English Standard Version

1 Chronicles 5:8-17 English Standard Version (ESV)

8. and Bela the son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel, who lived in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.

9. He also lived to the east as far as the entrance of the desert this side of the Euphrates, because their livestock had multiplied in the land of Gilead.

10. And in the days of Saul they waged war against the Hagrites, who fell into their hand. And they lived in their tents throughout all the region east of Gilead.

11. The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

12. Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.

13. And their kinsmen according to their fathers’ houses: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia and Eber, seven.

14. These were the sons of Abihail the son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.

15. Ahi the son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was chief in their fathers’ houses,

16. and they lived in Gilead, in Bashan and in its towns, and in all the pasturelands of Sharon to their limits.

17. All of these were recorded in genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.