The Family History of Saul
8 Benjamin was the father of
Bela. Bela was his first son.
Ashbel was his second son. Aharah was the third.
2 Nohah was the fourth. And Rapha was the fifth.
3 The sons of Bela were
Addar, Gera, Abihud, 4 Abishua, Naaman, Ahoah, 5 Gera, Shephuphan and Huram.
6 Here 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. 7 The sons of Ehud were
Naaman, Ahijah and Gera. Gera took them away from their land. He was the father of Uzza and Ahihud.
8 Sons were born to Shaharaim in Moab. That happened after he had divorced his wives Hushim and Baara. 9 His wife Hodesh had sons by him. Their names were Jobab, Zibia, Mesha, Malkam, 10 Jeuz, Sakia and Mirmah. His sons were the leaders of their families. 11 His wife Hushim had Abitub and Elpaal by him.
12 The sons of Elpaal were
Eber, Misham and Shemed. Shemed built Ono and Lod and the villages around it. 13 Beriah 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.
14 Ahio, Shashak, 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 other sons of Elpaal.
19 Jakim, Zikri, Zabdi, 20 Elienai, Zillethai, Eliel, 21 Adaiah, Beraiah and Shimrath were the sons of Shimei.
22 Ishpan, Eber, Eliel, 23 Abdon, Zikri, Hanan, 24 Hananiah, Elam, Anthothijah, 25 Iphdeiah and Penuel were the sons of Shashak.
26 Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah, 27 Jaareshiah, Elijah and Zikri were the sons of Jeroham.
28 All these men were the leaders of their families. They were listed as chiefs in their family history. They lived in Jerusalem.
29 Jeiel lived in the city of Gibeon. He was the father of Gibeon.
Jeiel had a wife named Maakah. 30 His oldest son was Abdon. His other sons were Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab, 31 Gedor, Ahio, Zeker 32 and Mikloth. Mikloth was the father of Shimeah. Mikloth and Shimeah also lived in Jerusalem. They lived near their relatives.
33 Ner was the father of Kish. Kish was the father of Saul. Saul was the father of Jonathan, Malki-Shua, Abinadab and Esh-Baal.
34 The son of Jonathan was
Merib-Baal. Merib-Baal was the father of Micah.
35 The sons of Micah were
Pithon, Melek, Tarea and Ahaz. 36 Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah. Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth, Azmaveth and Zimri. Zimri was the father of Moza. 37 Moza was the father of Binea. Raphah was Binea’s son. Eleasah was Raphah’s son. And Azel was Eleasah’s son.
38 Azel had six sons. Their names were
Azrikam, Bokeru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah and Hanan. All of them were the sons of Azel.
39 Here are the sons of Azel’s brother Eshek.
Ulam was his first son. Jeush was the second. Eliphelet was the third. 40 The 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.
