1 Chronicles 8

Genealogy from Benjamin to Saul

¹ Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

² Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth.

³ The sons of Bela: Addar, Gera, Abihud,¹

⁴ Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,

⁵ Gera, Shephuphan, and Huram.

⁶ These were the descendants of Ehud who were the heads of the families living in Geba and were exiled to Manahath:

⁷ Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who carried them into exile and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.²

⁸ Shaharaim had sons in the country of Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara.

⁹ His sons by his wife Hodesh: Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,

¹⁰ Jeuz, Sachia, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families.

¹¹ He also had sons by Hushim: Abitub and Elpaal.

¹² The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its villages),

¹³ and Beriah and Shema (who were the heads of families living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of Gath).

¹⁴ Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth,

¹⁵ Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,

¹⁶ Michael, Ishpah, and Joha were the sons of Beriah.

¹⁷ Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

¹⁸ Ishmerai, Izliah, and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.

¹⁹ Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

²⁰ Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,

²¹ Adaiah, Beraiah, and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.

²² Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

²³ Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,

²⁴ Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,

²⁵ Iphdeiah, and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.

²⁶ Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

²⁷ Jaareshiah, Elijah, and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.

²⁸ All these were heads of families, the chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.

²⁹ Jeiel the father of Gibeon lived ³ in Gibeon. His wife’s name was Maacah,

³⁰ and Abdon was his firstborn son, then Zur, Kish, Baal,⁴ Nadab,

³¹ Gedor, Ahio, Zecher,⁵

³² and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah.⁶ They too lived alongside their relatives in Jerusalem.

³³ Ner was the father of Kish, Kish was the father of Saul, and Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malchishua, Abinadab, and Esh-baal.⁷

³⁴ The son of Jonathan: Merib-baal,⁸ and Merib-baal was the father of Micah.⁹

³⁵ The sons of Micah: Pithon, Melech, Tarea,¹⁰ and Ahaz.

³⁶ Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah ¹¹ was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth, and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza.

³⁷ Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah ¹² was his son, Eleasah his son, and Azel his son.

³⁸ Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

³⁹ The sons of his brother Eshek: Ulam was his firstborn, Jeush second, and Eliphelet third.

⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and they had many sons and grandsons—150 in all. All these were the descendants of Benjamin.

8:3 Possibly Gera the father of Ehud; see verse 7. ↩︎
8:7 Or and Gera, that is Heglam, who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud. ↩︎
8:29 Some LXX manuscripts (see also 1 Chronicles 9:35); Hebrew The father of Gibeon lived ↩︎
8:30 Some LXX manuscripts include Ner; see 1 Chronicles 9:36. ↩︎
8:31 Zecher is likely a variant of Zechariah; see 1 Chronicles 9:37. ↩︎
8:32 Shimeah is a variant of Shimeam; see 1 Chronicles 9:38. ↩︎
8:33 Esh-baal is also called Ish-bosheth; see 2 Samuel 2:8. ↩︎
8:34 Merib-baal is also called Mephibosheth; see 2 Samuel 4:4. ↩︎
8:34 Micah is a variant of Mica; see 2 Samuel 9:12. ↩︎
8:35 Tarea is a variant of Tahrea; see 1 Chronicles 9:41. ↩︎
8:36 Jehoaddah is a variant of Jarah or Jadah; see 1 Chronicles 9:42. ↩︎
8:37 Raphah is a variant of Rephaiah; see 1 Chronicles 9:43. ↩︎