OET-RV 1 CHR Chapter 5

5 Re’uven was the first child born to Yisrael (Israel) (also known as Ya’akov (Jacob) ), but when he had sex with one of his father’s slave-wives, his birthright was given to the sons of Yosef (Joseph), another one of Yisrael’s sons. So Re’uven wasn’t recorded as inheriting the birthright, 2 and although Yehudah (Judah) was stronger than his other brothers and would be the son to produce a ruler, the birthright went to Yosef.[ref] 3 The sons of Yisrael’s eldest son Re’uven were Hanok, Palu, Hetsron, and Karmi.

4 Another of Re’uven’s descendants was Yoel (Joel), and his son was Shemayah. Shemayah’s son was Gog. Gog’s son was Shimei. 5 Shimei’s son was Mikah. Mikah’s son was Reayah. Reayah’s son was Ba’al. 6 Ba’al’s son was Be’erah, who became a leader of the Re’uvenim, but the Assyrian King Tiglat-Pileser captured him and took him back to Ashur (Assyria).[ref] 7 His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records: Yeiel the leader, Zekaryah (Zechariah), 8 Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Yoel. Re’uven’s clan lived near the city of Aroer as far north as the cities of Nevo and Ba’al-Me’on. 9 Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Perat (Euphrates) River, because their livestock had multiplied back in the Gilead region. 10 (In the days of King Sha’ul (Saul), they’d battled with the Hagrim and defeated them, so then they’d lived in their tents all over eastern Gilead.)

11 Gad’s descendants lived opposite them in the Bashan region as far as Salkah: 12 Yoel (Joel) was their leader, Shafam was second-in-command, others were Ya’anay and Shafat in Bashan. 13 Their cousins who were leaders of seven clans were Mika’el (Michael), Meshulam, Sheva, Yoray, Ya’akan, Ziea, and Ever. 14 Those were descendants of Avihayil, the son of Huri, the son of Yaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Mika’el, the son of Yeshishay, the son of Yahdo, the son of Buz. 15 Ahi was the son of Avdiel, the son of Guni, head of their clans. 16 Those descendants of Gad lived in towns in the Gilead and Bashan regions, and on all the pastureland throughout the Sharon Plain. 17 All of them were listed in the genealogies in the days of Yehudah’s (Judah) King Yotam (Jotham) and Yisrael’s (Israel) King Yarov’am (Jeroboam).

18 There were 44,760 warriors descended from strong men in the tribes of Re’uven and Gad and the eastern half of the tribe of Menasheh (Manasseh). They all carried shields and swords, and bows and arrows, and were all trained to fight in battles. 19 They went to war against the Hagrim, Yetur, Nafish, and Nodav, 20 and were helped because they called out to God in the battle. So with God answering their prayers because of their trust in him, they were able to defeat the Hagrim and their allies. 21 They captured their livestock, including 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, and 2,000 donkeys, as well as 100,000 people, 22 because many were killed as a result of God’s assistance. Then they lived in that area until the exile.

23 The descendants of the half tribe of Menasheh (Manasseh) lived in the Bashan region as far as Ba’al-Hermon and Senir, and Mt. Hermon, and they increased in number. 24 Their clan leaders were Efer, Yishei, Eliel, Azriel, Yirmiyah (Jeremiah), Hodavyah, and Yahdiyel. They were all powerful and famous warriors, and leaders of their clans.

25 But they disobeyed their ancestors’ god, and they prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples that God had destroyed ahead of them in that region. 26 So Yisrael’s (Israel) god stirred up the spirit of the Assyrian King Pul[ref] (also known as Tiglat-Pileser).[ref] He took them into exile—that is, the Re’uvenim, the Gadim, and the half tribe of Menasheh (Manasseh). Then he took them to Halah, Havor, Hara, and the river of Gozan (where they still are to this day).[ref]