The Genealogy of Saul the Benjamite
1Benjamin was the father of Bela his firstborn,
Ashbel the second son, Aharah the third,
2Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth.
3The sons of Bela were:
Addar, Gera, Abihud,8:3 Or Gera the father of Ehud 4Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.
6These were the descendants of Ehud, who were heads of families of those living in Geba and were deported to Manahath:
7Naaman, Ahijah, and Gera, who deported them and who was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
8Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. 9By his wife Hodesh he had Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 10Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of families. 11By Hushim he had Abitub and Elpaal.
12The sons of Elpaal:
Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its surrounding villages), 13and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of families of those living in Aijalon and who drove out the inhabitants of 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 the 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 were heads of families, chiefs as listed in their genealogy, and they lived in Jerusalem.
29Jeiel8:29 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:35); Hebrew does not have Jeiel. the father8:29 Father may mean civic leader or military leader. of Gibeon lived in Gibeon.
His wife’s name was Maakah, 30and his firstborn son was Abdon, followed by Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner,8:30 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 9:36); Hebrew does not have Ner. Nadab, 31Gedor, Ahio, Zeker 32and Mikloth, who was the father of Shimeah. They too lived near their relatives in Jerusalem.
33Ner was the father of Kish, Kish the father of Saul, and Saul the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.8:33 Also known as Ish-Bosheth
34The son of Jonathan:
Merib-Baal,8:34 Also known as Mephibosheth who was the father of Micah.
35The sons of Micah:
Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz.
36Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah, Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri, and Zimri was the father of Moza. 37Moza was the father of Binea; Raphah was his son, Eleasah his son and Azel his son.
38Azel had six sons, and these were their names:
Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39The sons of his brother Eshek:
Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second son and Eliphelet the third. 40The sons of Ulam were brave warriors who could handle the bow. They had many sons and grandsons—150 in all.
All these were the descendants 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.
