Bible in 90 Days

1 Adam, Shet, Enosh, ² Keinan, Mahalal’el, Yered, ³ Hanokh, Metushelach, Lemekh, ⁴ Noach; Shem, Ham and Yefet.

⁵ The sons of Yefet: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Yavan, Tuval, Meshekh and Tiras. ⁶ The sons of Gomer: Ashkenaz, Difat and Togarmah. ⁷ The sons of Yavan: Elishah, Tarshishah, Kittim and Rodanim.

⁸ The sons of Ham: Kush, Mitzrayim, Put and Kena‘an. ⁹ The sons of Kush: S’va, Havilah, Savta, Ra‘ma and Savt’kha. The sons of Ra‘ma: Sh’va and D’dan. ¹⁰ Kush fathered Nimrod, who was the first powerful ruler on earth. ¹¹ Mitzrayim fathered Ludim, ‘Anamim, L’havim, Naftuchim, ¹² Patrusim, Kasluchim (from whom came the P’lishtim) and Kaftorim. ¹³ Kena‘an was the father of Tzidon his firstborn, and also of Het, ¹⁴ the Y’vusi, the Emori, the Girgashi, ¹⁵ the Hivi, the ‘Arki, the Sini, ¹⁶ the Arvadi, the Tz’mari and the Hamati.

¹⁷ The sons of Shem: ‘Elam, Ashur, Arpakhshad, Lud, Aram, ‘Utz, Hul, Geter and Meshekh. ¹⁸ Arpakhshad fathered Shelach, Shelach fathered ‘Ever, ¹⁹ and to ‘Ever were born two sons: the name of one was Peleg [division], because it was during his lifetime that the earth was divided; and his brother’s name was Yoktan.

²⁰ Yoktan fathered Almodad, Shelef, Hatzar-Mavet, Yerach, ²¹ Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²² ‘Eival, Avima’el, Sh’va, ²³ Ofir, Havilah and Yovav; these were all sons of Yoktan.

²⁴ Shem, Arpakhshad, Shelach, ²⁵ ‘Ever, Peleg, Re‘u, ²⁶ S’rug, Nachor, Terach, ²⁷ Avram (also called Avraham).

²⁸ The sons of Avraham: Yitz’chak and Yishma‘el. ²⁹ Here are their descendants: Yishma‘el’s firstborn N’vayot; then Kedar, Adbe’el, Mivsam, ³⁰ Mishma, Dumah, Masa, Hadad, Teima, ³¹ Y’tur, Nafish and Kedem. These are the sons of Yishma‘el.

³² The sons of K’turah Avraham’s concubine: she bore Zimran, Yokshan, Medan, Midyan, Yishbak and Shuach. The sons of Yokshan: Sh’va and D’dan. ³³ The sons of Midyan: ‘Eifah, ‘Efer, Hanokh, Avida and Elda‘ah. These were all descendants of K’turah.

³⁴ Avraham fathered Yitz’chak. The sons of Yitz’chak: ‘Esav and Isra’el. ³⁵ The sons of ‘Esav: Elifaz, Re‘u’el, Ye‘ush, Ya‘lam and Korach. ³⁶ The sons of Elifaz: Teman, Omar, Tzefi, Ga‘tam, K’naz, Timna and ‘Amalek. ³⁷ The sons of Re‘u’el: Nachat, Zerach, Shamah and Mizah.

³⁸ The sons of Se‘ir: Lotan, Shoval, Tziv‘on, ‘Anah, Dishon, Etzer and Dishan. ³⁹ The sons of Lotan: Hori and Homam; the sister of Lotan was Timna. ⁴⁰ The sons of Shoval: ‘Alyan, Manachat, ‘Eival, Sh’fi and Onam. The sons of Tziv‘on: Ayah and ‘Anah. ⁴¹ The son of ‘Anah: Dishon. The sons of Dishon: Hamran, Eshban, Yitran and K’ran. ⁴² The sons of Etzer: Bilhan, Za‘avan and Ya‘akan. The sons of Dishan: ‘Utz and Aran.

⁴³ Following are the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the people of Isra’el: Bela the son of B‘or; the name of his city was Dinhavah. ⁴⁴ After Bela died, Yovav the son of Zerach from Botzrah took his place as king. ⁴⁵ After Yovav died, Husham from the land of the Temani took his place as king. ⁴⁶ After Husham died, Hadad the son of B’dad, who attacked Midyan on the plains of Mo’av, took his place as king; the name of his city was ‘Avit. ⁴⁷ After Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah took his place as king. ⁴⁸ After Samlah died, Sha’ul from Rechovot-by-the-River took his place as king. ⁴⁹ After Sha’ul died, Ba‘al-Hanan the son of ‘Akhbor took his place as king. ⁵⁰ After Ba‘al-Hanan died, Hadad took his place as king; the name of his city was Pa‘i; his wife’s name was M’heitav’el the daughter of Matred the daughter of Mei-Zahav. ⁵¹ Then Hadad died.

The chieftains of Edom were: the chieftains of Timnah, ‘Alvah, Y’tet, ⁵² Oholivamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³ Kenaz, Teman, Mivtzar, ⁵⁴ Magdi’el and ‘Iram. These were the chieftains of Edom.

2 These are the sons of Isra’el: Re’uven, Shim‘on, Levi, Y’hudah, Yissakhar, Z’vulun, ² Dan, Yosef, Binyamin, Naftali, Gad and Asher.

³ The sons of Y’hudah: ‘Er, Onan and Shelah; the mother of these three was Bat-Shua the Kena‘anit. ‘Er, Y’hudah’s firstborn, was wicked from Adonai’s perspective, so he killed him. ⁴ Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Peretz and Zerach; thus Y’hudah had five sons altogether.

