6. whose son was Beerah, whom Tilgath-pileser, the king of Assyria, took into exile; he was a prince of the Reubenites.
7. His brothers who belonged to his clans, when they were listed in the family records according to their descendants, were: Jeiel, the chief, and Zechariah,
8. and Bela, son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. The Reubenites lived in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;
9. toward the east they dwelt as far as the wilderness which extends from the Euphrates River, for they had much livestock in the land of Gilead.
10. In Saul’s time they waged war with the Hagrites, and when they had defeated them they dwelt in their tents throughout the region east of Gilead.
11. The Gadites lived alongside them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah.
12. Joel was chief, Shapham was second in command, and Janai was judge in Bashan.
13. Their brothers, according to their ancestral houses, were: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven.
14. These were the sons of Abihail, son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz.
15. Ahi, son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the head of their ancestral houses.
16. They dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sirion to the borders.
17. All were listed in the family records in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and of Jeroboam, king of Israel.