1 CHRONICLES
Chapter 1
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1 The first person God created was Adam. Adam's son was Seth. Seth's son was Enosh. Enosh's son was Kenan. 2 Kenan's son was Mahalalel. Mahalalel's son was Jared. Jared's son was Enoch. 3 Enoch's son was Methuselah. Methusalah's son was Lamech. Lamech's son was Noah. 4 Noah's sons were Shem, Ham, and Japheth.
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The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
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The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, Riphath, and Togarmah.
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The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim.
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The sons of Ham were Cush, Egypt, Put, and Canaan.
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The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah, and Sabteka.
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The sons of Raamah were Sheba and Dedan.
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Another son of Cush was Nimrod. When he grew up, he became a mighty warrior on the earth.
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Egypt was the ancestor of the Lud , the Anam, the Lehab, the Naphtuh,
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the Pathrus, the Kasluh, and the Caphtor people groups. The people of the region of Philistia were descended from the Kasluh people group.
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Canaan's first son was Sidon. He was also the ancestor of the people groups of the Hethites,
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the Jebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,
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the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,
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the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.
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The sons of Shem were Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
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Aram's sons were Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.
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Arphachshad was the father of Shelah, who was the father of Eber.
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Eber had two sons. One was named Peleg which sounds like the word that means 'divided' because during the time that he lived, the people on the earth were divided into various language groups. Peleg's younger brother was Joktan.
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Joktan was the ancestor of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,
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Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,
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Obal, Abimael, Sheba,
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Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab.
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These are the descendants of Shem, in order from him to Abraham: Arphaxad, Shelah,
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Eber, Peleg, Reu,
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Serug, Nahor, Terah,
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and Abram, whose name was later changed to Abraham.
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Abraham's sons were Isaac and Ishmael.
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The son of Abraham's slave wife Hagar was Ishmael. Ishmael's twelve sons were Nebaioth, his firstborn, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,
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Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,
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Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.
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After Abraham's wife Sarah died, he took another wife named Keturah. Her sons were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.
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Jokshan's sons were Sheba and Dedan.
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Midian's sons were Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida, and Eldaah.
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The son of Abraham's wife Sarah was Isaac, and Isaac's sons were Esau and Jacob, whose name was later changed to Israel.
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The sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.
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The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, Zepho, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.
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Reuel's sons were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.
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Another descendant of Esau was Seir. His descendants lived in the region of Edom. Seir's sons were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.
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Lotan's sons were Hori and Homam, and Lotan's sister was Timna.
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Shobal's sons were Alvan, Manahath, Ebal, Shepho, and Onam.
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Zibeon's sons were Aiah and Anah.
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Anah's son was Dishon.
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1 Dishon's sons were Hemdan, Eshban, Ithran, and Keran.
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Ezer's sons were Bilhan, Zaavan, and Akan.
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Dishan's sons were Uz and Aran.
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43 These are the names of the kings who ruled the region of Edom before any kings ruled over Israel:
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Bela son of Beor, was king in Edom, and the name of the city in which he lived was Dinhabah.
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When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah, from the city of Bozrah, became the king.
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When Jobab died, Husham became the king. He was from the region where the Teman people group lived.
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When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, became the king. He ruled in the city of Avith. Hadad's army defeated the army of the Midian people group in the region of Moab.
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When Hadad died, Samlah became the king. He was from the city of Masrekah.
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When Samlah died, Shaul became the king. He was from the city of Rehoboth Hannahar.
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When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor became the king.
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When Baal-Hanan died, Hadar became the king. He was from the city of Pau. His wife's name was Mehetabel; she was the daughter of Matred and the granddaughter of Me-Zahab.
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Then Hadad died.
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The chiefs of the Edom people group were Chiefs Timna, Alvah, Jetheth,
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Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon,
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Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar,
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and Magdiel. These were the chiefs of Edom.