⁵ The sons of Peretz: Hetzron and Hamul. ⁶ The sons of Zerach: Zimri, Eitan, Heiman, Kalkol and Dara — five of them altogether. ⁷ The sons of Karmi: ‘Akhar [troubler], who troubled Isra’el by violating the rule concerning things set aside to be destroyed. ⁸ The son of Eitan: ‘Azaryah.

⁹ The sons born to Hetzron: Yerachme’el, Ram and K’luvai. ¹⁰ Ram fathered ‘Amminadav; ‘Amminadav fathered Nachshon prince of the descendants of Y’hudah; ¹¹ Nachshon fathered Salma; Salma fathered Bo‘az; ¹² Bo‘az fathered ‘Oved; ‘Oved fathered Yishai; ¹³ and Yishai fathered Eli’av his firstborn, Avinadav second, Shim‘a third, ¹⁴ N’tan’el fourth, Radai fifth, ¹⁵ Otzem sixth, David seventh, ¹⁶ and their sisters Tz’ruyah and Avigayil. The sons of Tz’ruyah: Avshai, Yo’av and ‘Asah’el, three of them. ¹⁷ Avigayil was the mother of ‘Amasa; the father of ‘Amasa was Yeter the Yishma‘eli.

¹⁸ Kalev the son of Hetzron fathered sons with ‘Azuvah his wife (and with Yeri‘ot); these were her sons: Yesher, Shovav and Ardon. ¹⁹ After ‘Azuvah died, Kalev married Efrat, who bore him Hur. ²⁰ Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered B’tzal’el. ²¹ Afterwards, Hetzron had sexual relations with the daughter of Machir the father of Gil‘ad; he married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him S’guv. ²² S’guv fathered Ya’ir, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gil‘ad. ²³ (But G’shur and Aram took Havot-Ya’ir away from them, along with K’nat and its villages — sixty cities.) All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gil‘ad.

²⁴ After Hetzron died in Kalev-Efratah, Aviyah Hetzron’s wife bore him Ash’chur the father of T’koa.

²⁵ The sons of Yerachme’el Hetzron’s firstborn: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Otzem and Achiyah. ²⁶ Yerachme’el had another wife, whose name was ‘Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. ²⁷ The sons of Ram the firstborn son of Yerachme’el: Ma‘atz, Yamin and ‘Eker. ²⁸ The sons of Onam: Shamai and Yada. The sons of Shamai: Nadav and Avishur. ²⁹ Avishur’s wife was named Avichayil, and she bore him Achban and Molid. ³⁰ The sons of Nadav: Seled and Apayim. Seled died without having any children. ³¹ The son of Apayim: Yish‘i. The son of Yish‘i: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Achlai. ³² The sons of Yada the brother of Shamai: Yeter and Yonatan. Yeter died without having any children. ³³ The sons of Yonatan: Pelet and Zaza. These were the descendants of Yerachme’el.

³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Yarcha; ³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Yarcha his servant, and she bore him ‘Atai. ³⁶ ‘Atai fathered Natan, Natan fathered Zavad, ³⁷ Zavad fathered Eflal, Eflal fathered ‘Oved, ³⁸ ‘Oved fathered Yehu, Yehu fathered ‘Azaryah, ³⁹ ‘Azaryah fathered Heletz, Heletz fathered El‘asah, ⁴⁰ El‘asah fathered Sismai, Sismai fathered Shalum, ⁴¹ Shalum fathered Y’kamyah and Y’kamyah fathered Elishama.

⁴² The sons of Kalev the brother of Yerachme’el: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Zif; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hevron. ⁴³ The sons of Hevron: Korach, Tapuach, Rekem and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema fathered Racham the father of Yorke‘am, and Rekem fathered Shamai. ⁴⁵ The son of Shamai was Ma‘on, and Ma‘on was the father of Beit-Tzur. ⁴⁶ ‘Eifah, Kalev’s concubine, bore Haran, Motza and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez. ⁴⁷ The sons of Yahdai: Regem, Yotam, Geshan, Pelet, ‘Eifah and Sha‘af. ⁴⁸ Ma‘akhah, Kalev’s concubine, bore Shever and Tirchanah. ⁴⁹ [The wife of] Sha‘af the father of Madmanah bore Sh’va the father of Machbenah and the father of Giv‘a. The daughter of Kalev was ‘Akhsah. ⁵⁰ These were the descendants of Kalev.

The sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah: Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye‘arim, ⁵¹ Salma the father of Beit-Lechem and Haref the father of Beit-Gader. ⁵² Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye‘arim had sons: HaRo’eh and half of the [inhabitants of] M’nuchot. ⁵³ The families of Kiryat-Ye‘arim: the Yitri, the Puti, the Shumati and the Mishra‘i; from them came the Tzor‘ati and the Eshta’uli. ⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Beit-Lechem, the N’tofati, ‘Atrot-Beit-Yo’av, half of the Manachati, the Tzor‘i, ⁵⁵ the families of scribes that lived in Ya‘betz, the Tir‘atim, the Shim‘atim and the Sukhatim. These are the Kinim, who came from Hamat, father of the house of Rekhav.

3 These were the sons born to David in Hevron: the firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Achino‘am from Yizre‘el; the second, Dani’el, whose mother was Avigayil from Karmel; ² the third, Avshalom, the son of Ma‘akhah the daughter of Talmai king of G’shur; the fourth, Adoniyah the son of Haggit; ³ the fifth, Sh’fatyah, whose mother was Avital; and the sixth, Yitre‘am, whose mother was his wife ‘Eglah. ⁴ Six were born to David in Hevron. He ruled there seven years and six months; then he ruled in Yerushalayim thirty-three years.

