The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the
firstborn, but because he defiled his father's couch, his
birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so
that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son; though Judah
became strong among his brothers and a chief came from him, yet the
birthright belonged to Joseph), the sons of Reuben, the firstborn
of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. The sons of Joel:
Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, Micah his son,
Reaiah his son, Baal his son, Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser
king of Assyria carried away into exile; he was a chief of the
Reubenites. And his kinsmen by their clans, when the genealogy of
their generations was recorded: the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,
and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in
Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon. He also lived to the east as
far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates,
because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead. And
in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell
into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the
region east of Gilead.

  The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as
far as Salecah: Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and
Shaphat in Bashan. And their kinsmen according to their fathers'
houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber,
seven. These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of
Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of
Jahdo, son of Buz. Ahi the son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in
their fathers' houses, and they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in
its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.
All of these were recorded in genealogies in the days of Jotham
king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

  The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had
valiant men who carried shield and sword, and drew the bow, expert
in war, 44,760, able to go to war. They waged war against the
Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab. And when they prevailed over
them, the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their
hands, for they cried out to God in the battle, and he granted
their urgent plea because they trusted in him. They carried off
their livestock: 50,000 of their camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000
donkeys, and 100,000 men alive. For many fell, because the war was
of God. And they lived in their place until the exile.

  The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land. They
were very numerous from Bashan to Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount
Hermon. These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi,
Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty warriors,
famous men, heads of their fathers' houses. But they broke faith
with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the
peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. So the God
of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit
of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile,
namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of
Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river
Gozan, to this day.

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