Now the sons of Reuben
the firstborn
of Israel
, (for he was the firstborn
; but, forasmuch as he defiled
his father's
bed
, his birthright
was given
unto the sons
of Joseph
the son
of Israel
: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned
after the birthright
.
For Judah prevailed
above his brethren
, and of him came the chief ruler
; but the birthright
was Joseph's
:)
The sons, I say , of Reuben
the firstborn
of Israel
were , Hanoch
, and Pallu
, Hezron
, and Carmi
.
The sons of Joel
; Shemaiah
his son
, Gog
his son
, Shimei
his son
,
Micah his son
, Reaia
his son
, Baal
his son
,
Beerah his son
, whom Tilgathpilneser
king
of Assyria
carried away
captive : he was prince
of the Reubenites
.
And his brethren by their families
, when the genealogy
of their generations
was reckoned
, were the chief
, Jeiel
, and Zechariah
,
And Bela the son
of Azaz
, the son
of Shema
, the son
of Joel
, who dwelt
in Aroer
, even unto Nebo
and Baalmeon
:
And eastward he inhabited
unto the entering
in of the wilderness
from the river
Euphrates
: because their cattle
were multiplied
in the land
of Gilead
.
And in the days of Saul
they made
war
with the Hagarites
, who fell
by their hand
: and they dwelt
in their tents
throughout
all the east
land of Gilead
.
And the children of Gad
dwelt
over against them, in the land
of Bashan
unto Salchah
:
Joel the chief
, and Shapham
the next
, and Jaanai
, and Shaphat
in Bashan
.
And their brethren of the house
of their fathers
were , Michael
, and Meshullam
, and Sheba
, and Jorai
, and Jachan
, and Zia
, and Heber
, seven
.
These are the children 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
;
Ahi the son
of Abdiel
, the son
of Guni
, chief
of the house
of their fathers
.
And they dwelt in Gilead
in Bashan
, and in her towns
, and in all the suburbs
of Sharon
, upon their borders
.
All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days
of Jotham
king
of Judah
, and in the days
of Jeroboam
king
of Israel
.
The sons of Reuben
, and the Gadites
, and half
the tribe
of Manasseh
, of valiant men
, men
able to bear
buckler
and sword
, and to shoot
with bow
, and skilful
in war
, were four
and forty
thousand
seven
hundred
and threescore
, that went out
to the war
.
And they made war
with the Hagarites
, with Jetur
, and Nephish
, and Nodab
.
And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites
were delivered
into their hand
, and all that were with them: for they cried
to God
in the battle
, and he was intreated
of them; because they put their trust
in him.
And they took away their cattle
; of their camels
fifty
thousand
, and of sheep
two hundred
and fifty
thousand
, and of asses
two thousand
, and of men
an hundred
thousand
.
For there fell down many
slain
, because the war
was of God
. And they dwelt
in their steads until the captivity
.
And the children of the half
tribe
of Manasseh
dwelt
in the land
: they increased
from Bashan
unto Baalhermon
and Senir
, and unto mount
Hermon
.
And these were the heads of the house
of their fathers
, even Epher
, and Ishi
, and Eliel
, and Azriel
, and Jeremiah
, and Hodaviah
, and Jahdiel
, mighty
men
of valour
, famous
men
, and heads
of the house
of their fathers
.
And they transgressed against the God
of their fathers
, and went a whoring
after
the gods
of the people
of the land
, whom God
destroyed
before
them.
And the God of Israel
stirred up
the spirit
of Pul
king
of Assyria
, and the spirit
of Tilgathpilneser
king
of Assyria
, and he carried them away
, even the Reubenites
, and the Gadites
, and the half
tribe
of Manasseh
, and brought
them unto Halah
, and Habor
, and Hara
, and to the river
Gozan
, unto this day
.