1 Chronicles 5

5 ¹ The sons of Reuben, Israel's firstborn — he was the firstborn, but since he violated his father's bed, his birthright went to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, so he isn't listed as firstborn in the genealogy. ² Though Judah grew strong among his brothers and a ruler came from him, the birthright was Joseph's. 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 exiled—he led 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, settled in Aroer, to Nebo and Baal-meon. ⁹ They also settled eastward to the edge of the desert that stretches to the Euphrates, since their livestock had multiplied in Gilead.

¹⁰ In Saul's days they fought the Hagrites, who fell to them; they lived in the Hagrites' tents across 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 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 villages, and across all Sharon's pasturelands to their borders. ¹⁷ All these were listed in genealogies during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.

¹⁸ The Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh had capable men bearing shield and sword, drawing the bow, trained for war — 44,760 ready for battle. ¹⁹ They waged war against the Hagrites, and against Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. ²⁰ They were helped against them; the Hagrites and all their allies were given into their hand, because they cried out to our Father in battle. He answered them, for they trusted in him. ²¹ They captured the Hagrites' livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and a hundred thousand people. ²² Many fell dead, for the battle was our Father's; they lived there until the exile.

Manasseh's Half-Tribe: Their Strength and Fall

²³ Manasseh's half-tribe lived in the land, growing numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon. ²⁴ 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 their ancestors' God and prostituted themselves to the gods of the land's peoples, whom our Father had destroyed before them. ²⁶ So our Father of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria — Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria — and he exiled the Reubenites, Gadites, and half-tribe of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river Gozan, where they remain to this day.