1 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.
2 For
Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the
chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:)
3 The
sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The
sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah
his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah
his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites.
7 And
his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was
reckoned, were the
chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
8 And
Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer,
even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:
9 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.
10 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.
11 And
the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the land of Bashan unto
Salchah:
12 Joel
the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 And
their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and
Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.
14 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;
15 Ahi
the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.
16 And
they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of
Sharon, upon their borders.
17 All
these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in
the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 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.
19 And
they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.
20 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.
21 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.
22 For
there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads
until the captivity.
23 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.
24 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.
25 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.
26 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.
