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Chapter 7

Genealogy from Issachar

1 Now the sons of Issachar were four: Tola, Puah [fn], Jashub [fn] and Shimron.
2 The sons of Tola were Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam and Samuel, heads of their fathers' households. The sons of Tola were mighty men of valor in their generations; their number in the days of David was 22,600.
3 The son [fn] of Uzzi was Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah were Michael, Obadiah, Joel, Isshiah; all five of them were chief men.
4 With them by their generations according to their fathers' households were 36,000 troops [fn] of the army for war, for they had many wives and sons.
5 Their relatives [fn] among all the families of Issachar were mighty men of valor, enrolled by genealogy, in all 87,000.

Descendants of Benjamin

6 The sons of Benjamin were three: Bela and Becher and Jediael.
7 The sons of Bela were five: Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth and Iri. They were heads of fathers' households, mighty men of valor, and were 22,034 enrolled by genealogy.
8 The sons of Becher were Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth and Alemeth. All these were the sons of Becher.
9 They were enrolled by genealogy, according to their generations, heads of their fathers' households, 20,200 mighty men of valor.
10 The son [fn] of Jediael was Bilhan. And the sons of Bilhan were Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish and Ahishahar.
11 All these were sons of Jediael, according to the heads of their fathers' households, 17,200 mighty men of valor, who were ready [fn] to go out with the army to war.
12 Shuppim [fn] and Huppim [fn] were the sons of Ir [fn]; Hushim was the son [fn] of Aher [fn].

Sons of Naphtali

13 The sons of Naphtali were Jahziel [fn], Guni, Jezer, and Shallum [fn], the sons of Bilhah.

Descendants of Manasseh

14 The sons of Manasseh were Asriel, whom his Aramean concubine bore; she bore Machir the father of Gilead.
15 Machir took a wife for Huppim and Shuppim, whose [fn] sister's name was Maacah. And the name of the second was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.
16 Maacah the wife of Machir bore a son, and she named him Peresh; and the name of his brother was Sheresh, and his sons were Ulam and Rakem.
17 The son [fn] of Ulam was Bedan. These were the sons of Gilead the son of Machir, the son of Manasseh.
18 His sister Hammolecheth bore Ishhod and Abiezer [fn] and Mahlah.
19 The sons of Shemida were Ahian and Shechem and Likhi and Aniam.

Descendants of Ephraim

20 The sons of Ephraim were Shuthelah and Bered [fn] his son, Tahath his son, Eleadah his son, Tahath his son,
21 Zabad his son, Shuthelah his son, and Ezer and Elead whom the men of Gath who were born in the land killed, because they came down to take their livestock.
22 Their father Ephraim mourned many days, and his relatives came to comfort him.
23 Then he went in to his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and he named him Beriah [fn], because misfortune had come upon his house.
24 His daughter was Sheerah, who built lower and upper Beth-horon, also Uzzen-sheerah.
25 Rephah was his son along with Resheph, Telah his son, Tahan his son,
26 Ladan his son, Ammihud his son, Elishama his son,
27 Non [fn] his son and Joshua his son.
28 Their possessions and settlements were Bethel with its towns, and to the east Naaran [fn], and to the west Gezer with its towns, and Shechem with its towns as far as Ayyah [fn] with its towns,
29 and along the borders of the sons of Manasseh, Beth-shean with its towns, Taanach with its towns, Megiddo with its towns, Dor with its towns. In these lived the sons of Joseph the son of Israel.

Descendants of Asher

30 The sons of Asher were Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi and Beriah, and Serah their sister.
31 The sons of Beriah were Heber and Malchiel, who was the father of Birzaith.
32 Heber became [fn] the father of Japhlet, Shomer [fn] and Hotham, and Shua their sister.
33 The sons of Japhlet were Pasach, Bimhal and Ashvath. These were the sons of Japhlet.
34 The sons of Shemer [fn] were Ahi and Rohgah, Jehubbah and Aram.
35 The sons [fn] of his brother Helem were Zophah, Imna, Shelesh and Amal.
36 The sons of Zophah were Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri and Imrah,
37 Bezer, Hod, Shamma, Shilshah, Ithran and Beera.
38 The sons of Jether were Jephunneh, Pispa and Ara.
39 The sons of Ulla were Arah, Hanniel and Rizia.
40 All these were the sons of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valor, heads of the princes. And the number of them enrolled by genealogy for service in war was 26,000 men.

