1 Chronicles 8

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Genealogy from Benjamin to Saul

¹Benjamin was the father of Bela, his firstborn; Ashbel was the second born, Aharah the third, ²Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³The sons of Bela:

⁴Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, ⁵Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:

⁷Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.

⁸Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. ⁹His sons by his wife Hodesh:

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

¹¹He also had sons by Hushim:

¹²The sons of Elpaal:

Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),

¹³and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

²⁸All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived in Gibeon. His wifeʼs name was Maacah, ³⁰and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab, ³¹Gedor, Ahio, Zecher, ³²and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.

³⁴The son of Jonathan:

Merib-baal, and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.

³⁵The sons of Micah:

³⁶Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

³⁷Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

³⁸Azel had six sons, and these were their names:

³⁹The sons of his brother Eshek:

Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

⁴⁰The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all.

All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

Footnotes (12)

a v3 Possibly Gera the father of Ehud; see verse 7.
b v7 Or and Gera, that is Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
c v29 Some LXX manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles 9:35); Hebrew The father of Gibeon lived
d v30 Some LXX manuscripts include Ner; see 1 Chronicles 9:36.
e v31 Zecher is likely a variant of Zechariah; see 1 Chronicles 9:37.
f v32 Shimeah is a variant of Shimeam; see 1 Chronicles 9:38.
g v33 Esh-baal is also called Ish-bosheth; see 2 Samuel 2:8.
h v34 Merib-baal is also called Mephibosheth; see 2 Samuel 4:4.
i v34 Micah is a variant of Mica; see 2 Samuel 9:12.
j v35 Tarea is a variant of Tahrea; see 1 Chronicles 9:41.
k v36 Jehoaddah is a variant of Jarah or Jadah; see 1 Chronicles 9:42.
l v37 Raphah is a variant of Rephaiah; see 1 Chronicles 9:43.