Chapter 2
1 The sons of Jacob were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
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Judah's sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Their mother was the daughter of Shua from the Canaan people group. When Judah's oldest son Er grew up, he did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
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Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar had twin boys named Perez and Zerah. So altogether Judah had five sons.
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The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
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Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, and Darda.
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One of the sons of Zimri was Karmi. Karmi's son Achar caused the people of Israel to experience much trouble, because he stole some of the things that were to be destroyed because they were dedicated to God.
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Ethan's son was Azariah.
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Hezron's sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.
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Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah.
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Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz.
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Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
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Jesse's oldest son was Eliab. His other sons were Abinadab, Shimea,
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Nethanel, Raddai,
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Ozem. The youngest was David.
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Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah's three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
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Abigail's husband was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa,
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Hezron's younger son Caleb had two wives. One of them, Azubah, gave birth to three sons, Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. (The other wife's name was Jerioth.)
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When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Their son was Hur.
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Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
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When Hezron was sixty years old, he married a daughter of Makir, who was also the father of Gilead. The son of Hezron and Makir was Segub.
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Segub was the father of Jair. Jair's army controlled twenty-three cities in the region ruled by Gilead.
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But the armies of Geshur and Aram captured those towns controlled by Jair. They also captured the city of Kenath and the nearby towns; altogether they captured sixty towns. The people who lived there were all descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
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Shortly after Hezron died, Caleb slept with Ephrathah, his father's widow. She bore a son for Caleb, whose name was Ashhur. Asshur became the father of Tekoa.
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Hezron's oldest son was Jerahmeel. His sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel's oldest son was Ram.
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Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. Their son was Onam.
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The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel's oldest son, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
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Onam's sons were Shammai and Jada.
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Shammai's sons were Nadab and Abishur.
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Abishur's wife was Abihail. The sons of Abishur and Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
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Nadab's sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled did not have any children.
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Appaim's son was Ishi; Ishi's son was Sheshan. One of Sheshan's daughters was Ahlai.
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Shammai's younger brother was Jada. Jada's sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether did not have any children.
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Jonathan's sons were Peleth and Zaza.
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Those were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
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Sheshan did not have any sons; he had only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt whose name was Jarha.
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Sheshan allowed his daughter to marry Jarha, and their son was Attai.
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Attai was the father of Nathan.
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Nathan was the father of Zabad.
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Zabad was the father of Ephlal.
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Ephlal was the father of Obed.
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Obed was the father of Jehu.
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Jehu was the father of Azariah.
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Azariah was the father of Helez.
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Helez was the father of Eleasah.
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Eleasah was the father of Sismai.
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Sismai was the father of Shallum.
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Shallum was the father of Jekamiah.
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And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
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Jerahmeel's younger brother was Caleb.
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Caleb's oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Ziph was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron.
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Hebron's sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
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Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
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Shammai was the father of Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
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Caleb had a slave wife who was named Ephah. Caleb and Ephah's sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran had a son whom he also named Gazez.
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Ephah's father was Jahdai. Jahdai was the father of six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
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Caleb had another slave wife whose name was Maacah. Caleb and Maacah's sons were Sheber, Tirhanah,
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Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Aksah.
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These people were also descendants of Caleb: Caleb had another wife whose name was Ephrathah. Their oldest son was Hur. Hur's sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal started the city of Kiriath Jearim. Salma started the city of Bethlehem. Hareph started the city of Beth Gader.
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Shobal's descendants were Haroeh, and half of the Manahath people group.
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His descendants also included these clans that lived in Kiriath Jearim: Ithri, Put, Shumath, and Mishra. The clans of Zorath and Eshtaol were descendants of the clan of Mishra.
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Salma's descendants in Bethlehem were the Netophath clan, the clan of Atroth Beth Joab, the other half of the clan of Manahath, and the clan of Zor.
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Salma's descendants also included the families in the city of Jabez who wrote and copied important documents. These were the clan of Tirath, the clan of Shimeath, and the clan of Sucath. They were all from the Kenite people group who came from the city of Hammath, and who had married members of the family of Rekab.
