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1 Chronicles 5
Now the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel—for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, son of Israel, so that he is not recorded in the genealogy according to the firstborn.
Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came a ruler, the birthright belonged to Joseph.
The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son, and Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria carried into exile. He was leader of the Reubenites.
His brethren according to their families, in their genealogical records, were the first: Jeiel and Zechariah, and Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel. He inhabited Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal Meon.
He also dwelt to the east as far as the entrance of the wilderness to the river Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. They dwelt in their tents throughout the entire eastern side of Gilead.
The sons of Gad dwelt opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: Joel the chief, and Shapham the second, then Jaanai and Shaphat in Bashan.
Their relatives, by their fathers' houses, were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber, seven in all. 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.
Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, was chief of their fathers' house. They lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and throughout all the pasture lands of Sharon, as far as their borders.
All were registered in genealogies during the days of Jotham king of Judah and Jeroboam king of Israel.
The sons of Reuben, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh: valiant men, men bearing shield and sword, skilled with bow, trained in warfare; forty-four thousand seven hundred sixty going forth to battle. They made war with the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
They received help against them, and the Hagrites and everyone who were with them were delivered into their hand. They cried out to God in the battle, and He was entreated of them because they trusted in Him.
They took away their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and one hundred thousand people.
For many fell slain because the battle was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the exile.
The sons of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land from Bashan to Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon; they were numerous. The heads of their fathers' houses were Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers and played the harlot after the gods of the peoples of the land whom God had destroyed before them.
So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria and the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan to this day.