⁵ These were born to him in Yerushalayim: Shim‘a, Shovav, Natan, Shlomo, four whose mother was Bat-Shua the daughter of ‘Ammi’el; ⁶ and nine others — Yivchar, Elishama, Elifelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nefeg, Yafia, ⁸ Elishama, Elyada and Elifelet. ⁹ All these were sons of David, apart from the sons of the concubines; Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰ Shlomo’s son was Rechav‘am, his son Aviyah, his son Asa, his son Y’hoshafat, ¹¹ his son Yoram, his son Achazyah, his son Yo’ash, ¹² his son Amatzyah, his son ‘Azaryah, his son Yotam, ¹³ his son Achaz, his son Hizkiyahu, his son M’nasheh, ¹⁴ his son Amon and his son Yoshiyahu. ¹⁵ The sons of Yoshiyahu: Yochanan the firstborn, Y’hoyakim the second, Tzedekyah the third, and Shalum the fourth. ¹⁶ The sons of Y’hoyakim: Y’khonyah his son, and Tzedekyah his son. ¹⁷ The sons of Y’khonyah, also called Asir: Sh’alti’el his son; ¹⁸ also Malkiram, P’dayah, Shen’atzar, Y’kamyah, Hoshama and N’davyah. ¹⁹ The sons of P’dayah: Z’rubavel and Shim‘i. The children of Z’rubavel: Meshulam, Hananyah and Shlomit their sister; ²⁰ also Hashuvah, Ohel, Berekhyah, Hasadyah and Yushav-Hesed — five. ²¹ The sons of Hananyah: P’latyah and Yesha‘yah. His son was Refayah. His son was Arnan. His son was ‘Ovadyah. And his son was Sh’khanyah. ²² The sons of Sh’khanyah: Sh’ma‘yah and the sons of Sh’ma‘yah — Hatush, Yig’al, Bariach, Ne‘aryah and Shafat — six. ²³ The sons of Ne‘aryah: Elyo‘einai, Hizkiyah and ‘Azrikam — three. ²⁴ The sons of Elyo‘einai: Hodavyahu, Elyashiv, P’layah, ‘Akuv, Yochanan, D’layah and ‘Anani — seven.

4 The descendants of Y’hudah: Peretz, Hetzron, Karmi, Hur and Shoval. ² Re’ayah the son of Shoval fathered Yachat; Yachat fathered Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor‘ati. ³ These are [the sons] of the father of ‘Eitam: Yizre‘el, Yishma and Yidbash; their sister’s name was Hatzlelponi. ⁴ P’nu’el fathered Geder, and ‘Ezer fathered Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.

⁵ Ashur the father of T’koa had two wives, Hel’ah and Na‘arah. ⁶ Na‘arah bore him Achuzam, Hefer, Teimni and Achashtari; these were the sons of Na‘arah. ⁷ The sons of Hel’ah were Tzeret, Tzochar and Etnan. ⁸ Kotz fathered ‘Anuv, Tzovevah and the families of Acharchel the son of Harum. ⁹ Ya‘betz was honored more than his brothers; his mother called him Ya‘betz, she explained, “because I bore him in pain ^[a].” ¹⁰ Ya‘betz called on the God of Isra’el: “Please bless me by enlarging my territory. May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm, so that it will not cause me pain ^[b].” God granted his request.

¹¹ K’luv the brother of Shuchah fathered M’chir, who fathered Eshton. ¹² Eshton fathered Beit-Rafa, Paseach and T’chinah the father of ‘Ir-Nachash. These are the men of Rekhah.

¹³ The sons of K’naz: ‘Otni’el and S’rayah. The son of ‘Otni’el: Hatat. ¹⁴ M‘onotai fathered ‘Ofrah, and S’rayah fathered Yo’av the father of Gei-Harashim; for they were craftsmen ^[c].

¹⁵ The sons of Kalev the son of Y’funeh: ‘Iru, Elah and Na‘am. The son of Elah: K’naz. ¹⁶ The sons of Yehallel’el: Zif, Zifah, Tirya and Asar’el. ^17-18 The sons of ‘Ezrah: Yeter, Mered, ‘Efer and Yalon. These are the sons of Bityah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took as his wife: she conceived Miryam, Shamai and Yishbach the father of Esht’moa; while his Jewish wife bore Yered the father of G’dor, Hever the father of Sokho and Y’kuti’el the father of Zanoach.

¹⁹ The sons of the wife of Hodiyah the sister of Nacham were the father of Ke‘ilah the Garmi and Esht’moa the Ma‘akhati. ²⁰ The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. The sons of Yish‘i: Zochet and Ben-Zochet.

²¹ The sons of Shelah the son of Y’hudah: ‘Er the father of Lekha, La‘adah the father of Mareshah and the clans of fine-linen-workers at Beit-Ashbea, ²² Yokim, the men of Kozeva, Saraf the ruler in Mo’av, and Yashuvi-Lechem (the records are ancient). ²³ These were potters and inhabitants of N’ta‘im and G’derah; they lived there, occupied with the king’s work.