Chapter 8

Genealogy from Benjamin

1 And Benjamin became [fn] the father of Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,
2 Nohah the fourth and Rapha the fifth.
3 Bela had sons: Addar [fn], Gera, Abihud,
4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah,
5 Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.
6 These are the sons of Ehud: these are the heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of Geba, and they carried them into exile to Manahath,
7 namely, Naaman, Ahijah and Gera—he carried them into exile; and he became the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
8 Shaharaim became the father of children in the country [fn] of Moab after he had sent [fn] away Hushim and Baara his wives.
9 By Hodesh his wife he became the father of Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malcam,
10 Jeuz, Sachia, Mirmah. These were his sons, heads of fathers' households.
11 By Hushim he became the father of Abitub and Elpaal.
12 The sons of Elpaal were Eber, Misham, and Shemed, who built Ono and Lod, with its towns;
13 and Beriah and Shema, who were heads of fathers' households of the inhabitants of Aijalon, who put to flight the inhabitants of Gath;
14 and Ahio [fn], Shashak and Jeremoth.
15 Zebadiah, Arad, Eder,
16 Michael, Ishpah and Joha were the sons of Beriah.
17 Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,
18 Ishmerai, Izliah and Jobab were the sons of Elpaal.
19 Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,
20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel,
21 Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei [fn].
22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,
23 Abdon, Zichri, Hanan,
24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah,
25 Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,
27 Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zichri were the sons of Jeroham.
28 These were heads of the fathers' households according to their generations, chief men who [fn] lived in Jerusalem.
29 Now in Gibeon, Jeiel, the father of Gibeon lived, and his wife's name was Maacah;
30 and his firstborn son was Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,
31 Gedor, Ahio and Zecher [fn].
32 Mikloth became the father of Shimeah [fn]. And they also lived with their relatives [fn] in Jerusalem opposite their other relatives [fn].

Genealogy from King Saul

33 Ner became the father of Kish, and Kish became the father of Saul, and Saul became the father of Jonathan, Malchi-shua, Abinadab [fn] and Eshbaal [fn].
34 The son of Jonathan was Merib [fn]-baal, and Merib-baal became the father of Micah.
35 The sons of Micah were Pithon, Melech, Tarea [fn] and Ahaz.
36 Ahaz became the father of Jehoaddah [fn], and Jehoaddah became the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri; and Zimri became the father of Moza.
37 Moza became the father of Binea; Raphah [fn] was his son, Eleasah his son, Azel his son.
38 Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
39 The sons of Eshek his brother were Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second and Eliphelet the third.
40 The sons of Ulam were mighty men of valor, archers, and had many sons and grandsons, 150 of them. All these were of the sons of Benjamin.

Chapter 3

Woe to Jerusalem and the Nations

1 Woe to her who is rebellious and defiled, The tyrannical city!
2 She heeded no voice, She accepted no instruction. She did not trust in the Lord, She did not draw near to her God.
3 Her princes within her are roaring lions, Her judges are wolves at evening; They leave nothing for the morning.
4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; Her priests have profaned the sanctuary. They have done violence to the law.
5 The Lord is righteous within her; He will do no injustice. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He does not fail. But the unjust knows no shame.
6 "I have cut off nations; Their corner towers are in ruins. I have made their streets desolate, With no one passing by; Their cities are laid waste, Without a man, without an inhabitant.
7 "I said, 'Surely you will revere Me, Accept instruction.' So her dwelling will not be cut off According to all that I have appointed concerning her. But they were eager to corrupt all their deeds.

8 "Therefore wait for Me," declares the Lord, "For the day when I rise up as a witness. Indeed, My decision is to gather nations, To assemble kingdoms, To pour out on them My indignation, All My burning anger; For all the earth will be devoured By the fire of My zeal.
9 "For then I will give [fn] to the peoples purified lips, That all of them may call on the name of the Lord, To serve Him shoulder [fn] to shoulder.
10 "From beyond the rivers of Ethiopia My worshipers [fn], My [fn] dispersed ones, Will bring My offerings.
11 "In that day you will feel no shame Because of all your deeds By which you have rebelled against Me; For then I will remove from your midst Your proud, exulting ones, And you will never again be haughty On My holy mountain.

A Remnant of Israel

12 "But I will leave among you A humble and lowly people, And they will take refuge in the name of the Lord.
13 "The remnant of Israel will do no wrong And tell no lies, Nor will a deceitful tongue Be found in their mouths; For they will feed and lie down With no one to make them tremble."

14 Shout for joy, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, O daughter of Jerusalem!
15 The Lord has taken away His judgments against you, He has cleared away your enemies. The King of Israel, the Lord, is in your midst; You will fear disaster no more.
16 In that day it will be said to Jerusalem: "Do not be afraid, O Zion; Do not let your hands fall limp.
17 "The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious [fn] warrior. He will exult over you with joy, He will be [fn] quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
18 "I will gather those who grieve about the appointed feasts— They came [fn] from you, O Zion; The reproach of exile is a burden on them [fn].
19 "Behold, I am going to deal at that time With all your oppressors, I will save the lame And gather the outcast, And I will turn their shame into praise and renown In all the earth.
20 "At that time I will bring you in, Even at the time when I gather you together; Indeed, I will give you renown and praise Among all the peoples of the earth, When I restore your fortunes before your eyes," Says the Lord.

The Testimony of John

19 This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the [fn] Christ."
21 They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said* [fn], "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
22 Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
23 He said, "I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25 They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ [fn], nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26 John answered them saying, "I baptize in [fn] water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
27 "It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
28 These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day he saw* [fn] Jesus coming to him and said* [fn], "Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30 "This is He on behalf of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who has [fn] a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.'
31 "I did not recognize Him [fn], but so that He might be manifested to Israel, I came baptizing in [fn] water."
32 John testified saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him.
33 "I did not recognize Him [fn], but He who sent me to baptize in [fn] water said to me, 'He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, this is the One who baptizes in [fn] the Holy Spirit.'
34 "I myself have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."

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