OET-RV 1 CHR Chapter 5

5 Reuben was the firstborn of Yisrael (or Israel, also known as Yakov/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 Reuben wasn’t recorded as inheriting the birthright,[ref] 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. 3 The sons of Yisrael’s eldest son Rueben were Hanok, Pallu, Hetsron, and Karmi.

4 Another descendant of Reuben was Yoel and his son was Shemayah. Shemayah’s son was Gog. Gog’s son was Shimei.[ref] 5 Shimei’s son was Mikah. Mikah’s son was Reayah. Reayah’s son was Baal. 6 Baal’s son was Beerah who became a leader of the Reubenites, but the Assyrian King Tiglat-Pileser captured him and took him back to Assyria. 7 His brothers by their clans, as listed in their genealogical records: Yeiel the leader, Zekaryah, 8 Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Yoel. Reuben’s clan lived near the city of Aroer as far north as the cities of Nevo and Baal-Meon. 9 Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had multiplied back in the Gilead region. 10 (In the days of King Shaul, they’d battled with the Hagrites and defeated them, so then they’d lived in their tents over all eastern Gilead.)

11 Gad’s descendants lived opposite them in the Bashan region as far as Salkah: 12 Yoel was their leader, Shafam was second-in-command, others were Yanai and Shafat in Bashan. 13 Their cousins who were leaders of seven clans were Mikael, Meshullam, Sheva, Yorai, Yakan, Zia, and Eber. 14 Those were descendants of Avihayil, the son of Huri, the son of Yaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Mikael, the son of Yeshishai, the son of Yahdo, the son of Buz. 15 Ahi was the son of Avdiel, the son of Guni, head of their fathers’ household. 16 Those descendants of Gad lived in towns in the Gilead and Bashan regions, and on all the pastureland throughout the Plain of Sharon. 17 All of them were listed in the genealogies in the days of Yehudah’s King Yotham and Yisrael’s King Yeroboam.

18 There were 44,760 warriors descended from strong men in the tribes of Reuben and Gad and the eastern half of the tribe of Manashsheh. They all carried shields and swords, and bows and arrows, and were all trained to fight in battles. 19 They made war with the Hagrites, and Yetur, and 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 Hagrites 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 Manashsheh lived in the Bashan region as far as Baal-Hermon and Senir, and Mt. Hermon, and they increased in number. 24 Their clan leaders were Efer, Yishi, Eliel, Azriel, Yermiyah, Hodavyah, and Yahdiel. They were all powerful and famous warriors, and leaders of their clans.

25 But they disobeyed the God of their ancestors, and they prostituted themselves to the gods of the peoples that God had destroyed ahead of them in that region. 26 So the God of Yisrael stirred up the spirit of the Assyrian King Pul (also known as Tilgath-Pileser). He took them into exile, that is the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manashsheh. Then he took them to Halah, and Habor, and Hara, and the river of Gozan (where they are until this day).[ref]