Chapter 3
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1 Six sons of King David were born in the city of Hebron.
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His oldest son was Amnon, whose mother Ahinoam was from the city of Jezreel.
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His next son was Daniel, whose mother was Abigail from the city of Carmel.
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His next son was Absalom, whose mother was Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, the king who ruled in the city of Geshur.
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His next son was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith.
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The next son was Shephatiah, whose mother was Abital.
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His youngest son was Ithream, whose mother was Eglah.
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They were all born in Hebron, where David ruled for seven and one-half years.
After that, David ruled in Jerusalem for thirty-three years. 5 Many of David's children were born in Jerusalem.
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Bathshua, daughter of Ammiel, gave birth to four of his sons: Shammua, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon.
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Nine other sons of David were also born there. They were Ibhar, Elishua, Elphelet,
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Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia,
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Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet.
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In addition to all those sons, David's slave wives also gave birth to sons. David also had a daughter named Tamar.
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Solomon's son was King Rehoboam.
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Rehoboam's son was King Abijah.
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Abijah's son was King Asa.
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Asa's son was King Jehoshaphat.
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Jehoshaphat's son was King Jehoram.
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Jehoram's son was King Ahaziah.
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Ahaziah's son was King Joash.
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Joash's son was King Amaziah.
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Amaziah's son was King Azariah.
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Azariah's son was King Jotham.
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Jotham's son was King Ahaz.
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Ahaz's son was King Hezekiah.
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Hezekiah's son was King Manasseh.
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Manasseh's son was King Amon.
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Amon's son was King Josiah.
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Josiah's oldest son was Johanan. His other sons were Jehoiakim, Zedekiah, and Shallum.
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Jehoiakim's son was Jehoiachin. The last king was Zedekiah.
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Jehoiachin was captured and taken to Babylon. His sons were Shealtiel,
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Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
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Pedaiah's sons were Zerubbabel and Shimei.
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Two of Zerubbabel's sons were Meshullam and Hananiah, and their sister was Shelomith.
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Zerubbabel's five other sons were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed.
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The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah's son was Rephaiah. After him, other descendants of Hananiah were Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah.
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Shecaniah's son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah's five sons were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat.
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Neariah's three sons were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam.
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Elioenai's seven sons were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani.
Chapter 4
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1 The descendants of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur, and Shobal.
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Shobal's son was Reaiah. Reaiah was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. They were the ancestors of the Zorath people group.
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What follows are the names of the three men who started the clans that lived in the city of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash—and they had a sister named Hazzelelponi.
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Hur was the firstborn son of Ephrathah; he founded the city of Bethlehem. Hur had these descendants: Penuel and Ezer. Penuel started the clans that lived in the city of Gedor, and Ezer started the clans living in the city of Hushah.
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Hezron's son Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives whose names were Helah and Naarah.
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The sons of Asshur and his wife Naarah were Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.
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The sons of Ashhur and his wife Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
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and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel. Aharhel was the son of Harum.
9 There was another descendant of Judah whose name was Jabez. He was more respected than his brothers were. His mother named him Jabez which means 'pain' because she said, "I was enduring much pain when I gave birth to him." 10 One day he prayed to God whom his fellow Israelites worshiped, saying, "Please greatly bless me and increase my land. Remain with me, and do not allow anyone to harm me. If you do that for me, I will not have any pain." And God did what Jabez requested him to do.
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Another descendant of Judah was Shuhah. His younger brother Kelub was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton.
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Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah started the city of Nahash, but their families lived in a place called Rekah.
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Another descendant of Judah was Jephunneh. His son was Caleb. Caleb's sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz. The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah.
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Othniel's sons were Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
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Seraiah was the father of Joab. Joab was the ancestor of the people who lived in Craftsmen's Valley. The valley was named that because many of the people who lived there were craftsmen.