²⁴ The sons of Shim‘on: N’mu’el, Yamin, Yariv, Zerach and Sha’ul. ²⁵ His son was Shalum, his son was Mivsam, and his son was Mishma. ²⁶ The descendants of Mishma: his son Hamu’el, his son Zakur, his son Shim‘i. ²⁷ Shim‘i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase like those of Y’hudah. ²⁸ They lived at Be’er-Sheva, Moladah, Hatzar-Shu‘al, ²⁹ Bilhah, ‘Etzem, Tolad, ³⁰ B’tu’el, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹ Beit-Markavot, Hatzar-Susim, Beit-Bir’i and Sha‘arayim. These were their cities until the reign of David. ³² Their villages were ‘Eitam, ‘Ayin, Rimmon, Tokhen and ‘Ashan, five cities, ³³ along with all the villages surrounding these cities, as far as Ba‘al. These are the places where they lived, and they have their official genealogy. ³⁴ Meshovav, Yamlekh, Yoshah the son of Amatzyah, ³⁵ Yo’el, Yehu the son of Yoshivyah the son of S’rayah the son of ‘Asi’el, ³⁶ Elyo‘einai, Ya‘akovah, Y’shochayah, ‘Asayah, ‘Adi’el, Y’simi’el, B’nayah, ³⁷ Ziza the son of Shif‘i the son of Alon the son of Y’da‘yah the son of Shimri the son of Sh’ma‘yah — ³⁸ these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. ³⁹ Seeking pasture for their flocks they went to the entrance of Geder, as far as the east side of the valley. ⁴⁰ They found rich, good pastures; and the land was spacious, quiet and peaceful. Those who had lived there previously belonged to Ham. ⁴¹ Those whose names are written above came during the time of Hizkiyahu king of Y’hudah; they attacked their tents and the Me‘unim who were found there, destroyed them completely, and have lived there in place of them to this day; because there was pasture there for their flocks. ⁴² Some 500 of them who were descendants of Shim‘on went to Mount Se‘ir under the leadership of P’latyah, Ne‘aryah, Refayah and Uzi’el the sons of Yish‘i. ⁴³ They attacked the remnant of ‘Amalek who had escaped and have lived there to this day.

5 The sons of Re’uven the firstborn of Isra’el — he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father’s bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosef the son of Isra’el, though not in such a way as for him to be regarded in the genealogy as the firstborn. ² For Y’hudah became greater than his brothers, inasmuch as the ruler came from him; nevertheless, the birthright went to Yosef. ³ So these are the sons of Re’uven the firstborn of Isra’el: Hanokh, Pallu, Hetzron and Karmi.

⁴ The descendants of Yo’el: his son Sh’ma‘yah, his son Gog, his son Shim‘i, ⁵ his son Mikhah, his son Re‘ayah, his son Ba‘al, ⁶ and his son Be’erah. Tilgat-Piln’eser king of Ashur carried him away captive; he was leader of the Re’uveni. ⁷ His brothers, by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records were: Ye‘i’el the leader, Z’kharyah ⁸ and Bela the son of ‘Azaz the son of Sh’ma the son of Yo’el. He lived in ‘Aro‘er, with territory extending to N’vo and Ba‘al-M‘on; ⁹ while to the east he occupied territory that extended to the beginning of the desert as one comes from the Euphrates River; because their cattle multiplied in the land of Gil‘ad. ¹⁰ In the time of Sha’ul they went to war with the Hagri’im; after defeating them they occupied their tents throughout all the territory east of Gil‘ad.

¹¹ The descendants of Gad lived across from them, in the territory from Bashan to Salkhah: ¹² Yo’el was the leader, Shafam second, then Yanai and Shafat in Bashan. ¹³ The houses of their fathers’ brothers were: Mikha’el, Meshulam, Sheva, Yorai, Ya‘kan, Zia and ‘Ever — seven altogether. ¹⁴ These are the sons of Avichayil the son of Huri the son of Yaroach the son of Gil‘ad the son of Mikha’el the son of Yeshishai the son of Yachdo the son of Buz; ¹⁵ Achi the son of ‘Avdi’el the son of Guni was leader of their fathers’ house. ¹⁶ They lived in Gil‘ad, in Bashan, in its towns and in all the pasture lands of the plain as far as their borders. ¹⁷ All these were listed in genealogies during the times of Yotam king of Y’hudah and Yarov‘am king of Isra’el.

¹⁸ The descendants of Re’uven, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M’nasheh included 44,760 brave men who were available for warfare, able to take up shield and sword, shoot with the bow, or make use of other war skills. ¹⁹ These made war with the Hagri’im, Y’tur, Nafish and Nodav. ²⁰ They received help against them, so that the Hagri’im and all who were allied with them suffered defeat at their hands; because they cried out to God while they were fighting, and he did as they requested, because they put their trust in him. ²¹ From their livestock they carried off 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep and 2,000 donkeys; they also took captive 100,000 persons. ²² Many were slaughtered, because the war was of God, and they lived in their territory until the captivity.

²³ The descendants of the half-tribe of M’nasheh lived and increased in the territory from Bashan to Ba‘al-Hermon, S’nir and Mount Hermon. ²⁴ The leaders of their fathers’ houses were: ‘Efer, Yish‘i, Eli’el, ‘Azri’el, Yirmeyah, Hodavyah and Yachdi’el, strong, brave, famous men, leaders of their fathers’ houses. ²⁵ But they broke faith with the God of their ancestors and prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed ahead of them. ²⁶ So the God of Isra’el stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Ashur and the spirit of Tilgat-Piln’eser king of Ashur; and he carried them away as captives — the Re’uveni, the Gadi and the half-tribe of M’nasheh — and brought them to Halach, Havor, Hara and to the Gozan River, where they are to this day.

^27 (6:1) The sons of Levi: Gershon, K’hat and M’rari. ^28 (6:2) The sons of K’hat: ‘Amram, Yitz’har, Hevron and ‘Uzi’el. ^29 (6:3) The children of ‘Amram: Aharon, Moshe and Miryam. The sons of Aharon: Nadav, Avihu, El‘azar and Itamar. ^30 (6:4) El‘azar fathered Pinchas, Pinchas fathered Avishua, ^31 (6:5) Avishua fathered Buki, Buki fathered ‘Uzi, ^32 (6:6) ‘Uzi fathered Z’rachyah, Z’rachyah fathered M’rayot, ^33 (6:7) M’rayot fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, ^34 (6:8) Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Achima‘atz, ^35 (6:9) Achima‘atz fathered ‘Azaryah, ‘Azaryah fathered Yochanan, ^36 (6:10) and Yochanan fathered ‘Azaryah. He functioned as cohen in the house that Shlomo built in Yerushalayim. ^37 (6:11) ‘Azaryah fathered Amaryah, Amaryah fathered Achituv, ^38 (6:12) Achituv fathered Tzadok, Tzadok fathered Shalum, ^39 (6:13) Shalum fathered Hilkiyah, Hilkiyah fathered ‘Azaryah, ^40 (6:14) ‘Azaryah fathered S’rayah, S’rayah fathered Y’hotzadak, ^41 (6:15) and Y’hotzadak went into captivity when Adonai carried Y’hudah and Yerushalayim away at the hands of N’vukhadnetzar.

