Now the sons [01121] of Reuben [07205] the firstborn [01060] of Israel [03478], (for he was the firstborn [01060]; but, forasmuch as he defiled [02490] his father's [01] bed [03326], his birthright [01062] was given [05414] unto the sons [01121] of Joseph [03130] the son [01121] of Israel [03478]: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned [03187] after the birthright [01062].
For Judah [03063] prevailed [01396] above his brethren [0251], and of him came the chief ruler [05057]; but the birthright [01062] was Joseph's [03130]:)chief…: or, prince
The sons [01121], I say, of Reuben [07205] the firstborn [01060] of Israel [03478] were, Hanoch [02585], and Pallu [06396], Hezron [02696], and Carmi [03756].
The sons [01121] of Joel [03100]; Shemaiah [08098] his son [01121], Gog [01463] his son [01121], Shimei [08096] his son [01121],
Micah [04318] his son [01121], Reaia [07211] his son [01121], Baal [01168] his son [01121],
Beerah [0880] his son [01121], whom Tilgath–pilneser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804] carried away [01540] captive: he was prince [05387] of the Reubenites [07206].Tilgath–pilneser: also called, Tiglath–pileser
And his brethren [0251] by their families [04940], when the genealogy [03187] of their generations [08435] was reckoned [03187], were the chief [07218], Jeiel [03273], and Zechariah [02148],
And Bela [01106] the son [01121] of Azaz [05811], the son [01121] of Shema [08087], the son [01121] of Joel [03100], who dwelt [03427] in Aroer [06177], even unto Nebo [05015] and Baal–meon [01186]:Shema: or, Shemaiah
And eastward [04217] he inhabited [03427] unto the entering [0935] in of the wilderness [04057] from the river [05104] Euphrates [06578]: because their cattle [04735] were multiplied [07235] in the land [0776] of Gilead [01568].
And in the days [03117] of Saul [07586] they made [06213] war [04421] with the Hagarites [01905], who fell [05307] by their hand [03027]: and they dwelt [03427] in their tents [0168] throughout [06440] all the east [04217] land of Gilead [01568].throughout…: Heb. upon all the face of the east
And the children [01121] of Gad [01410] dwelt [03427] over against them, in the land [0776] of Bashan [01316] unto Salchah [05548]:
Joel [03100] the chief [07218], and Shapham [08223] the next [04932], and Jaanai [03285], and Shaphat [08202] in Bashan [01316].
And their brethren [0251] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01] were, Michael [04317], and Meshullam [04918], and Sheba [07652], and Jorai [03140], and Jachan [03275], and Zia [02127], and Heber [05677], seven [07651].
These are the children [01121] of Abihail [032] the son [01121] of Huri [02359], the son [01121] of Jaroah [03386], the son [01121] of Gilead [01568], the son [01121] of Michael [04317], the son [01121] of Jeshishai [03454], the son [01121] of Jahdo [03163], the son [01121] of Buz [0938];
Ahi [0277] the son [01121] of Abdiel [05661], the son [01121] of Guni [01476], chief [07218] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01].
And they dwelt [03427] in Gilead [01568] in Bashan [01316], and in her towns [01323], and in all the suburbs [04054] of Sharon [08289], upon their borders [08444].their…: Heb. their goings forth
All these were reckoned by genealogies [03187] in the days [03117] of Jotham [03147] king [04428] of Judah [03063], and in the days [03117] of Jeroboam [03379] king [04428] of Israel [03478].
The sons [01121] of Reuben [07205], and the Gadites [01425], and half [02677] the tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519], of valiant men [02428], men [0582] able to bear [05375] buckler [04043] and sword [02719], and to shoot [01869] with bow [07198], and skilful [03925] in war [04421], were four [0702] and forty [0705] thousand [0505] seven [07651] hundred [03967] and threescore [08346], that went out [03318] to the war [06635].valiant…: Heb. sons of valour
And they made [06213] war [04421] with the Hagarites [01905], with Jetur [03195], and Nephish [05305], and Nodab [05114].
And they were helped [05826] against them, and the Hagarites [01905] were delivered [05414] into their hand [03027], and all that were with them: for they cried [02199] to God [0430] in the battle [04421], and he was intreated [06279] of them; because they put their trust [0982] in him.
And they took away [07617] their cattle [04735]; of their camels [01581] fifty [02572] thousand [0505], and of sheep [06629] two hundred [03967] and fifty [02572] thousand [0505], and of asses [02543] two thousand [0505], and of men [05315] [0120] an hundred [03967] thousand [0505].took…: Heb. led captivemen: Heb. souls of men
For there fell [05307] down many [07227] slain [02491], because the war [04421] was of God [0430]. And they dwelt [03427] in their steads until the captivity [01473].
And the children [01121] of the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519] dwelt [03427] in the land [0776]: they increased [07235] from Bashan [01316] unto Baal–hermon [01179] and Senir [08149], and unto mount [02022] Hermon [02768].
And these were the heads [07218] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01], even Epher [06081], and Ishi [03469], and Eliel [0447], and Azriel [05837], and Jeremiah [03414], and Hodaviah [01938], and Jahdiel [03164], mighty [01368] men [0582] of valour [02428], famous [08034] men [0582], and heads [07218] of the house [01004] of their fathers [01].famous…: Heb. men of names
And they transgressed [04603] against the God [0430] of their fathers [01], and went a whoring [02181] after [0310] the gods [0430] of the people [05971] of the land [0776], whom God [0430] destroyed [08045] before [06440] them.
And the God [0430] of Israel [03478] stirred up [05782] the spirit [07307] of Pul [06322] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and the spirit [07307] of Tilgath–pilneser [08407] king [04428] of Assyria [0804], and he carried them away [01540], even the Reubenites [07206], and the Gadites [01425], and the half [02677] tribe [07626] of Manasseh [04519], and brought [0935] them unto Halah [02477], and Habor [02249], and Hara [02024], and to the river [05104] Gozan [01470], unto this day [03117].