13The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

14The descendants of Manasseh through his Aramean concubine included Asriel. She also bore Makir, the father of Gilead.

14The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.

15Makir found wives for Huppim and Shuppim. Makir had a sister named Maacah. One of his descendants was Zelophehad, who had only daughters.

15Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

16Makir’s wife, Maacah, gave birth to a son whom she named Peresh. His brother’s name was Sheresh. The sons of Peresh were Ulam and Rakem.

16Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

17The son of Ulam was Bedan. All these were considered Gileadites, descendants of Makir son of Manasseh.

17The son of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

18Makir’s sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

18His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.

19The sons of Shemida were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam. Descendants of Ephraim

19The sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.

20The descendants of Ephraim were Shuthelah, Bered, Tahath, Eleadah, Tahath,

20The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,

21Zabad, Shuthelah, Ezer, and Elead. These two were killed trying to steal livestock from the local farmers near Gath.

21Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock.

22Their father, Ephraim, mourned for them a long time, and his relatives came to comfort him.

22Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.

23Afterward Ephraim slept with his wife, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son. Ephraim named him Beriah because of the tragedy his family had suffered.

23Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah, because misfortune had come upon his house.

24He had a daughter named Sheerah. She built the towns of Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah.

24His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.

25The descendants of Ephraim included Rephah, Resheph, Telah, Tahan,

25Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,

26Ladan, Ammihud, Elishama,

26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,

27Nun, and Joshua.

27Non his son and Joshua his son.

28The descendants of Ephraim lived in the territory that included Bethel and its surrounding towns to the south, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its surrounding villages to the north as far as Ayyah and its towns.

28Their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east Naaran, and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as Ayyah with its towns,

29Along the border of Manasseh were the towns of Beth-shan, Taanach, Megiddo, Dor, and their surrounding villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns. Descendants of Asher

29and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

30The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. They had a sister named Serah.

30The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

31The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malkiel (the father of Birzaith).

31The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.

32The sons of Heber were Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham. They had a sister named Shua.

32Heber became the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham, and Shua their sister.

33The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath.

33The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet.

34The sons of Shomer were Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

34The sons of Shemer were Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.

35The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

35The sons of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.

36The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

36The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri and Imrah,

37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

37Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.

38The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

38The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa and Ara.

39The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

39The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.

40Each of these descendants of Asher was the head of an ancestral clan. They were all select men—mighty warriors and outstanding leaders. The total number of men available for military service was 26,000, as listed in their genealogical records.

40All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

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