Bible Reading Plan – Day 76

₁These are some of the descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ₂Shobal was the father of Reaiah, who was the father of Jahath, the father of Ahumai and Lahad, the ancestors of the people who lived in Zorah.

_3-4Hur was the eldest son of his father Caleb's wife Ephrath, and his descendants founded the city of Bethlehem. Hur had three sons: Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam had three sons: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and one daughter, Hazzelelponi. Penuel founded the city of Gedor, and Ezer founded Hushah.

₅Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ₆He and Naarah had four sons: Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. ₇Ashhur and Helah had three sons: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

₈Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Aharhel son of Harum.

₉There was a man named Jabez, who was the most respected member of his family. His mother had given him the name Jabez, because his birth had been very painful. ₁₀But Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Bless me, God, and give me much land. Be with me and keep me from anything evil that might cause me pain.” And God gave him what he prayed for.

₁₁Caleb, the brother of Shuhah, had a son, Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton, ₁₂who had three sons: Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the founder of the city of Nahash. The descendants of these men lived in Recah.

₁₃Kenaz had two sons, Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel also had two sons, Hathath and Meonothai. ₁₄Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen, where all the people were skilled workmen.

₁₅Caleb son of Jephunneh had three sons: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And Elah was the father of Kenaz.

₁₆Jehallelel had four sons: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

_17-18Ezrah had four sons: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, a daughter of the king of Egypt, and they had a daughter, Miriam, and two sons, Shammai and Ishbah. Ishbah founded the town of Eshtemoa. Mered also married a woman from the tribe of Judah, and they had three sons: Jered, who founded the town of Gedor; Heber, founder of the town of Soco; and Jekuthiel, founder of the town of Zanoah.

₁₉Hodiah married the sister of Naham. Their descendants founded the clan of Garm, which lived in the town of Keilah, and the clan of Maacath, which lived in the town of Eshtemoa.

₂₀Shimon had four sons: Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.

Ishi had two sons: Zoheth and Benzoheth.

₂₁Shelah was one of Judah's sons. His descendants included Er, who founded the town of Lecah; Laadah, founder of the town of Mareshah; the clan of linen weavers, who lived in the town of Beth Ashbea; ₂₂Jokim and the people who lived in the town of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who married Moabite women and then settled in Bethlehem. (These traditions are very old.) ₂₃They were potters in the service of the king and lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah.

₂₄Simeon had five sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul. ₂₅Shaul's son was Shallum, his grandson was Mibsam, and his great-grandson was Mishma. ₂₆Then from Mishma the line descended through Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei. ₂₇Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his relatives had fewer children, and the tribe of Simeon did not grow as much as the tribe of Judah did.

₂₈Down to the time of King David the descendants of Simeon lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, ₂₉Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ₃₀Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ₃₁Beth Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. ₃₂They also lived in five other places: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, ₃₃and the surrounding villages, as far south-west as the town of Baalath. These are the records which they kept of their families and of the places where they lived.

_34-38The following men were the heads of their clans:

Because their families continued to grow, ₃₉they spread out westwards almost to Gerar and pastured their sheep on the eastern side of the valley in which that city is located. ₄₀They found plenty of fertile pasture lands there in a stretch of open country that was quiet and peaceful. The people who had lived there before were Hamites.

₄₁In the time of King Hezekiah of Judah, the men named above went to Gerar and destroyed the tents and huts of the people who lived there. They drove the people out and settled there permanently because there was plenty of pasture for their sheep. ₄₂500 other members of the tribe of Simeon went east to Edom. They were led by the sons of Ishi: Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel. ₄₃There they killed the surviving Amalekites, and they have lived there ever since.

₁These are the descendants of Reuben, the eldest of Jacob's sons. (Because he had intercourse with one of his father's concubines, he lost the rights belonging to the firstborn son, and those rights were given to Joseph. ₂It was the tribe of Judah, however, that became the strongest and provided a ruler for all the tribes.) ₃Reuben, the eldest of Jacob's sons, had four sons: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

_4-6These are the descendants of Joel from generation to generation: Shemaiah, Gog, Shimei, Micah, Reaiah, Baal, and Beerah. The Assyrian emperor, Tiglath Pileser, captured Beerah, a leader of the tribe, and deported him.

₇The family records list the following clan leaders in the tribe of Reuben: Jeiel, Zechariah, ₈and Bela, the son of Azaz and grandson of Shema, of the clan of Joel. This clan lived in Aroer and in the territory from there north to Nebo and Baal Meon. ₉They had large herds in the land of Gilead, and so they occupied the land as far east as the desert that stretches all the way to the River Euphrates.

₁₀In the time of King Saul the tribe of Reuben attacked the Hagrites, killed them in battle, and occupied their land in the eastern part of Gilead.

