Chapter 5

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he [was] the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled¹⁵ his father's bed, his birthright was given⁸ unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned⁹⁹ after the birthright.

For Judah prevailed¹ above his brethren, and of him [came] the chief ruler; but the birthright [was] Joseph's:)

The sons, [I say], of Reuben the firstborn of Israel [were], Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son,

Beerah his son, whom Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria carried away⁵² [captive]: he [was] prince of the Reubenites.

And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned,⁹⁹ [were] the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, who dwelt⁶ in Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baalmeon:

And eastward he inhabited¹ unto the entering in² of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied¹ in the land of Gilead.

And in the days of Saul they made¹ war with the Hagarites, who fell⁴ by their hand: and they dwelt⁴ in their tents throughout all the east [land] of Gilead.

And the children of Gad dwelt¹ over against them, in the land of Bashan unto Salchah:

Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

And their brethren of the house of their fathers [were], Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

These [are] the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

And they dwelt⁴ in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon their borders.

All these were reckoned by genealogies⁹⁸ in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, of valiant men, men able to bear⁶ buckler and sword, and to shoot⁶ with bow, and skilful⁷ in war, [were] four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out⁶ to the war.

And they made⁴ war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

And they were helped¹¹ against them, and the Hagarites were delivered¹¹ into their hand, and all that [were] with them: for they cried¹ to God in the battle, and he was intreated⁹ of them; because they put their trust¹ in him.

And they took away⁴ their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men ⁵³¹⁵ an hundred thousand.

For there fell down¹ many slain, because the war [was] of God. And they dwelt⁴ in their steads until the captivity.

And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt¹ in the land: they increased¹ from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto mount Hermon.

And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, [and] heads of the house of their fathers.

And they transgressed⁴ against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring⁴ after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed⁵² before them.

And the God of Israel stirred up⁵⁵ the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tilgathpilneser king of Assyria, and he carried them away,⁵⁵ even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought⁵⁵ them unto Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.