6. and his son Beerah, whom Assyria’s King Tilgath-pilneser carried away into exile. He was a chief of the Reubenites.
7. His relatives, by their clans when their genealogy was listed in the records, were: Jeiel the first; Zechariah;
8. and Bela, Azaz’s son, Shema’s grandson, and Joel’s great-grandson.They lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
9. They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that stretches to the Euphrates River, because their livestock had increased in the land of Gilead.
10. In Saul’s days they waged war on the Hagrites, whom they defeated. So they lived in their tents throughout the entire region east of Gilead.
11. Gad’s family lived opposite them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:
12. Joel was the first, Shapham the second, and Janai governed Bashan.
13. Their relatives according to their households: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven in all.