1Chronicles 5

5The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (he was the firstborn, but when he defiled his father's marriage bed, his rights as firstborn were given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel; so he could not be listed in the genealogical record in accordance with his birthright,H1121H7205H1060H3478H1060H2490H1H3326H1062H5414H1121H3130H1121H3478H3187H10622and though Judah was the strongest of his brothers and a ruler came from him, the rights of the firstborn belonged to Joseph)--H3063H1396H251H5057H1062H31303the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.H1121H7205H1060H3478H2585H6396H2696H37564The descendants of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,H1121H3100H8098H1121H1463H1121H8096H11215Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,H4318H1121H7211H1121H1168H11216and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria took into exile. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites.H880H1121H8407H4428H804H1540H5387H72067Their relatives by clans, listed according to their genealogical records: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,H251H4940H3187H8435H3187H7218H3273H21488and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area from Aroer to Nebo and Baal Meon.H1106H1121H5811H1121H8087H1121H3100H3427H6177H5015H11869To the east they occupied the land up to the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in Gilead.H4217H3427H935H4057H5104H6578H4735H7235H776H156810During Saul's reign they waged war against the Hagrites, who were defeated at their hands; they occupied the dwellings of the Hagrites throughout the entire region east of Gilead.H3117H7586H6213H4421H1905H5307H3027H3427H168H6440H4217H156811The Gadites lived next to them in Bashan, as far as Salecah:H1121H1410H3427H776H1316H554812Joel was the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat, in Bashan.H3100H7218H8223H4932H3285H8202H131613Their relatives, by families, were: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber--seven in all.H251H1004H1H4317H4918H7652H3140H3275H2127H5677H765114These were the sons of Abihail 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.H1121H32H1121H2359H1121H3386H1121H1568H1121H4317H1121H3454H1121H3163H1121H93815Ahi son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their family.H277H1121H5661H1121H1476H7218H1004H116The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.H3427H1568H1316H1323H4054H8289H844417All these were entered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.H3187H3117H3147H4428H3063H3117H3379H4428H347818The Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh had 44,760 men ready for military service--able-bodied men who could handle shield and sword, who could use a bow, and who were trained for battle.H1121H7205H1425H2677H7626H4519H2428H582H5375H4043H2719H1869H7198H3925H4421H702H705H505H7651H3967H8346H3318H663519They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish and Nodab.H6213H4421H1905H3195H5305H511420They were helped in fighting them, and God handed the Hagrites and all their allies over to them, because they cried out to him during the battle. He answered their prayers, because they trusted in him.H5826H1905H5414H3027H2199H430H4421H6279H98221They seized the livestock of the Hagrites--fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep and two thousand donkeys. They also took one hundred thousand people captive,H7617H4735H1581H2572H505H6629H3967H2572H505H2543H505H120H5315H3967H50522and many others fell slain, because the battle was God's. And they occupied the land until the exile.H5307H7227H2491H4421H430H3427H147323The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous; they settled in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, that is, to Senir (Mount Hermon).H1121H2677H7626H4519H3427H776H7235H1316H1179H8149H2022H276824These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men, and heads of their families.H7218H1004H1H6081H3469H447H5837H3414H1938H3164H1368H582H2428H8034H582H7218H1004H125But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.H4603H430H1H2181H310H430H5971H776H430H8045H644026So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria), who took the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.H430H3478H5782H7307H6322H4428H804H7307H8407H4428H804H1540H7206H1425H2677H7626H4519H935H2477H2249H2024H5104H1470H3117