₁₁The tribe of Gad lived to the north of Reuben in the land of Bashan as far east as Salecah. ₁₂Joel was the founder of the leading clan, and Shapham of the second most important clan. Janai and Shaphat were founders of other clans in Bashan. ₁₃The other members of the tribe belonged to the following seven clans: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber. ₁₄They were descendants of Abihail son of Huri, whose ancestors were traced back as follows: Abihail, Huri, Jaroah, Gilead, Michael, Jeshishai, Jahdo, Buz. ₁₅Ahi, the son of Abdiel and grandson of Guni, was head of these clans. ₁₆They lived in the territory of Bashan and Gilead, in the towns there and all over the pasture lands of Sharon. ₁₇(These records were compiled in the days of King Jotham of Judah and King Jeroboam II of Israel.)

₁₈In the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh there were 44,760 soldiers, well trained in the use of shields, swords, and bows. ₁₉They went to war against the Hagrite tribes of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. ₂₀They put their trust in God and prayed to him for help, and God answered their prayers and made them victorious over the Hagrites and their allies. ₂₁They captured from the enemy 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys, and took 100,000 prisoners of war. ₂₂They killed many of the enemy, because the war was God's will. And they went on living in that territory until the exile.

₂₃The people of East Manasseh settled in the territory of Bashan as far north as Baal Hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon, and their population increased greatly. ₂₄The following were the heads of their clans: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were all outstanding soldiers, well-known leaders of their clans.

₂₅But the people were unfaithful to the God of their ancestors and deserted him to worship the gods of the nations whom God had driven out of the land. ₂₆So God made Emperor Pul of Assyria (also known as Tiglath Pileser) invade their country. He deported the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and East Manasseh and settled them permanently in Halah, Habor, and Hara, and by the River Gozan.

₁Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

₂Kohath had four sons: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.

₃Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses, and one daughter, Miriam.

Aaron had four sons: Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

₄The descendants of Eleazar from generation to generation are as follows: Phinehas, Abishua, ₅Bukki, Uzzi, ₆Zerahiah, Meraioth, ₇Amariah, Ahitub, ₈Zadok, Ahimaaz, ₉Azariah, Johanan, ₁₀Azariah (the one who served in the Temple which King Solomon built in Jerusalem), ₁₁Amariah, Ahitub, ₁₂Zadok, Shallum, ₁₃Hilkiah, Azariah, ₁₄Seraiah, Jehozadak. ₁₅King Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehozadak along with the other people of Judah and Jerusalem whom the LORD sent into exile.

₁₆Levi had three sons: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ₁₇Each of them also had sons. Gershon was the father of Libni and Shimei; ₁₈Kohath was the father of Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel; ₁₉and Merari was the father of Mahli and Mushi.

₂₀These are the descendants of Gershon from generation to generation: Libni, Jahath, Zimmah, ₂₁Joah, Iddo, Zerah, Jeatherai.

₂₂These are the descendants of Kohath from generation to generation: Amminadab, Korah, Assir, ₂₃Elkanah, Ebiasaph, Assir, ₂₄Tahath, Uriel, Uzziah, Shaul.

₂₅Elkanah had two sons, Amasai and Ahimoth. ₂₆These are Ahimoth's descendants from generation to generation: Elkanah, Zophai, Nahath, ₂₇Eliab, Jeroham, Elkanah.

₂₈Samuel had two sons: Joel, the elder, and Abijah, the younger.

₂₉These are the descendants of Merari from generation to generation: Mahli, Libni, Shimei, Uzzah, ₃₀Shimea, Haggiah, Asaiah.

₃₁These are the men whom King David put in charge of the music at the place of worship in Jerusalem after the Covenant Box was moved there. ₃₂They took regular turns of duty at the Tent of the LORD's presence during the time before King Solomon built the Temple. ₃₃The family lines of those who held this office are as follows:

The clan of Kohath: Heman, the leader of the first choir, was the son of Joel. His family line went back to Jacob as follows: Heman, Joel, Samuel, ₃₄Elkanah, Jeroham, Eliel, Toah, ₃₅Zuph, Elkanah, Mahath, Amasai, ₃₆Elkanah, Joel, Azariah, Zephaniah, ₃₇Tahath, Assir, Ebiasaph, Korah, ₃₈Izhar, Kohath, Levi, Jacob.

₃₉Asaph was leader of the second choir. His family line went back to Levi as follows: Asaph, Berechiah, Shimea, ₄₀Michael, Baaseiah, Malchijah, ₄₁Ethni, Zerah, Adaiah, ₄₂Ethan, Zimmah, Shimei, ₄₃Jahath, Gershon, Levi.

₄₄Ethan of the clan of Merari was the leader of the third choir. His family line went back to Levi as follows: Ethan, Kishi, Abdi, Malluch, ₄₅Hashabiah, Amaziah, Hilkiah, ₄₆Amzi, Bani, Shemer, ₄₇Mahli, Mushi, Merari, Levi.