6 ⁽¹⁶⁾ The sons of Levi: Gershom, K’hat and M’rari. ^2 (17) These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Livni and Shim‘i. ^3 (18) The sons of K’hat: ‘Amram, Yitz’har, Hevron and ‘Uzi’el. ^4 (19) The sons of M’rari: Machli and Mushi.

These are the families of the L’vi’im according to father’s clans: ^5 (20) [The descendants] of Gershom: his son Livni, his son Yachat, his son Zimah, ^6 (21) his son Yo’ach, his son ‘Iddo, his son Zerach, his son Ye’atrai.

^7 (22) The descendants of K’hat: his son ‘Amminadav, his son Korach, his son Asir, ^8 (23) his son Elkanah, his son Evyasaf, his son Asir, ^9 (24) his son Tachat, his son Uri’el, his son ‘Uziyah and his son Sha’ul. ^10 (25) The sons of Elkanah: ‘Amasai and Achimot. ^11 (26) As for Elkanah, the sons of Elkanah: his son Tzofai, his son Nachat, ^12 (27) his son Eli’av, his son Yerocham and his son Elkanah. ^13 (28) The sons of Sh’mu’el: Vashni the firstborn, then Aviyah.

^14 (29) The descendants of M’rari: Machli, his son Livni, his son Shim‘i, his son ‘Uzah, ^15 (30) his son Shim‘a, his son Hagiyah and his son ‘Asayah. ^16 (31) David appointed them to be in charge of the service of song in the house of Adonai after the ark had found a permanent resting place. ^17 (32) They served as singers before the tabernacle of the tent of meeting, until Shlomo had built the house of Adonai in Yerushalayim; and they carried out their tasks in a prescribed order.

^18 (33) Those who carried out these tasks and their descendants were — starting with descendants of the K’hati — Heman the singer, the son of Yo’el the son of Sh’mu’el, ^19 (34) the son of Elkanah, the son of Yerocham, the son of Eli’el, the son of Toach, ^20 (35) the son of Tzuf, the son of Elkanah, the son of Machat, the son of ‘Amasai, ^21 (36) the son of Elkanah, the son of Yo’el, the son of ‘Azaryah, the son of Tz’fanyah, ^22 (37) the son of Tachat, the son of Asir, the son of Evyasaf, the son of Korach, ^23 (38) the son of Yitz’har, the son of K’hat, the son of Levi, the son of Isra’el.

^24 (39) His brother Asaf, who stood on his right, was Asaf the son of Berekhyah, the son of Shim‘a, ^25 (40) the son of Mikha’el, the son of Ba‘aseyah, the son of Malkiyah, ^26 (41) the son of Etni, the son of Zerach the son of ‘Adayah, ^27 (42) the son of Eitan, the son of Zimah, the son of Shim‘i, ^28 (43) the son of Yachat, the son of Gershom, the son of Levi.

^29 (44) On the left were their kinsmen the descendants of M’rari: Eitan the son of Kishi, the son of ‘Avdi, the son of Malukh, ^30 (45) the son of Hashavyah, the son of Amatzyah, the son of Hilkiyah, ^31 (46) the son of Amtzi, the son of Bani, the son of Shemer, ^32 (47) the son of Machli, the son of Mushi, the son of M’rari, the son of Levi.

^33 (48) Their kinsmen the L’vi’im were put in charge of all the service of the tabernacle of the house of God.

^34 (49) But Aharon and his sons were the ones who offered on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense for all the service of the Especially Holy Place and to make atonement for Isra’el, in keeping with all that Moshe the servant of God had ordered to be done. ^35 (50) These are the descendants of Aharon: his son El‘azar, his son Pinchas, his son Avishua, ^36 (51) his son Buki, his son ‘Uzi, his son Z’rachyah, ^37 (52) his son M’rayot, his son Amaryah, his son Achituv, ^38 (53) his son Tzadok and his son Achima‘atz.

^39 (54) These were the settlements of the descendants of Aharon according to the territories assigned them: to the descendants of Aharon, of the clans of the K’hati — for the first lot fell to them — ^40 (55) they gave Hevron in the land of Y’hudah with the open land surrounding it, ^41 (56) but the fields and the dependent villages of the city they gave to Kalev the son of Y’funeh. ^42 (57) To the descendants of Aharon they gave the city of refuge Hevron, also Livnah with its surrounding open land, Yatir, Esht’moa with its surrounding open land, ^43 (58) Hilen with its surrounding open land, D’vir with its surrounding open land, ^44 (59) ‘Ashan with its surrounding open land, Beit-Shemesh with its surrounding open land; ^45 (60) and out of the tribe of Binyamin: Geva with its surrounding open land, ‘Alemet with its surrounding open land and ‘Anatot with its surrounding open land. All the cities for all their clans amounted to thirteen cities.

