The Family History of Saul
1Benjamin was the father of
Bela. Bela was his first son.
Ashbel was his second son. Aharah was the third.
2Nohah was the fourth. And Rapha was the fifth.
3The sons of Bela were
Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.
6Here are the members of the family line of Ehud. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Geba. Later, they were taken away from their own land. They were forced to go to Manahath. 7The sons of Ehud were
Naaman, Ahijah and Gera. Gera took them away from their land. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
8Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab. That happened after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. 9His wife Hodesh had sons by him. Their names were Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 10Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. His sons were the leaders of their families. 11His wife Hushim had Abitub and Elpaal by him.
12The sons of Elpaal were
Eber, Misham and Shemed. Shemed built Ono and Lod and the villages around it. 13Beriah and Shema were also sons of Elpaal. They were the leaders of the families who were living in Aijalon. Beriah and Shema drove out the people who were living in Gath.
14Ahio, Shashak, Jeremoth, 15Zebadiah, Arad, Eder, 16Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
17Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber, 18Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were other sons of Elpaal.
19Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, 20Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 21Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
22Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, 24Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 25Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
26Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 27Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.
28All these men were the leaders of their families. They were listed as chiefs in their family history. They lived in Jerusalem.
29Jeiel lived in the city of Gibeon. He was the father of Gibeon.
Jeiel had a wife named Maakah. 30His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 31Gedor, Ahio, Zeker 32and Mikloth. Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. Mikloth and Shimeah also lived in Jerusalem. They lived near their relatives.
33Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.
34The son of Jonathan was
Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was the father of Micah.
35The sons of Micah were
Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz. 36Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. 37Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was Binea’s son. Eleasah was Raphah’s son. And Azel was Eleasah’s son.
38Azel had six sons. Their names were
Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All of them were the sons of Azel.
39Here are the sons of Azel’s brother Eshek.
Ulam was his first son. Jeush was the second. Eliphelet was the third. 40The sons of Ulam were brave fighting men. They could use a bow. They had many sons and grandsons. The total number of sons and grandsons was 150.
All these men belonged to the family line of Benjamin.
De nakomelingen van Benjamin
1-2 De zonen van Benjamin, te beginnen met de oudste, waren Bela, Asbel, Ahrah, Noha en Rafa. 3-5De zonen van Bela waren Addar, Gera, Abihud, Abisua, Naäman, Ahoah, Gera, Sefufan en Churam. 6-7 De zonen van Ehud, hoofden van de families die in Geba woonden, werden tijdens de oorlog gevangengenomen en naar Manahath gebracht. Ehuds zonen waren Naäman, Ahia en Gera, de vader van Uzza en Ahihud.
8-10Saharaïm scheidde van zijn vrouwen Husim en Baära, maar in het land Moab had hij kinderen van zijn nieuwe vrouw Hodes. Dat waren Jobab, Zibja, Mesa, Malkam, Jeüz, Sochja en Mirma. Deze zonen werden allemaal hoofd van een familie. 11Zijn vrouw Husim had Abitub en Elpaäl ter wereld gebracht. 12De zonen van Elpaäl waren Eber, Misam en Semed. Deze laatste bouwde de steden Ono en Lod en de omringende dorpen. 13Zijn andere zonen waren Beria en Sema, beiden hoofden van families die in Ajalon woonden, zij verjaagden daar de inwoners van Gath.
14Tot Elpaäls zonen behoorden ook Ahjo, Sasak en Jeremoth. 15-16 De zonen van Beria waren Zebadja, Arad, Eder, Michaël, Jispa en Joha. 17-18 Verder behoorden tot de zonen van Elpaäl Zebadja, Mesullam, Hizki, Eber, Jismerai, Jizlia en Jobab.
19-21De zonen van Simi waren Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi, Eljoënai, Zillethai, Eliël, Adaja, Beraja en Simrath. 22-25De zonen van Sasak waren Jispan, Eber, Eliël, Abdon, Zichri, Hanan, Hananja, Elam, Anthothia, Jifdeja en Pnuël. 26-27 De zonen van Jeroham waren Samserai, Seharja, Athalja, Jaäresja, Elia en Zichri. 28Dit waren de hoofden van de families die in Jeruzalem woonden.
29Jeïël, de vader van Gibeon, woonde in Gibeon. Zijn vrouw heette Maächa.
30-32Zijn oudste zoon heette Abdon en werd gevolgd door Zur, Kis, Baäl, Nadab, Gedor, Ahjo, Zecher en Mikloth, de vader van Simea. Al deze families leefden bij elkaar in de buurt van Jeruzalem. 33Ner was de vader van Kis en Kis was de vader van Saul, tot Sauls zonen behoorden Jonathan, Malkisua, Abinadab en Esbaäl. 34Jonathans zoon heette Mefiboseth en diens zoon was Micha. 35De zonen van Micha waren Pithon, Melech, Thaärea en Achaz. 36Achaz was de vader van Jehoadda, Jehoadda was de vader van Alemeth, Azmaveth en Zimri. Zimriʼs zoon heette Moza. 37Moza was de vader van Bina en diens zonen waren Rafa, Elasa en Azel. 38Azel had zes zonen: Azrikam, Bochru, Ismaël, Searja, Obadja en Hanan. 39Azels broer Esek had drie zonen: Ulam, de oudste, Jeüs, de tweede en Elifelet, de derde. 40Ulams zonen waren uitstekende strijders en zeer bedreven met hun pijl en boog. Deze mannen hadden honderdvijftig zonen en kleinzonen en behoorden allemaal tot de stam van Benjamin.
