10 And the sons of Jediael: Bilhan; and she conceived, and bore a son, and the sons of Bilhan: Jeush, and and he called his name Beriah, beBenjamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, cause bit went evil with his house. and Zethan, and Tarshish, and Ahish-24And his daughter was Sheerah, who ahar. "All these were sons of Jediael, built Beth-horon the nether and the even heads of their fathers' houses, upper, and Uzzen-sheerah. 25 And mighty men of valour, seventeen Rephah was his son, and Resheph, thousand and two hundred, that were and Telah his son, and Tahan his son; able to go forth in the host for war. 26Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, 12Shuppim also, and Huppim, the Elishama his son; 27 Nun his son, sons of Ir, Hushim, the son of an- Joshua his son. 28 And their possesother. sions and habitations were Beth-el and the towns thereof, and eastward Naaran, and westward Gezer, with the towns thereof; Shechem also and the towns thereof, unto Aiah and the towns thereof; 29and by the borders of the children of Manasseh, Bethshean and the towns thereof, Taanach and the towns thereof, Megiddo and the towns thereof, Dor and the towns thereof. In these dwelt the children of Joseph the son of Israel.

13The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, and Gani, and Jezer, and Shallum, the sons of Bilhah.

14The sons of Manasseh: Asriel, whom his wife bore-his concubine the Aramitess bore Machir the father of Gilead; 15and Machir took a wife of Huppim and Shuppim, whose sister's name was Maacah-and the name of the second was Zelophehad; and Zelophehad had daughters. 16And Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she called his name Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh; and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. 17And the sons of Ulam: Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh. 18 And his sister Hammolecheth bore Ish-hod, and Abiezer, and Mahlah. 19And the sons of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

30The sons of Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister. And the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith. 32And Heber begot Japhlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shua their sister. 33And the sons of Japhlet: Pasach, and Bimhal, and Asvath. These are the children of Japhlet. And the sons of Shemer: Ahi, and Rohgah, and Hubbah, and Aram. And the sons of Helem his brother: Zophah, and Imna, and Shelesh, and Amal. 36The sons of Zophah: Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah; 37Bezer, and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilsha, and Ithran, and Beera. 38 And the sons of Jether: Jephunneh, and Pispa, and Ara. 39And the sons of Ulla: Arah, and Hanniel, and Rizia. 40All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the That is, Dan. b Heb. beraah. • Heb. Non.

20 And the sons of Ephraim: Shuthelah-and Bered was his son, and Tahath his son, and Eleadah his son, and Tahath his son, and Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son-and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in the land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle. 22 And Ephraim their father mourned many days, and his brethren came to comfort him. 23 And he went in to his wife,

princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.

niah, and Elam, and Anthothiah; "and Iphdeiah, and Penuel, were the sons of Shashak. And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah; and Jaareshiah, and Elijah, and Zichri, were the sons of Jeroham. 28These were heads of fathers' houses throughout their generations, chief men; these dwelt in Jerusalem.

29 And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon [, Jeiel], whose wife's name was Maacah; 30and his first-born son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab; and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zecher. "And Mikloth begot Shimeah. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

33 And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and Merib-baal begot Micah. And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Taarea, and Ahaz. 36And Ahaz begot Jehoaddah; and Jehoaddah begot Alemeth, and Azmaveth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot Moza; "and Moza begot Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son. 38And Azel had

And Benjamin begot Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third; Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fifth. And Bela had sons, Addar, and Gera, and Abihud; and Abishua, and Naaman, and Ahoah;| and Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram. And these are the sons of Ehud-these are the heads of fathers' houses of the inhabitants of Geba, and they were carried captive to Manahath; and Naaman, and Ahijah, and Gera, were they that carried them captive-and he begot Uzza, and Ahihud. And Shaharaim begot children in the field of Moab, after he had sent them away, to wit, Hushim and Baara his wives; he begot of Hodesh his wife, Jobab, and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcam; 10and Jeuz, and Sachiah, and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' houses. 11And of Hushim he begot Abitub, and Elpaal. 12And the sons of Elpaal: Eber, and Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono, and Lod, with the towns thereof; 13and Beriah, and Shema, who were heads of fathers' houses of the inhab-six sons, whose names are these: Azriitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath. 14And Ahio, Shashak, and Jeremoth; and Zebadiah, and Arad, and Eder; 16and Michael, and Ishpah, and Joha, were the sons of Beriah. And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber; 18and Ishmerai, and Izliah, and Jobab, were the sons of Elpaal. 19And Jakim, and Zichri, and Zabdi; 20and Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel; "and Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrath, were the sons of Shimei. And Ishpan, and Ebed, and Eliel; 23and Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan; and Hana

kam, Bocru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel. "And the sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his first-born, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third. 4° And the sons of Ulam were mighty men of valour, archers; and had many sons, and sons' sons, a hundred and fifty. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

9 So all Israel were reckoned by

genealogies; and, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel; and Judah was carried away

See ch. ix. 35.

captive to Babylon because of their Merari; and Bakbakkar, Heresh, and transgression. Now the first in- Galal, and Mattaniah the son of Mica, habitants that dwelt in their posses- the son of Zichri, the son of Asaph; sions in their cities were, Israelites, the 16and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, priests, the Levites, and the Nethinim. the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, And in Jerusalem dwelt of the chil- and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son dren of Judah, and of the children of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of Benjamin, and of the children of of the Netophathites. Ephraim and Manasseh: 'Uthai the 17 And the porters: Shallum, and son of Ammihud, the son of Omri, the Akkub, and Talmon, and Ahiman, and son of Imri, the son of Bani, of the their brother Shallum the chief; children of Perez the son of Judah. 18who hitherto waited in the king's And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the gate eastward; they were the porters first-born and his sons. And of the for the camp of the children of Levi. sons of Zerah: Jeuel, and their breth-"And Shallum the son of Kore, the ren, six hundred and ninety. "And son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, of the sons of Benjamin: Sallu the son of Meshullam, the son of Hodaviah, the son of Hassenuah; and Ibneiah the son of Jeroham, and Elah the son of Uzzi, the son of Michri, and Meshullam the son of Shephatian, the son of Reuel, the son of Ibneiah; and their brethren, according to their gen'erations, nine hundred and fifty and six. All these men were heads of fathers' houses by their fathers' houses.