^46 (61) The rest of the descendants of K’hat were assigned by lot, clan by clan, ten cities from the half-tribe of M’nasheh. ^47 (62) The descendants of Gershom were assigned, clan by clan, thirteen cities from the tribes of Yissakhar, Asher, Naftali and M’nasheh in Bashan. ^48 (63) To the descendants of M’rari were assigned by lot, clan by clan, twelve cities from the tribes of Re’uven, Gad and Z’vulun. ^49 (64) So the people of Isra’el gave the L’vi’im these cities with the surrounding open land. ^50 (65) From the tribes of the descendants of Y’hudah, Shim‘on and Binyamin they assigned these cities mentioned by name.

^51 (66) Some of the clans of the descendants of K’hat were given cities in territory from the tribe of Efrayim. ^52 (67) They gave them the city of refuge Sh’khem in the hills of Efrayim with the surrounding open land, also Gezer with the surrounding open land, ^53 (68) Yokme‘am with the surrounding open land, Beit-Horon with the surrounding open land, ^54 (69) Ayalon with the surrounding open land, and Gat-Rimmon with the surrounding open land; ^55 (70) and out of the half-tribe of M’nasheh: ‘Aner with the surrounding open land and Bil‘am with the surrounding open land, for the rest of the clans of the descendants of K’hat.

^56 (71) The descendants of Gershom were given, from the clans of the half-tribe of M’nasheh: Golan in Bashan with the surrounding open land and ‘Ashtarot with the surrounding open land; ^57 (72) and from the tribe of Yissakhar: Kedesh with the surrounding open land, Davrat with the surrounding open land, ^58 (73) Ramot with the surrounding open land and ‘Anem with the surrounding open land; ^59 (74) and from the tribe of Asher: Mashal with the surrounding open land, ‘Avdon with the surrounding open land, ^60 (75) Hukok with the surrounding open land and Rechov with the surrounding open land; ^61 (76) and from the tribe of Naftali: Kedesh in the Galil with the surrounding open land, Hamon with the surrounding open land and Kiryatayim with the surrounding open land.

^62 (77) To the rest [of the L’vi’im], the descendants of M’rari, were given, from the tribe of Z’vulun: Rimmono with the surrounding open land and Tavor with the surrounding open land; ^63 (78) and beyond the Yarden at Yericho, on the east side of the Yarden, they were given, from the tribe of Re’uven: Betzer in the desert with the surrounding open land, Yahatz with the surrounding open land, ^64 (79) K’demot with the surrounding open land and Mefa‘at with the surrounding open land; ^65 (80) and from the tribe of Gad: Ramot in Gil‘ad with the surrounding open land, Machanayim with the surrounding open land, ^66 (81) Heshbon with the surrounding open land and Ya‘zer with the surrounding open land.

7 The sons of Yissakhar were: Tola, Pu’ah, Yashuv and Shimron — four.

² The sons of Tola were: ‘Uzi, Refayah, Yeri’el, Yachmai, Yivsam and Sh’mu’el. They were heads of their fathers’ clans, descended from Tola; they were strong, brave men in their generations. In the time of David they numbered 22,600.

³ The son of ‘Uzi was Yizrachyah, and the sons of Yizrachyah were: Mikha’el, ‘Ovadyah, Yo’el and Yishiyah — five, all of them leaders. ⁴ With them, by their generations, in their fathers’ clans, were army troops organized for war, 36,000 of them, because they had many women and children. ⁵ Their kinsmen among all the clans of Yissakhar, strong, brave men, numbered 87,000, listed in genealogical records.

⁶ [The sons of] Binyamin were: Bela, Bekher and Y’dia‘el — three.

⁷ The sons of Bela were: Etzbon, ‘Uzi, ‘Uzi’el, Yerimot and ‘Iri — five; they were leaders of fathers’ clans, strong, brave men. They numbered 22,034, listed in genealogical records.

⁸ The sons of Bekher were: Z’mirah, Yo’ash, Eli‘ezer, Elyo‘enai, ‘Omri, Yeremot, Aviyah, ‘Anatot and ‘Alemet; all these were sons of Bekher. ⁹ Listed in genealogical records by generations under leaders of fathers’ clans, who were strong, brave men, were 20,200.

¹⁰ The son of Y’dia‘el was Bilhan. The sons of Bilhan were: Ye‘ush, Binyamin, Ehud, Kena‘anah, Zeitan, Tarshish and Achishachar. ¹¹ All these were descendants of Y’dia‘el, leaders of their fathers’ clans, who were brave, strong men; they numbered 17,200, all fit to fight with the army.

¹² [More descendants of Binyamin:] Shupim, Hupim, the sons of ‘Ir.

Hushim, the son of another [of Isra’el’s sons, namely, Dan].

¹³ The sons of Naftali were: Yachtzi’el, Guni, Yetzer, Shalum, the sons of Bilhah.

¹⁴ The descendants of M’nasheh: his concubine the woman from Aram bore Makhir the father of Gil‘ad; Asri’el [Gil‘ad’s son] was descended from her. ¹⁵ Makhir’s wife was from the families of Hupim and Shupim, and his sister’s name was Ma‘akhah. M’nasheh’s second son was Tz’lof’chad, and Tz’lof’chad had daughters. ¹⁶ Ma‘akhah the wife of Makhir bore a son whom she named Peresh, the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rekem. ¹⁷ The son of Ulam was B’dan. These were the descendants of Gil‘ad the son of Makhir the son of M’nasheh. ¹⁸ His sister Hammolekhet [the governor] bore Ish-Hod, Avi‘ezer and Machlah. ¹⁹ The sons of Sh’mida were Achyan, Sh’khem, Lik’chi and Ani‘am.