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Another descendant of Judah was Jehallelel. His sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
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Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah. Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Mered had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of Gedor; Heber was the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel was the father of Zanoah.
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Hodiah's wife was Naham's sister. Hodiah's wife was the mother of two sons. One of them was the father of Keilah, the ancestor of the Gar people group, and the other one was the father of Eshtemoa, the ancestor of the Maacath people group.
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Another descendant of Judah was Shimon. Shimon's sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon.
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Another descendant of Judah was Ishi. His descendants were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
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One of Judah's sons was Shelah. Shelah's descendants were Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the families of those who made things from linen at Beth Ashbea,
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Jokim, and the men of the city of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, two men who married women from the region of Moab and ruled in Jashubi Lehem. All their names and a record of what they did are written in scrolls.
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Some of these descendants of Shelah made pottery for the king. Some of them lived in the city of Netaim, and some lived in the city of Gederah.
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Simeon's sons were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
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Shaul's son was Shallum. Shallum's son was Mibsam. Mibsam's son was Mishma.
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Mishma's son was Hammuel. Hammuel's son was Zaccur. Zaccur's son was Shimei.
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had many children. So the descendants of Simeon never were as many as the descendants of his younger brother Judah. 28 The descendants of Simeon lived in these cities and towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in those places until David became king. 32 They also lived in villages near those towns: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan. 33 There were other villages where they lived, as far southwest as the city of Baalath. Those were the places where they lived, and they wrote down the names of their family members.
34-38 The men in the following list were the leaders of their clans: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, and Jehu son of Joshibiah. Joshibiah was son of Seraiah and grandson of Asiel. Other clan leaders were Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza. Ziza was son of Shiphi and grandson of Allon son of Jedaiah, who was the son of Shimri, who was son of Shemaiah.
The members of those families became very numerous. 39 They went near the city of Gedor on the east side of the valley to look for pastureland for their flocks of sheep. 40 They found good pastureland with plenty of grass. The place was peaceful and quiet.
Previously the descendants of Noah's son Ham had lived there. 41 But while Hezekiah was the king of Judah, those leaders of the tribe of Simeon came to Gedor and fought against the descendants of Ham and destroyed their tents. They also fought against the descendants of Meun who were living there and they killed all of them. So now there are no descendants of Meun living there. The descendants of Simeon started to live there, because there was good pastureland there for their sheep.
42 Ishi's four sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel led five hundred other descendants of Simeon and attacked the people who were living in the hill country of Edom. 43 They killed the few descendants of Amalek who were still alive. From that time until now, the descendants of Simeon have lived in the region of Edom.
Chapter 5
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1 Reuben was the oldest son of Jacob. Therefore, he should have received the special rights that belonged to firstborn sons. But he slept with his father's slave wife, so his father gave those rights to the sons of his younger brother Joseph. And in the family records, Reuben is not mentioned first, as the firstborn sons always are. 2 Although Judah became more influential than his brothers, and a ruler of Judah descended from him, Joseph's family received the rights that belonged to firstborn sons. 3 But Reuben was Jacob's oldest son.
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Reuben's sons were Hanok, Pallu, Hezron, and Karmi.
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Another descendant of Reuben was Joel. Joel's son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah's son was Gog. Gog's son was Shimei.
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Shimei's son was Micah. Micah's son was Reaiah. Reaiah's son was Baal.
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Baal's son was Beerah. Beerah was a leader of the tribe of Reuben. But Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria captured him and took him to Assyria.
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The names of these clans are listed here according to what is written in their family records.
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The names written were: Jeiel (the leader), then Zechariah,
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and then Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. Reuben's clan was very large. Some of them lived near the city of Aroer as far north as the city of Nebo and the city of Baal Meon.
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Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert south of the Euphrates River. They went there because they had a huge amount of cattle, with the result that there was not enough pastureland for them in the region of Gilead.
