1 Chronicles 5

5 ¹ The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel — he was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, so he could not be listed as the firstborn. ² Though Judah grew strong among his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph.

³ The sons of Reuben the firstborn 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 and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria carried into exile; he was a leader of the Reubenites.

⁷ His relatives by their clans, as listed in the genealogical records: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, ⁸ and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. They settled in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. ⁹ To the east they settled as far as the edge of the desert that reaches to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.

¹⁰ In the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell before them; and they lived in the Hagrites' tents throughout the whole region east of Gilead.

Gad's Descendants in the Land of Bashan

¹¹ The sons of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salcah: ¹² Joel the chief, Shapham the second-in-command, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan. ¹³ Their relatives, by their fathers' households, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber — seven. ¹⁴ These were the sons of Abihail son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. ¹⁵ Ahi son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the head of their fathers' households. ¹⁶ They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits. ¹⁷ All of these were recorded in the genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸ The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had valiant men who carried shield and sword, drew the bow, and were trained for war — forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty ready to march out to battle. ¹⁹ They waged war against the Hagrites, and against Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.

²⁰ They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were given into their hand, because they cried out to our Father in the battle. He answered their plea, for they trusted in him. ²¹ They carried off the livestock of the Hagrites — fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys — and a hundred thousand people. ²² Many were killed, because the battle was our Father's. And they lived in that land until the exile.

Manasseh's Half-Tribe: Their Strength and Fall

²³ The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land; they were numerous, spreading from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. ²⁴ These were the heads of their fathers' households: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel — mighty warriors, famous men, heads of their fathers' households.

²⁵ But they were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors, and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom our Father had destroyed before them. ²⁶ So our Father of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria — that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria — and he carried into exile the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, bringing them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, where they remain to this day.