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          DASV: 1 Chronicles 5    

1 The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel (for he was the first-born; but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel instead; so the genealogy is not reckoned in the normal birth order.
2 For Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's.)
3 The sons of Reuben, the first-born of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile; he was a tribal chief of the Reubenites.
7 His brothers by their families, as listed in the genealogical records: Jeiel was the chief, then Zechariah,
8 and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, to Nebo and Baal-meon.
9 To the east he settled as far as the entrance of the wilderness from the Euphrates River, because their cattle had multiplied in the land of Gilead.
10 In the days of Saul, they made war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand; and they lived in their tents throughout all the area east of Gilead.

11 The descendants of Gad lived next to them, in the land of Bashan to Salecah.
12 Joel was the chief, Shapham the second-in-command, Janai and Shaphat were in Bashan.
13 Their relatives by their clans were: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven in all.
14 These were the sons 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, was chief of their clans.
16 They lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in its villages, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon, as far as their borders.
17 All these were listed in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, had 44,760 valiant warriors, men able to carry a shield and sword, and to shoot a bow. They were skilful in warfare, who were able to go out to battle.
20 They received divine aid them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all their allies; for they cried to God in the battle, and he answered them, because they put their trust in him.
21 They carried off their cattle; 50,000 of their camels, and 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys, and 100,000 men.
22 For many were killed, because the war was of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.

23 Half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They increased from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir and Mount Hermon.
24 These were the heads of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors, heroes, heads of their clans.
25 They rebelled against the God of their fathers, and prostituted themselves after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God destroyed before them.
26 The God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, that is, the spirit of Tilgath-pileser king of Assyria, and he carried them away, including the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the river of Gozan, to this day.

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