1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 5
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1 Chronicles 5 — Scripture text (King James Version)
Now the sons of the firstborn of , (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of the son of : and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. For prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief ruler; but the birthright was ’s:) The sons, I say, of the firstborn of were, Hanoch, and , Hezron, and . The sons of ; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, Beerah his son, whom -pilneser king of carried away captive: he was prince of the . And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and , And the son of , the son of , the son of , who dwelt in , even unto and -meon: And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river : because their cattle were multiplied in the land of . And in the days of they made war with the , who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their tents throughout all the east land of . And the children of dwelt over against them, in the land of unto : the chief, and the next, and , and in . And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, , and , and , and , and , and , and , seven. These are the children of the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of ; Ahi the son of , the son of , chief of the house of their fathers. And they dwelt in in , and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of , upon their borders. All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of king of , and in the days of king of . The sons of , and the , and half the tribe of , of valiant men, men able to buckler and , and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. And they made war with the , with , and , and . And they were helped against them, and the were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they their trust in him. And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand. For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. And the children of the half tribe of dwelt in the land: they increased from unto -hermon and , and unto . And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even , and , and , and , and , and , and , mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers. And they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God destroyed before them. And the God of stirred up the spirit of king of , and the spirit of -pilneser king of , and he carried them away, even the , and the , and the half tribe of , and brought them unto , and , and , and to the river , unto this day.