²⁰ The descendants of Efrayim were: Shutelach, his son Bered, his son Tachat, his son El‘adah, his son Tachat, ²¹ his son Zavad and his son Shutelach; also ‘Ezer and El‘ad, whom the men of Gat born in the land killed when they came down to raid their cattle. ²² Efrayim their father mourned for a long time, and his kinsmen came to comfort him. ²³ Then he had sexual relations with his wife, and she conceived and bore a son whom he called B’ri‘ah [in calamity], because his household had suffered a calamity. ²⁴ His daughter was She’erah, who built upper and lower Beit-Horon and Uzen-She’erah. ²⁵ Refach was his son, and Reshef, then his son Telach, his son Tachan ²⁶ his son La‘dan, his son ‘Ammihud, his son Elishama, ²⁷ his son Nun and his son Y’hoshua.

²⁸ Their possessions and settlements were Beit-El with its towns; Na‘aran to the east; and to the west, Gezer with its towns; also Sh’khem with its towns, as far as ‘Ayah and its towns; ²⁹ and, near the territory of the descendants of M’nasheh, Beit-Sh’an with its towns, Ta‘nakh with its towns, Megiddo with its towns and Dor with its towns. In these places lived the descendants of Yosef the son of Isra’el.

³⁰ The children of Asher were: Yimnah, Yishvah, Yishvi, B’ri‘ah and their sister Serach. ³¹ The sons of B’ri‘ah were: Hever and Malki’el, who fathered Birzayit. ³² Hever fathered Yaflet, Shomer, Hotam and their sister Shua. ³³ The sons of Yaflet were: Pasakh, Bimhal and ‘Ashvat; these were the sons of Yaflet. ³⁴ The sons of Shemer were: Achi, Rohgah, Hubah and Aram. ³⁵ The sons of his brother Helem were: Zofach, Yimnah, Shelesh and ‘Amal. ³⁶ The sons of Zofach were: Suach, Harnefer, Shu‘al, Beri, Yimrah, ³⁷ Betzer, Hod, Shama, Shilshah, Yitran and Be’era. ³⁸ The sons of Yeter were: Y’funeh, Pispah and Ara. ³⁹ The sons of ‘Ula were: Arach, Hani’el and Ritzya. ⁴⁰ All these were descendants of Asher, leaders of their fathers’ clans, elite, strong, brave men, the most important of the princes. Those fit for battle service, listed in genealogies, numbered 26,000 men.

8 Binyamin fathered Bela his firstborn son; his second, Ashbel; his third, Achrach; ² his fourth, Nochah; and his fifth, Rafa. ³ Bela had sons: Adar, Gera, Avihud, ⁴ Avishua, Na‘aman, Achoach, ⁵ Gera, Sh’fufan and Huram. ⁶ These are the sons of Ehud, the heads of fathers’ clans among the inhabitants of Geva (they were carried away captive to Manachat; ⁷ those who carried them off were Na‘aman, Achiyah and Gera): he fathered ‘Uzah and Achichud. ⁸ Shacharayim fathered children on the plains of Mo’av; after sending away his wives Hushim and Ba‘ara, ⁹ it was through his wife Hodesh that he fathered: Yovav, Tzivya, Mesha, Malkam, ¹⁰ Ye‘utz, Sokhya and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of clans. ¹¹ Through Hushim he fathered Avituv and Elpa‘al. ¹² The sons of Elpa‘al: ‘Ever, Mish‘am, Shemed — he built Ono and Lod with its towns — ¹³ and B’ri‘ah and Shema — they were heads of fathers’ clans among the inhabitants of Ayalon, who drove away the people living in Gat.

¹⁴ Achyo, Shashak, Yeremot, ¹⁵ Z’vadyah, ‘Arad, ‘Eder, ¹⁶ Mikha’el, Yishpah and Yocha were the sons of B’ri‘ah. ¹⁷ Z’vadyah, Meshulam, Hizki, Hever, ¹⁸ Yishm’rai, Yizli’ah and Yovav were the sons of Elpa‘al. ¹⁹ Yakim, Zikhri, Zavdi, ²⁰ Eli‘einai, Tziltai, Eli’el, ²¹ ‘Adayah, B’rayah and Shimrat were the sons of Shim‘i. ²² Yishpan, ‘Eved, Eli’el, ²³ ‘Avdon, Zikhri, Hanan, ²⁴ Hananyah, ‘Eilam, ‘Anatotyah, ²⁵ Yifdeyah and P’nu’el were the sons of Shashak. ²⁶ Shamsh’rai, Sh’charyah, ‘Atalyah, ²⁷ Ya‘areshyah, Eliyah and Zikhri were the sons of Yerocham. ²⁸ These were leaders of fathers’ houses through all their generations, leading men who lived in Yerushalayim.

²⁹ In Giv‘on lived the father of Giv‘on, whose wife’s name was Ma‘akhah; ³⁰ and his firstborn son ‘Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba‘al, Nadav, ³¹ G’dor, Achyo and Zekher. ³² Miklot fathered Shim’ah. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.

³³ Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha’ul; and Sha’ul fathered Y’honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba‘al. ³⁴ The son of Y’honatan was M’riv-Ba‘al, and M’riv-Ba‘al fathered Mikhah. ³⁵ The sons of Mikhah: Piton, Melekh, Ta’rea and Achaz. ³⁶ Achaz fathered Y’ho‘adah; Y’ho‘adah fathered ‘Alemet, ‘Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza; ³⁷ and Motza fathered Bin‘a. His son was Rafah, his son was El‘asah and his son was Atzel. ³⁸ Atzel had six sons, whose names were: ‘Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma‘el, Sh‘aryah, ‘Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel. ³⁹ The sons of his brother ‘Eshek: Ulam his firstborn, Ye‘ush the second and Elifelet the third. ⁴⁰ The sons of Ulam were strong, brave men, archers; they had many children and grandchildren, a hundred and fifty. All these were descendants of Binyamin.

