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Chapter 5 |
| 1 | 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. |
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| For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came
the chief ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's:) |
| 3 | The sons, I
say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and
Carmi. |
| 4 |
The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his
son, |
| 5 |
Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, |
| 6 | Beerah
his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away captive: he was
prince of the Reubenites. |
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7 | And his brethren by their families,
when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel,
and Zechariah, |
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8 | And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son
of Joel, who dwelt in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon: |
| 9 | 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.
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| 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. |
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| And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, in the
land of Bashan unto Salcah: |
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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; |
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Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their
fathers. |
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| 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 skillful in war, were four and
forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
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| 19 | And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and
Nodab. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
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22 | For there fell down many
slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the
captivity. |
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| 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. |
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| 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 valor, famous men, and heads of the house of their
fathers. |
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| 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. |
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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. |
