Chronological Plan

¹Issachar’s sons: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron — four.

²Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral families. During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as valiant warriors in their family records.

³Uzzi’s son: Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s sons: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.

⁴Along with them, they had 36,000 troops for battle according to the family records of their ancestral families, for they had many wives and children.

⁵Their tribesmen who were valiant warriors belonging to all the families of Issachar totaled 87,000 in their genealogies.

⁶Three of Benjamin’s sons: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

⁷Bela’s sons: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri — five. They were valiant warriors and heads of their ancestral families; 22,034 were listed in their genealogies.

⁸Becher’s sons: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth; all these were Becher’s sons.

⁹Their family records were recorded according to the heads of their ancestral families — 20,200 valiant warriors.

¹⁰Jediael’s son: Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹¹All these sons of Jediael listed by family heads were valiant warriors; there were 17,200 who could serve in the army.

¹²Shuppim and Huppim were sons of Ir, and the Hushim were the sons of Aher.

¹³Naphtali’s sons: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum — Bilhah’s sons.

¹⁴Manasseh’s sons through his Aramean concubine: Asriel and Machir the father of Gilead.

¹⁵Machir took wives from Huppim and Shuppim. The name of his sister was Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, but he had only daughters.

¹⁶Machir’s wife Maacah gave birth to a son, and she named him Peresh. His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem.

¹⁷Ulam’s son: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead son of Machir, son of Manasseh.

¹⁸His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

¹⁹Shemida’s sons: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

²⁰Ephraim’s sons: Shuthelah, and his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

²¹his son Zabad, his son Shuthelah, also Ezer, and Elead. The men of Gath, born in the land, killed them because they went down to raid their cattle.

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

²³He slept with his wife, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. So he named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his home.

²⁴His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth-horon and Uzzen-sheerah,

²⁵his son Rephah, his son Resheph, his son Telah, his son Tahan,

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

²⁷his son Nun, and his son Joshua.

²⁸Their holdings and settlements were Bethel and its surrounding villages; Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages as far as Ayyah and its villages,

²⁹and along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh, Beth-shean, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor with their surrounding villages. The sons of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

³⁰Asher’s sons: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah, with their sister Serah.

³¹Beriah’s sons: Heber, and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

³²Heber fathered Japhlet, Shomer, and Hotham, with their sister Shua.

³³Japhlet’s sons: Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s sons.

³⁴Shemer’s sons: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

³⁵His brother Helem’s sons: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

³⁶Zophah’s sons: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

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

³⁸Jether’s sons: Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

³⁹Ulla’s sons: Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

⁴⁰All these were Asher’s descendants. They were the heads of their ancestral families, chosen men, valiant warriors, and chiefs among the leaders. The number of men listed in their genealogies for military service was 26,000.

¹Benjamin fathered Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was born second, Aharah third,

²Nohah fourth, and Rapha fifth.

³Bela’s sons: Addar, Gera, Abihud,

⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶These were Ehud’s sons, who were the heads of the families living in Geba and who were deported to Manahath:

⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera. Gera deported them and was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸Shaharaim had sons in the territory of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

⁹His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

¹⁰Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, family heads.

¹¹He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

¹²Elpaal’s sons: Eber, Misham, and Shemed who built Ono and Lod and its surrounding villages,

¹³Beriah and Shema, who were the family heads of Aijalon’s residents and who drove out the residents of Gath,

¹⁴Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth.

¹⁵Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were Beriah’s sons.

¹⁷Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

¹⁸Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were Elpaal’s sons.

¹⁹Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

²⁰Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

²¹Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were Shimei’s sons.

²²Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

²³Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

²⁴Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

²⁵Iphdeiah, and Penuel were Shashak’s sons.

²⁶Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

²⁷Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were Jeroham’s sons.

²⁸These were family heads, chiefs according to their family records; they lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

³⁰Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,

³²and Mikloth who fathered Shimeah. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem, with their other relatives.

³³Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

³⁴Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

³⁵Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

³⁶Ahaz fathered Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri fathered Moza.

³⁷Moza fathered Binea. His son was Raphah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

³⁸Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were Azel’s sons.

³⁹His brother Eshek’s sons: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

⁴⁰Ulam’s sons were valiant warriors and archers. They had many sons and grandsons — 150 of them. All these were among Benjamin’s sons.

¹All Israel was registered in the genealogies that are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel. But Judah was exiled to Babylon because of their unfaithfulness.

²The first to live in their towns on their own property again were Israelites, priests, Levites, and temple servants.

³These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:

⁴Uthai son of Ammihud, son of Omri, son of Imri, son of Bani, a descendant of Perez son of Judah;

⁵from the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn and his sons;

⁶and from the descendants of Zerah: Jeuel and their relatives — 690 in all.

⁷The Benjaminites: Sallu son of Meshullam, son of Hodaviah, son of Hassenuah;

⁸Ibneiah son of Jeroham; Elah son of Uzzi, son of Michri; Meshullam son of Shephatiah, son of Reuel, son of Ibnijah;

⁹and their relatives according to their family records — 956 in all. All these men were heads of their ancestral families.