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When Saul was king of Israel, the men in the tribe of Reuben fought against the descendants of Hagar and defeated them. After that, they lived in the tents that the descendants of Hagar had lived in previously, in all the area east of the region of Gilead.
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The tribe of Gad lived near the tribe of Reuben; they lived in the region of Bashan, all the way east to the city of Salekah.
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Joel was their leader; Shapham was his assistant; other leaders were Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
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Other members of the tribe belonged to seven clans, whose leaders were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber.
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They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was son of Huri, Huri was the son of Jaroah, Jaroah was the son of Gilead, Gilead was son of Michael, Michael was the son of Jeshishai, Jeshishai was the son of Jahdo, and Jahdo was the son of Buz.
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Ahi was Abdiel's son. Abdiel was Guni's son. Ahi was the leader of their clan.
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The descendants of Gad lived in the towns in the regions of Gilead and Bashan, and on all the pastureland on the Plain of Sharon.
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All of those names were written in the records of the clans of Gad during the time that Jotham was the king of Judah and Jeroboam was the king of Israel.
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18 There were 44,760 soldiers in the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They all carried shields and swords and bows and arrows. They were all trained to fight well in battles. 19 They attacked the descendants of Hagar and the people in the cities of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them, because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them. 21 They took the animals that belonged to the descendants of Hagar: They took fifty thousand camels, 250,000 sheep, and two thousand donkeys. They also captured 100,000 people. 22 But many descendants of Hagar were killed because God helped the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. After that, those three tribes lived in that area until the army of Babylonia captured them and took them away to Babylon.
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23 There were many people who belonged to the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh. They lived in the region of Bashan east of the Jordan River, as far north as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
24 Their clan leaders were Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were all strong, brave, and famous soldiers, and leaders of their clans. 25 But they sinned against God, the one whom their ancestors had worshiped. They began to worship the gods that the people of that region had worshiped, the people whom God had enabled them to destroy. 26 So the God whom the Israelites worshiped incited Pul, the king of Assyria, to want to conquer those tribes. Pul's other name was Tiglath-Pileser. His army captured the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, and took them to various places in Assyria: Halah, Habor, Hara and near the Gozan River. They have lived in those places from that time to the present time.
Chapter 6
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1 Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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Amram's children were Miriam and her younger brothers Aaron and Moses.
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Aaron's sons were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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Eleazar was the father of Phinehas.
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Phinehas was the father of Abishua.
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Abishua was the father of Bukki.
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Bukki was the father of Uzzi.
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Uzzi was the father of Zerahiah.
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Zerahiah was the father of Meraioth.
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Meraioth was the father of Amariah.
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Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
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Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
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Zadok was the father of Ahimaaz.
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Ahimaaz was the father of Azariah.
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Azariah was the father of Johanan.
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Johanan was the father of Azariah. Azariah was a priest in the temple that Solomon commanded to be built in Jerusalem.
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Azariah was the father of Amariah.
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Amariah was the father of Ahitub.
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Ahitub was the father of Zadok.
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Zadok was the father of Shallum.
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Shallum was the father of Hilkiah.
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Hilkiah was the father of Azariah.
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Azariah was the father of Seraiah.
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Seraiah was the father of Jozadak.
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Jozadak was forced to leave his home when Yahweh sent King Nebuchadnezzar's army to capture many people in Jerusalem and other places in Judah and compel them to go to Babylonia.
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Levi's sons were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
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Gershon's sons were Libni and Shimei.
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Kohath's sons were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
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Merari's sons were Mahli and Mushi.
Here is a list of the descendants of Levi, who became leaders of their clans.
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Gershon's oldest son was Libni.
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Libni's son was Jahath.
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Jehath's son was Zimmah.
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Zimmah's son was Joah.
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Joah's son was Iddo.
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Iddo's son was Zerah.
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Zerah's son was Jeatherai.
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Kohath's other son was Amminadab.
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Amminadab's son was Korah.
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Korah's son was Assir.
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Assir's son was Elkanah.
