He madehim kingoverGilead,overthe Ashurites,overJezreel,overEphraim,and overBenjamin,even overallIsrael.
Then Leahsaid,"Happyam I! For womenwill callme happy."So she namedhim Asher.
Ish-bosheth,Saul'sson,was fortyyearsoldwhen he becamekingoverIsrael,and he was kingfor twoyears.The houseof Judah,however,followedDavid.
It cameabout while there was warbetweenthe houseof Sauland the houseof Davidthat Abnerwas makinghimself strongin the houseof Saul.
Of the sonsof Benjamin,Saul'skinsmen,3,000;for untilnowthe greatestpartof them had kepttheir allegianceto the houseof Saul.
Of the sonsof Ephraim20,800,mightymenof valor,famousmenin their fathers'households.
"Gileadis Mine, Manassehis Mine; Ephraimalso is the helmetof My head;Judahis My scepter.
Of the sonsof Asher,their genealogicalregistrationby their families,by their fathers'households,according to the numberof names,from twentyyearsoldand upward,whoever[was able to] goout to war,
Now [this] was the territoryof the sonsof Ephraimaccording to their families:the borderof their inheritanceeastwardwas Ataroth-addar,as faras upperBeth-horon.
From Tappuahthe bordercontinuedwestwardto the brookof Kanah,and it endedat the sea.Thisis the inheritanceof the tribeof the sonsof Ephraimaccording to their families,
[together] with the citieswhich were setapartfor the sonsof Ephraimin the midstof the inheritanceof the sonsof Manasseh,allthe citieswith their villages.
Now [this] was the lotfor the tribeof Manasseh,for he was the firstbornof Joseph.To Machirthe firstbornof Manasseh,the fatherof Gilead,were allottedGileadand Bashan,becausehe was a manof war.
Now the lotof the tribeof the sonsof Benjamincameup according to their families,and the territoryof their lotlaybetweenthe sonsof Judahand the sonsof Joseph.
Moreover, the Jordanwas its borderon the eastside.This[was] the inheritanceof the sonsof Benjamin,according to their families[and] according to its bordersallaround.
Their territorywas to Jezreeland [included] Chesullothand Shunem,
The sonsof Reubenand the sonsof Gadand the half-tribeof Manassehreturned[home] and departedfrom the sonsof Israelat Shilohwhichis in the landof Canaan,to goto the landof Gilead,to the landof their possessionwhichthey had possessed,accordingto the commandof the LORDthroughMoses.
So the Asheriteslivedamongthe Canaanites,the inhabitantsof the land;for they did not drivethem out.
Now the Philistinesgatheredtogether alltheir armiesto Aphek,while the Israeliteswere campingby the springwhichis in Jezreel.