¹⁰The priests: Jedaiah; Jehoiarib; Jachin;

¹¹Azariah son of Hilkiah, son of Meshullam, son of Zadok, son of Meraioth, son of Ahitub, the chief official of God’s temple;

¹²Adaiah son of Jeroham, son of Pashhur, son of Malchijah; Maasai son of Adiel, son of Jahzerah, son of Meshullam, son of Meshillemith, son of Immer;

¹³and their relatives, the heads of their ancestral families — 1,760 in all. They were capable men employed in the ministry of God’s temple.

¹⁴The Levites: Shemaiah son of Hasshub, son of Azrikam, son of Hashabiah of the Merarites;

¹⁵Bakbakkar, Heresh, Galal, and Mattaniah, son of Mica, son of Zichri, son of Asaph;

¹⁶Obadiah son of Shemaiah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, son of Elkanah who lived in the settlements of the Netophathites.

¹⁷The gatekeepers: Shallum, Akkub, Talmon, Ahiman, and their relatives. Shallum was their chief;

¹⁸he was previously stationed at the King’s Gate on the east side. These were the gatekeepers from the camp of the Levites.

¹⁹Shallum son of Kore, son of Ebiasaph, son of Korah and his relatives from his father’s family, the Korahites, were assigned to guard the thresholds of the tent. Their ancestors had been assigned to the LORD’s camp as guardians of the entrance.

²⁰In earlier times Phinehas son of Eleazar had been their leader, and the LORD was with him.

²¹Zechariah son of Meshelemiah was the gatekeeper at the entrance to the tent of meeting.

²²The total number of those chosen to be gatekeepers at the thresholds was 212. They were registered by genealogy in their settlements. David and the seer Samuel had appointed them to their trusted positions.

²³So they and their sons were assigned as guards to the gates of the LORD’s temple, which had been the tent-temple.

²⁴The gatekeepers were on the four sides: east, west, north, and south.

²⁵Their relatives came from their settlements at fixed times to be with them seven days,

²⁶but the four chief gatekeepers, who were Levites, were entrusted with the rooms and the treasuries of God’s temple.

²⁷They spent the night in the vicinity of God’s temple, because they had guard duty and were in charge of opening it every morning.

²⁸Some of them were in charge of the utensils used in worship. They would count them when they brought them in and when they took them out.

²⁹Others were put in charge of the furnishings and all the utensils of the sanctuary, as well as the fine flour, wine, oil, incense, and spices.

³⁰Some of the priests’ sons mixed the spices.

³¹A Levite called Mattithiah, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with baking the bread.

³²Some of the Kohathites’ relatives were responsible for preparing the rows of the Bread of the Presence every Sabbath.

³³The singers, the heads of the Levite families, stayed in the temple chambers and were exempt from other tasks because they were on duty day and night.

³⁴These were the heads of the Levite families, chiefs according to their family records; they lived in Jerusalem.

³⁵Jeiel fathered Gibeon and lived in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah.

³⁶Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

³⁷Gedor, Ahio, Zechariah, and Mikloth.

³⁸Mikloth fathered Shimeam. These also lived opposite their relatives in Jerusalem with their other relatives.

³⁹Ner fathered Kish, Kish fathered Saul, and Saul fathered Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

⁴⁰Jonathan’s son was Merib-baal, and Merib-baal fathered Micah.

⁴¹Micah’s sons: Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

⁴²Ahaz fathered Jarah; Jarah fathered Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri; Zimri fathered Moza.

⁴³Moza fathered Binea. His son was Rephaiah, his son Elasah, and his son Azel.

⁴⁴Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were Azel’s sons.

¹The Philistines fought against Israel, and Israel’s men fled from them. Many were killed on Mount Gilboa.

²The Philistines pursued Saul and his sons and killed his sons Jonathan, Abinadab, and Malchishua.

³When the battle intensified against Saul, the archers spotted him and severely wounded him.

⁴Then Saul said to his armor-bearer, “Draw your sword and run me through with it, or these uncircumcised men will come and torture me.” But his armor-bearer would not do it because he was terrified. Then Saul took his sword and fell on it.

⁵When his armor-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he also fell on his own sword and died.

⁶So Saul and his three sons died — his whole house died together.

⁷When all the men of Israel in the valley saw that the army had fled and that Saul and his sons were dead, they abandoned their cities and fled. So the Philistines came and settled in them.

⁸The next day when the Philistines came to strip the slain, they found Saul and his sons dead on Mount Gilboa.

⁹They stripped Saul, cut off his head, took his armor, and sent messengers throughout the land of the Philistines to spread the good news to their idols and the people.

¹⁰Then they put his armor in the temple of their gods and hung his skull in the temple of Dagon.

¹¹When all Jabesh-gilead heard of everything the Philistines had done to Saul,

¹²all their brave men set out and retrieved the body of Saul and the bodies of his sons and brought them to Jabesh. They buried their bones under the oak in Jabesh and fasted seven days.

¹³Saul died for his unfaithfulness to the LORD because he did not keep the LORD’s word. He even consulted a medium for guidance,

¹⁴but he did not inquire of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death and turned the kingdom over to David son of Jesse.