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- The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub and Shimron--four in all.
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- The sons of Tola: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel--
- heads of their families. During the reign of David, the descendants of
- Tola listed as fighting men in their genealogy numbered 22,600.
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- The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah:
- Michael, Obadiah, Joel and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.
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- According to their family genealogy, they had 36,000 men ready for battle,
- for they had many wives and children.
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- The relatives who were fighting men belonging to all the clans of Issachar,
- as listed in their genealogy, were 87,000 in all.
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- Three sons of Benjamin: Bela, Beker and Jediael.
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- The sons of Bela: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri, heads of families--five in all.
- Their genealogical record listed 22,034 fighting men.
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- The sons of Beker: Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth,
- Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Beker.
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- Their genealogical record listed the heads of families and 20,200 fighting men.
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- The son of Jediael: Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan:
- Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.
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- All these sons of Jediael were heads of families.
- There were 17,200 fighting men ready to go out to war.
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- The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir,
- and the Hushites the descendants of Aher.
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- The sons of Naphtali: Jahziel, Guni, Jezer and Shillem--the descendants of Bilhah.
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- The descendants of Manasseh: Asriel was his descendant through
- his Aramean concubine. She gave birth to Makir the father of Gilead.
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- Makir took a wife from among the Huppites and Shuppites. His sister's name was
- Maacah. Another descendant was named Zelophehad, who had only daughters.
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- Makir's wife Maacah gave birth to a son and named him Peresh.
- His brother was named Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
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- The son of Ulam: Bedan.
- These were the sons of Gilead son of Makir, the son of Manasseh.
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- His sister Hammoleketh gave birth to Ishhod, Abiezer and Mahlah.
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- The sons of Shemida were: Ahian, Shechem, Likhi and Aniam.
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- The descendants of Ephraim: Shuthelah, Bered his son,
- Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
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- Zabad his son and Shuthelah his son. Ezer and Elead were killed by
- the native-born men of Gath, when they went down to seize their livestock.
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- Their father Ephraim mourned for them many days,
- and his relatives came to comfort him.
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- Then he lay with his wife again, and she became pregnant and gave birth to a son.
- He named him Beriah, because there had been misfortune in his family.
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- His daughter was Sheerah, who built Lower and Upper Beth Horon
- as well as Uzzen Sheerah.
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- Rephah was his son, Resheph his son, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
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- Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
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- Nun his son and Joshua his son.
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- Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages,
- Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west,
- and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.
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- Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together
- with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.
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- The sons of Asher: Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah. Their sister was Serah.
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- The sons of Beriah: Heber and Malkiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
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- Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer and Hotham and of their sister Shua.
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- The sons of Japhlet: Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were Japhlet's sons.
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- The sons of Shomer: Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah and Aram.
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- The sons of his brother Helem: Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.
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- The sons of Zophah: Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,
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- Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.
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- The sons of Jether: Jephunneh, Pispah and Ara.
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- The sons of Ulla: Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.
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- All these were descendants of Asher--
- heads of families, choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders.
- The number of men ready for battle, as listed in their genealogy, was 26,000.