1 Chronicles 7 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Issachar had four sons. Their names were Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

² Tola’s sons were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Samuel. They were all leaders of their families. Those men and their descendants {\cf2\super [72]} were strong soldiers. Their families grew until by the time David was king, there were 22,600 men \{ready for war\}.

³ Uzzi’s son was Izrahiah. Izrahiah’s sons were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were leaders of their families.

⁴ Their family history shows they had 36,000 soldiers ready for war. They had a large family because they had many wives and children.

⁵ The family history shows there were 87,000 strong soldiers in all the family groups of Issachar.

⁶ Benjamin had three sons. Their names were Bela, Beker, and Jediael.

⁷ Bela had five sons. Their names were Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri. They were leaders of their families. Their family history shows they had 22,034 soldiers.

⁸ Beker’s sons were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. They all were Beker’s children.

⁹ Their family history shows who the family leaders were. And their family history also shows they had 20,200 soldiers.

¹⁰ Jediael’s son was Bilhan. Bilhan’s sons were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Kenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

¹¹ All of Jediael’s sons were leaders of their families. They had 17,200 soldiers ready for war.

¹² The Shuppites and Huppites were the descendants of Ir. Hushim was the son of Aher.

¹³ Naphtali’s sons were Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum.

¹⁴ These are Manasseh’s descendants:

¹⁵ Makir married a woman from the Huppite and Shuppite people. Makir’s sister was named Maacah. … The name of the second … was Zelophehad. Zelophehad had only daughters. {\cf2\super [75]}

¹⁶ Makir’s wife Maacah had a son. Maacah named this son Peresh. Peresh’s brother was named Sheresh. Sheresh’s sons were Ulam and Rakem.

¹⁷ Ulam’s son was Bedan.

¹⁸ Makir’s sister Hammoleketh {\cf2\super [76]} had Ishhod, Abiezer, and Mahlah.

¹⁹ Shemida’s sons were Ahian, Shechem, Likhi, and Aniam.

²⁰ These were the names of Ephraim’s descendants. {\cf2\super [77]} Ephraim’s son was Shuthelah. Shuthelah’s son was Bered. Bered’s son was Tahath.

²¹ Tahath’s son was Eleadah. Eleadah’s son was Tahath. Tahath’s son was Zabad. Zabad’s son was Shuthelah.

²² Ephraim was the father of Ezer and Elead. He cried for many days because Ezer and Elead were dead. Ephraim’s family came to comfort him.

²³ Then Ephraim had sexual relations with his wife. Ephraim’s wife became pregnant and had a son. Ephraim named this new son Beriah {\cf2\super [78]} because something bad had happened to his family.

²⁴ Ephraim’s daughter was Sheerah. Sheerah built Lower Beth Horon and Upper Beth Horon and Lower Uzzen Sheerah and Upper Uzzen Sheerah.

²⁵ Rephah was Ephraim’s son. Resheph was Rephah’s son. Telah was Resheph’s son. Tahan was Telah’s son.

²⁶ Ladan was Tahan’s son. Ammihud was Ladan’s son. Elishama was Ammihud’s son.

²⁷ Nun was Elishama’s son. Joshua was Nun’s son.

²⁸ These are the cities and lands where Ephraim’s descendants {\cf2\super [79]} lived: Bethel and the villages near it, Naaran to the east, Gezer and the villages near it on the west, and Shechem and the villages near it all the way to Ayyah and the villages near it.

²⁹ Along the borders of Manasseh’s land were the towns of Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo, and Dor, and the small towns near them. The descendants of Joseph lived in these towns. Joseph was the son of Israel. {\cf2\super [80]}

³⁰ Asher’s sons were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, and Beriah. Their sister was named Serah.

³¹ Beriah’s sons were Heber and Malkiel. Malkiel was Birzaith’s father.

³² Heber was the father of Japhlet, Shomer, Hotham, and of their sister Shua.

³³ Japhlet’s sons were Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were Japhlet’s children.

³⁴ Shomer’s sons were Ahi, Rohgah, Jehubbah, {\cf2\super [81]} and Aram.

³⁵ Shomer’s brother’s name was Helem. Helem’s sons were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

³⁶ Zophah’s sons were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

³⁷ Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran, and Beera.

³⁸ Jether’s sons were Jephunneh, Pispah, and Ara.

³⁹ Ulla’s sons were Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

⁴⁰ All these men were descendants {\cf2\super [82]} of Asher. They were leaders of their families. They were the best men. They were soldiers and great leaders. Their family history shows 26,000 soldiers ready for war.