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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.
02 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of
him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was
Joseph's:)
03 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of
Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi.
04 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his
son, Shimei his son,
05 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,
06 Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of
Assyria carried away captive: he was prince of
the Reubenites.
07 And his brethren by their families, when the
genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were
the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
08 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema,
the son of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto
Nebo and Baalmeon:
09 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 Salcah:
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.
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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.
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