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2 Kings 2

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¹ To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari were given, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and Tabor, with their pasture lands;

² and on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan the Levites were given, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and Jahzah with their pasture lands,

³ Kedemoth and Mephaath with their pasture lands;

⁴ from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and Mahanaim with their pasture lands,

⁵ Heshbon and Jazer with their pasture lands.

⁶ The sons of Issachar were: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

⁷ The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were courageous men in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600.

⁸ The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men.

⁹ With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and children.

¹⁰ Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all.

¹¹ The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

¹² The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of the households of their fathers, courageous men. By their genealogies they were 22,034.

¹³ The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth, all these were sons of Becher.

¹⁴ They were registered by their genealogies according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' households, courageous men, 20,200 in number.

¹⁵ The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹⁶ All these were the sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 courageous men of valor, fit for military service.

¹⁷ Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim the son of Aher.

¹⁸ The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

¹⁹ The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean[1] concubine bore; she gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁰ Machir took as a wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim; her name was Maacah. The name of a second [[2] descendant, the first being Gilead], was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had [only] daughters.

²¹ Maacah the wife of Machir gave birth to a son; she named him Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh; his sons were Ulam and Rakem.

²² The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.

²³ His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.

²⁴ The sons of Shemida were: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

²⁵ The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath [I] his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath [II] his son,

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1	To the rest of the Levites, the sons of Merari were given, from the tribe of Zebulun: Rimmono and Tabor, with their pasture lands;
2	and on the other side of the Jordan at Jericho, on the east side of the Jordan the Levites were given, from the tribe of Reuben: Bezer in the wilderness and Jahzah with their pasture lands,
3	Kedemoth and Mephaath with their pasture lands;
4	from the tribe of Gad: Ramoth in Gilead and Mahanaim with their pasture lands,
5	Heshbon and Jazer with their pasture lands.
6	The sons of Issachar were: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.
7	The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were courageous men in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600.
8	The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men.
9	With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops of the army for war, for they had many wives and children.
10	Their relatives among all the families of Issachar, courageous men, registered by genealogies, were 87,000 in all.
11	The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela, Becher, and Jediael.
12	The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were heads of the households of their fathers, courageous men. By their genealogies they were 22,034.
13	The sons of Becher: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth, all these were sons of Becher.
14	They were registered by their genealogies according to their generations, as heads of their fathers' households, courageous men, 20,200 in number.
15	The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan: Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.
16	All these were the sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 courageous men of valor, fit for military service.
17	Shuppim and Huppim were the sons of Ir, and Hushim the son of Aher.
18	The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.
19	The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his Aramean[1] concubine bore; she gave birth to Machir the father of Gilead.
20	Machir took as a wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim; her name was Maacah. The name of a second [[2] descendant, the first being Gilead], was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had [only] daughters.
21	Maacah the wife of Machir gave birth to a son; she named him Peresh. The name of his brother was Sheresh; his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
22	The son of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
23	His sister Hammolecheth gave birth to Ishhod and Abiezer and Mahlah.
24	The sons of Shemida were: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.
25	The sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah and Bered his son, Tahath [I] his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath [II] his son,

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