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Elkanah's son was Ebiasaph.
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Ebiasaph's son was Assir.
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Assir's son was Tahath.
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Tahath's son was Uriel.
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Uriel's son was Uzziah.
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Uzziah's son was Shaul.
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Elkanah's sons were Amasai, Ahimoth,
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and a son also named Elkana.
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Elkanah's son was Zophai.
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Zophai's son was Nahath.
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Nahath's son was Eliab.
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Eliab's son was Jeroham.
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Jeroham's son was Elkanah.
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Samuel's oldest son was Joel; his other son was Abijah.
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Merari's oldest son was Mahli.
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Mahli's son was Libni.
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Libni's son was Shimei.
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Shimei's son was Uzzah.
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Uzzah's son was Shimea.
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Shimea's son was Haggiah.
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Haggiah's son was Asaiah.
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31 After the sacred chest was brought to Jerusalem, King David appointed some of the men who were descendants of Levi to be in charge of the music in the place where the people worshiped Yahweh. 32 Those musicians first sang and played their instruments in the sacred tent, which was also called the tent of meeting, and they continued to do that until Solomon's workers built the temple of Yahweh in Jerusalem. In all their work, they obeyed the instructions that David had given them.
33 Here is a list of the musicians and their sons:
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From Kohath's descendants there was Heman, the leader of the singers.
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Heman was the son of Joel.
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Joel was the son of Samuel.
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Samuel was the son of Elkanah.
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Elkanah was the son of Jeroham.
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Jeroham was the son of Eliel.
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Eliel was the son of Toah.
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Toah was the son of Zuph.
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Zuph was the son of Elkanah.
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Elkanah was the son of Mahath.
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Mahath was the son of Amasai.
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Amasai was the son of another man whose name was Elkanah.
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Elkanah was the son of Joel.
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Joel was the son of Azariah.
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Azariah was the son of Zephaniah.
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Zephaniah was the son of Tahath.
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Tahath was the son of Assir.
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Assir was the son of Ebiasaph.
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Ebiasaph was the son of Korah.
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Korah was the son of Izhar.
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Izhar was the son of Kohath.
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Kohath was the son of Levi.
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Levi was the son of Jacob.
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Heman's helper was Asaph. His group stood at the right side of Heman.
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Asaph was the son of Berekiah.
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Berekiah was the son of Shimea.
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Shimea was the son of Michael.
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Michael was the son of Baaseiah.
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Baaseiah was the son of Malkijah.
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Malkijah was the son of Ethni.
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Ethni was the son of Zerah.
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Zerah was the son of Adaiah.
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Adaiah was the son of Ethan.
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Ethan was the son of Zimmah.
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Zimmah was the son of Shimei.
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Shimei was the son of Jahath.
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Jahath was the son of Gershon,
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and Gershon was the son of Levi.
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A group of singers from Merari's family helped Heman and Asaph. They stood at the left of Heman. The leader of this group was Ethan son of Kishi.
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Kishi was the son of Abdi.
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Abdi was the son of Malluk.
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Malluk was the son of Hashabiah.
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Hashabiah was the son of Uzziah.
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Uzziah was the son of Hilkiah.
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Hilkiah was the son of Amzi.
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Amzi was the son of Bani.
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Bani was the son of Shemer.
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Shemer was the son of Mahli.
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Mahli was the son of Mushi.
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Mushi was the son of Merari,
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and Merari was the son of Levi.
48 The other descendants of Levi were appointed to do other work in the sacred tent, the place where the people worshiped God.
49 Aaron and his descendants were the ones who placed on the altar the sacrifices that were to be burned completely, and they burned incense on another altar. Those sacrifices were in order that Yahweh would no longer be angry with the people of Israel for having sinned. Those men also did other work in the very holy place in the sacred tent, obeying the instructions that Moses, who served God well, had given to them.
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These were the descendants of Aaron:
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Aaron's son was Eleazar.
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Eleazar's son was Phinehas.