10And of the priests: Jedaiah, and Jehoiarib, and Jachin; "and Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son of Ahitub, the ruler of the house of God; "and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah, and Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshille mith, the son of Immer; and their brethren, heads of their fathers' houses, a thousand and seven hundred and threescore; very able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

"And of the Levites: Shemaiah the son of Hasshub, the son of Azrikam, the son of Hashabiah, of the sons of

and his brethren, of his father's house, the Korahites, were over the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the Tent; and their fathers had been over the camp of the LORD, keepers of the entry; 20and Phinehas the son of Eleazar was ruler over them in time past, the LORD being with him. "Zechariah the son of Meshelemiah was porter of the door of the tent of meeting. All these that were chosen to be porters in the gates were two hundred and twelve. These were reckoned by genealogy in their vil lages, whom David and Samuel the seer did ordain in their set office. 23So they and their children had the oversight of the gates of the house of the LORD, even the house of the Tent, by wards. On the four sides were the porters, toward the east, west, north, and south. 25And their brethren, in their villages, were to come in every seven days from time to time to be with them; for the four chief porters were in a set office. These were the Levites.

They were also over the chambers and over the treasuries in the house of God. "And they lodged round about the house of God, because the charge

thereof was upon them, and to them veth, and Zimri; and Zimri begot pertained the opening thereof morning Moza. 43And Moza begot Binea; and by morning. And certain of them Rephaiah his son, Eleasah his son, had charge of the vessels of service; Azel his son. "And Azel had six sons, for by tale were they brought in and whose names are these: Azrikam, by tale were they taken out. 29Some Bocru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and of them also were appointed over the Obadiah, and Hanan; these were the furniture, and over all the holy vessels, sons of Azel. and over the fine flour, and the wine, and the oil, and the frankincense, and the spices. 30And some of the sons of the priests prepared the confection of the spices. And Mattithiah, one of the Levites, who was the first-born of Shallum the Korahite, had the set office over the things that were baked on griddles. And some of their brethren, of the sons of the Kohathites, were over the showbread, to prepare it every sabbath.

10 Now the Philistines fought against Israel; and the men of Israel fled from before the Philistines, and fell down slain in mount Gilboa. And the Philistines followed hard after Saul and after his sons; and the Philistines slew Jonathan, and Abinadab, and Malchi-shua, the sons of Saul. And the battle went sore against Saul, and the archers overtook him; and he was in anguish by 33 And these are the singers, heads of reason of the archers. Then said fathers' houses of the Levites, who Saul unto his armour-bearer: 'Draw dwelt in the chambers and were free thy sword, and thrust me through from other service; for they were em- therewith; lest these uncircumcised ployed in their work day and night. come and make a mock of me.' But These were heads of fathers' houses his armour-bearer would not; for he of the Levites, by their generations, was sore afraid. Therefore Saul took chief men; these dwelt at Jerusalem. his sword, and fell upon it. 35And in Gibeon there dwelt the father of Gibeon, Jeiel, whose wife's name was Maacah; and his firstborn son Abdon, and Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Ner, and Nadab; and Gedor, and Ahio, and Zechariah, and Mikloth. 38 And Mikloth begot Shimeam. And they also dwelt with their brethren in Jerusalem, over against their brethren.

39 And Ner begot Kish; and Kish begot Saul; and Saul begot Jonathan, and Malchi-shua, and Abinadab, and Eshbaal. 40And the son of Jonathan was Merib-baal; and "Merib-baal begot Micah. "And the sons of Micah: Pithon, and Melech, and Taharea Land Ahaz]. And Ahaz begot Jarah; and Jarah begot Alemeth, and Azma

Heb. Meri-baal.

5And

when his armour-bearer saw that Saul was dead, he likewise fell upon his sword, and died. So Saul died, and his three sons; and all his house died together. And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley saw that [Israel] fled, and that Saul and his sons were dead, they forsook their cities, and fled; and the Philistines came and dwelt in them.

And it came to pass on the morrow, when the Philistines came to strip the slain, that they found Saul and his sons fallen in mount Gilboa. And they stripped him, and took his head, and his armour, and sent into the land of the Philistines round about, to carry the tidings unto their idols, and to the people. 10And they put his armour

b See ch. viii. 35.

in the house of their gods, and fastened therefore they called it the city of his head in the house of Dagon. "And David. And he built the city round when all Jabesh-gilead heard all that about, from Millo even round about; the Philistines had done to Saul, all and Joab repaired the rest of the city. the valiant men arose, and took away And David waxed greater and greatthe body of Saul, and the bodies of his er; for the LORD of hosts was with him. sons, and brought them to Jabesh, and buried their bones under the terebinth in Jabesh, and fasted seven days.