First Book of Chronicles - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 946

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born of Israel. For he was the First- bom; but because he deiiled the bed of his father, his birthright was given to the Beni joseph-ben~Israel, and he was not recorded as the eldest, but judah dominated his brothers, and became our Leader, although the Birthright belonged to joseph. The Beni Reuben, the Firstborn of Israel. Hanok, and Falwa, Hazron, and Karmi. The Beni joel; his son Shamiah,

his son Gog, his son Shamai, his son Mikah, his son Raiah, his son Bal; his son Bariah, whom Thilgath» Pilneser, King of Ashur, transported, when he was Prince ofthe Reubenites. Now for his brothers, by their clans,

genealogies, and birth Chiefs ;-—]aia1, and Zakariah and Be1a—ben-Azaz— ben·Shema·ben-]oal;—-—·He occupied Aroar, and Nebo, and Bal-amon; and eastward he occupied as far as the Pass of the Desert from the river Frath,1 for they had many herds in the land of Gilad, and in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagar- ites, who fell beneath their power; so they resided in their tents over all the extent of the east from Gilad. Now for the Beni Gad, next to them ;—— They occupied the country of Bashan, as far as Salkah; ]oai was the Chief, and Shafam his

Lieutenant, who managed and governed in Bashan. And their relatives, by their Ancestral Houses, were, Mikal, and Mesholam, and Sheba, and }ori, and jakan, and Zia, and Aber ;—seven. These are the Beni Abikhii-ben- Hori - ben - Jarokh,-ben — Gilad — ben Mikal ·· ben - jeshishi, — ben-]akhdo,- ben·Zaz—ben-Akhi, -ben-Abdial, -ben— Guni, Chiefs of their Ancestral Houses. And they resided in Gilad, in

Bashan, and its villages; and in ali the pastures of Sharon, as far as they extended. All of ‘ them had birth Registers in the days of jotham, King of judah, and in the days of jarabam, King of_ Israel. The Beni Reuben and Gad, and the Half-tribe of Manasseh; 1 Euphrates. Of brave men who bore shield and

sword, and drew the bow, and were disciplined for war, there were forty- four thousand, seven hundred and sixty, who could go out to iight; and they made war with the Hagarites, and Itur, and Nafish, and Nodab, and overpowered them, and the Hagarites were delivered to their hand, with all their forces, for they cried to GOD in the battle, and He was helpful to them, because they trusted on Him; So they captured from their herds fifty thousand camels; and two hun- dred and hfty thousand sheep; and of human beings a hundred thousand; for many fell wounded ; for the battle was from GOD; and they resided in their place ; until the Transportation. The sons of the Haltitribe of Man-

asseh also settled in Bashan at Bal- hermon and Senir and Mount Hermon-—'I`hey were numerous. And these are the chiefs of their Ances- tral Houses ;-—-That is-·Afer, and Ishi, and Alial, and Azrial, and Irmiah, and Hodaviah; and jakhdial; Great Princes ;— Powerful Men; named Chiefs of Ancestral Houses. But they revolted from the GOD of their fathers; and wandered after the Gods of the people of the Country, whom GOD had destroyed before them. The GOD of Israel conse- quently stirred up the temper of Pul, King of Ashur, and of Thilgath—Pi1- neser,King of Ashur, who transported the Reubenitcs, and Gadites, and the Half-tribe of Manasseh, and carried them to Kb alakh, and Khabor, and Hara, and to the river of Gozan; to this day. The Beni Levi. Ghershon, Kath, and Morari; And the Beni Kahth ; Amram, Itzar, and_ Khabron, and Aziai; . And the Beni Amram ;-Aaron, and Moses, and Miriam ; And the Beni Aaron; Nadab, and Abihua; Aliazar, and Aithamar. Aliazar begot Phinehas ; and

Phinehas begot Abi shua; and Abishua begot Buki; and Buki begot Azi, and Azi begot Zerakhiah; and Zerakhiah begot Merioth; Merioth begot Ama- riah; and Amariah begot Akhitub; 20 21 22 26 27 28 33

I No·ra.-Ch. 5,,v. 26. These districts are

now provinces of Armenia and Baku in the Russian Empire and Azerbijan in Northern Persia, on the shores of the Caspian Sea.-T-F. F 946