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Phinehas's son was Abishua.
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Abishua's son was Bukki.
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Bukki's son was Uzzi.
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Uzzi's son was Zerahiah.
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Zerahiah's son was Meraioth.
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Meraioth's son was Amariah.
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Amariah's son was Ahitub.
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Ahitub's son was Zadok,
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54 Here is a list of the places where Aaron's descendants lived. Those who were descendants of Kohath were the first group to be allotted cities to live in.
55 They were allotted the city of Hebron in Judah and the pastureland around the city, 56 but the fields farther from the city and the villages near the city were given to Caleb's son of Jephunneh.
57 The descendants of Aaron who were descendants of Kohath were allotted Hebron, one of the cities to which people could flee and be protected if they accidentally killed someone. They also were allotted the towns and pastureland near Libnah, Jattir, Eshtemoa, 58 Hilen, Debir, 59 Ashan, Juttah, and Beth Shemesh. 60 They were also allotted the cities of Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth from the tribe of Benjamin.
Altogether, these clans descended from Kohath were allotted thirteen cities.
61 The other clans descended from Kohath were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Manasseh that lived west of the Jordan River.
62 The descendants of Gershon were allotted thirteen cities and towns from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lived in the region of Bashan on the east side of the Jordan River.
63 The descendants of Merari were allotted twelve cities and towns from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.
64 The leaders of Israel allotted those towns and the nearby pasturelands to the descendants of Levi. 65 They also allotted to them the cities and towns from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin that were listed previously.
66 Some of the descendants of Kohath were allotted towns from the tribe of Ephraim.
67 They were allotted Shechem, which was one of the cities to which people could flee and be protected if they accidentally killed someone, along with the nearby pastureland in the hills of Ephraim. They were also allotted these towns and pastureland near them: Gezer, 68 Jokmeam, Beth Horon, 69 Aijalon, and Gath Rimmon.
70 The other descendants of Kohath were allotted the cities of Aner and Bileam and the nearby pastureland from the part of the tribe of Manasseh that lives west of the Jordan River.
71 The descendants of Gershon, who were part of the tribe of Manasseh, lived east of the Jordan River. They were allotted the cities and towns and pastureland near them: Golan in the regions of Bashan and Ashtaroth.
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From the tribe of Issachar they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Kedesh, Daberath,
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Ramoth, and Anem.
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From the tribe of Asher they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Mashal, Abdon,
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Hukok, and Rehob.
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From the tribe of Naphtali they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Kedesh in the region of Galilee, and the cities of Hammon and Kiriathaim.
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The other descendants of Levi, those descended from Merari, were allotted towns and pasturelands from the tribe of Zebulun near Jokneam, Kartah, Rimmono, and Tabor.
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From the tribe of Reuben they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Bezer in the wilderness, Jahzah, Kedemoth, and Mephaath. The tribe of Reuben lived east of the Jordan River, across from Jericho.
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From the tribe of Gad, they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Ramoth in the region of Gilead, Mahanaim,
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Heshbon, and Jazer. Bev
Chapter 7
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1 Issachar's four sons were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.
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Tola's sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel. They were all leaders of the clans descended from them.
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In the record of Tola's descendants were the names of 22,600 men who were able to be in the army during the time that David was the king of Israel.
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Uzzi's son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah's five sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Ishiah. Izrahiah and his sons were all leaders of their clans.
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In the record of Izrahiah's descendants were the names of thirty-six thousand men who were able to be in the army because they had many wives and children.
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In the records of the clans descended from Issachar were the names of eighty-seven thousand men able to be in the army.
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These are the descendants of Benjamin. The three sons of Benjamin were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.
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Bela's five sons were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were all leaders of clans.
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In the records of the clans descended from Bela there were names of 22,034 men who were able to be in the army.
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Beker's sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth.
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In the records of the clans descended from Beker were the names of 20,200 men and leaders of the clans who were able to be in the army.