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sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel. (He was the firstborn, but his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, because Reuben defiled his father’s bed; so he is not listed in the genealogy according to the birthright. 2 Although Judah was more prominent than his brothers and a ruler came from him, yet the birthright was given to Joseph.)
3 The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel:
Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The descendants 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. Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites, and Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took him into exile.
7 Their kinsmen by their families, as listed in the genealogical records:
Jeiel the chief, Zechariah, 8 and Bela son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. They settled in the area of Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. 9 They also settled in the east as far the entrance of the wilderness from the Euphrates River, because their cattle had increased in the land of Gilead. 10 In the days of Saul they made war on the Hagrites, who fell in defeat at their hands; and they occupied the dwellings of their vanquished foe throughout the region east of Gilead.
11 The sons of Gad lived next to them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
12 Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 Their kinsmen, by their ancestral houses:
Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven.
14 These were the sons of Abihail 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 son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was head of their ancestral house.
16 The descendants of Gad lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as their borders.
17 All these were registered in the genealogical records during the reigns of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam Israelking of Israel.
18 The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty warriors—men able to carry shield and sword, shoot with the bow, and trained for battle. 19 They waged war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. 20 They received assistance fighting against them, for during the battle they cried out to God, and He delivered the Hagrites and their allies into their hands, because they trusted in Him. 21 They seized the livestock of the Hagrites: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys. They also captured a hundred thousand men. 22 Many of the Hagrites fell slain, for the battle was of God. And they occupied their territory until the exile.
23 The people of the half-tribe of Manasseh settled in the land; they became very numerous and dwelt from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon.
24 These were the heads of the house of their fathers: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were brave warriors, famous men who were heads of their ancestral houses. 25 But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. 26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. He took them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the Gozan River, where they are to this day.