9 So all Isra’el was listed by genealogies, and these were recorded in the book of the kings of Isra’el. Then Y’hudah was carried away captive to Bavel because of their unfaithfulness. ² The first people to return to their possessions in the cities were the Isra’elim, the cohanim, the L’vi’im and the temple servants. ³ In Yerushalayim lived some descendants of Y’hudah, some descendants of Binyamin and some descendants of Efrayim and of M’nasheh: ⁴ ‘Utai the son of ‘Ammihud, the son of ‘Omri, the son of Imri, the son of Bani, from the descendants of Peretz the son of Y’hudah. ⁵ Of the Shiloni: ‘Asayah the firstborn and his sons. ⁶ Of the descendants of Zerach: Ye‘u’el and their kinsmen, 690. ⁷ Of the descendants of Binyamin: Salu the son of Meshulam the son of Hodavyah the son of Hasnu’ah, ⁸ Yivneyah the son of Yerocham, Elah the son of ‘Uzi the son of Mikhri, Meshulam the son of Sh’fatyah the son of Re‘u’el the son of Yivneyah, ⁹ and their kinsmen, according to their generations — altogether 956. All these men were leaders of fathers’ clans.

¹⁰ Of the cohanim: Y’da‘yah, Y’hoyariv, Yakhin, ¹¹ ‘Azaryah the son of Hilkiyah the son of Meshulam the son of Tzadok the son of M’rayot the son of Achituv the ruler of the house of God, ¹² ‘Adayah the son of Yerocham the son of Pash’chur the son of Malkiyah, Ma‘asai the son of ‘Adi’el the son of Yachzerah the son of Meshulam the son of Meshilmit the son of Immer, ¹³ and their kinsmen, leaders of their fathers’ clans, 1,760 very competent men available for serving in the house of God.

¹⁴ Of the L’vi’im: Sh’ma‘yah the son of Hashuv the son of ‘Azrikam the son of Hashavyah, from the descendants of M’rari; ¹⁵ Bakbakar; Heresh; Galal; Matanyah the son of Mikha the son of Zikhri the son of Asaf; ¹⁶ ‘Ovadyah the son of Sh’ma‘yah the son of Galal the son of Y’dutun; and Berekhyah the son of Asa the son of Elkanah, who lived in the towns of the N’tofati.

¹⁷ The gatekeepers: Shalum, ‘Akuv, Talmon, Achiman and their kinsmen; Shalum was the chief. ¹⁸ Previously they had guarded the king’s gate to the east; they were gatekeepers for the camp of the descendants of Levi. ¹⁹ Shalum the son of Kore the son of Evyasaf the son of Korach and his kinsmen from his father’s clan the Korchim were in charge of the work of the service, keepers of the gates of the tent. Their ancestors had been in charge of the camp of Adonai, keepers of the entryway. ²⁰ Pinchas the son of El‘azar had been ruler over them long before; Adonai had been with him. ²¹ Z’kharyah the son of Meshelemyah guarded the entryway to the tent of meeting. ²² All these chosen to be gatekeepers numbered 212. Their genealogies were recorded in their towns; they had been appointed to their positions by David and Sh’mu’el the seer. ²³ They and their descendants supervised the gates of the house of Adonai, that is, the house of the tent, by periods of duty. ²⁴ The gatekeepers served on the four sides, east, west, north and south. ²⁵ From time to time their kinsmen had to come in from their towns to help them for seven days.

²⁶ For the four chief gatekeepers were on permanent duty; they were the L’vi’im in charge of accommodations and supplies in the house of God. ²⁷ They spent their nights in the vicinity of the house of God, because they were in charge of it; they were responsible for opening it up each morning.

²⁸ Some of [the L’vi’im] were in charge of the articles used for the service; they had to keep records of them when bringing them in and out. ²⁹ Others were in charge of the equipment, the holy utensils, the fine flour, the wine, the olive oil, the frankincense and the spices. ³⁰ Some of the sons of the cohanim mixed together the ingredients for the perfumes. ³¹ Mattityah, one of the L’vi’im, who was the firstborn of Shalum the Korchi, was permanently in charge of baking operations. ³² Some of their kinsmen, from the descendants of the K’hati, were in charge of preparing the showbread every Shabbat. ³³ Also there were the singers, heads of fathers’ clans among the L’vi’im. They lived in the accommodations and were free from other kinds of service, for they were employed in their own work day and night. ³⁴ These were heads of fathers’ clans among the L’vi’im, according to their generations, and they were leaders; they lived in Yerushalayim.

³⁵ In Giv‘on lived the father of Giv‘on, Ye‘i’el, whose his wife’s name was Ma‘akhah; ³⁶ and his firstborn son ‘Avdon, Tzur, Kish, Ba‘al, Ner, Nadav, ³⁷ G’dor, Achyo, Z’kharyah and Miklot. ³⁸ Miklot fathered Shim’am. In contrast with some of their kinsmen, they and their families lived in Yerushalayim.

³⁹ Ner fathered Kish; Kish fathered Sha’ul; and Sha’ul fathered Y’honatan, Malkishua, Avinadav and Eshba‘al. ⁴⁰ The son of Y’honatan was M’riv-Ba‘al, and M’riv-Ba‘al fathered Mikhah. ⁴¹ The sons of Mikhah were: Piton, Melekh and Ta’rea. ⁴² Achaz fathered Ya‘ra; Ya‘ra fathered ‘Alemet, ‘Azmavet and Zimri; Zimri fathered Motza; ⁴³ and Motza fathered Bin‘a. His son was Rafah, his son El‘asah and his son Atzel. ⁴⁴ Atzel had six sons, whose names were: ‘Azrikam, Bokhru, Yishma‘el, Sh‘aryah, ‘Ovadyah and Hanan; all these were sons of Atzel.