The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

The sonnes of Shelah, the sonne of Iudah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the householdes of them that wrought fine linnen in the house of Ashbea.

And Iokim and the men of Chozeba and Ioash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and Iashubi Lehem. These also are auncient things.

These were potters, and dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his worke.

The sonnes of Simeon were Nemuel, and Iamin, Iarib, Zerah, and Shaul,

Whose sonne was Shallum, and his sonne, Mibsam, and his sonne Mishma.

And the sonnes of Mishma, Hamuel was his sonne, Zacchur his sonne, and Shimei his sonne.

And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither was all their familie like to the children of Iudah in multitude.

And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and at Moladah, and at Hazar Shual,

And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazar Susim, at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim, these were their cities vnto the reigne of Dauid.

And their townes were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, fiue cities.

And all their townes that were rounde about these cities vnto Baal, These are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogie,

And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,

And Ioel and Iehu the sonne of Ioshibiah, the sonne of Seraiah, the sonne of Asiel,

And Elionai, and Iaakobah, and Ieshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Iesimiel, and Benaiah,

And Ziza the sonne of Shiphei, the sonne of Allon, the sonne of Iedaiah, the sonne of Shimri, the sonne of Shemaiah.

These were famous princes in their families, and increased greatly their fathers houses.

And they went to the entring in of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the valley, to seeke pasture for their sheepe.

And they found fat pasture and good, and a wide land, both quiet and fruitfull: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.

And these described by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roume, because there was pasture there for their sheepe.

And besides these, fiue hundreth men of the sonnes of Simeon went to mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rophaiah, and Vzziel the sonnes of Ishi were their captaines,

And they smote the rest of Amalek that had escaped, and they dwelt there vnto this day.

The sonnes also of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel (for he was the eldest, but had defiled his fathers bed, therefore his birthright was giuen vnto the sonnes of Ioseph the sonne of Israel, so that the genealogie is not rekoned after his birthright.

For Iudah preuailed aboue his brethren, and of him came the prince, but the birthright was Iosephs)

The sonnes of Reuben the eldest sonne of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.

The sonnes of Ioel, Shemaiah his sonne, Gog his sonne, and Shimei his sonne,

Michah his sonne, Reaiah his sonne, and Baal his sonne,

Beerah his sonne: whom Tilgath Pilneeser King of Asshur caryed away: he was a prince of the Reubenites.

And when his brethren in their families rekoned the genealogie of their generations, Ieiel and Zechariah were the chiefe,

And Bela the sonne of Azaz, the sonne of Shema, the sonne of Ioel, which dwelt in Aroer, euen vnto Nebo and Baal meon.

Also Eastwarde he inhabited vnto the entring in of the wildernes from the riuer Perath for they had much cattel in the land of Gilead.

And in the dayes of Saul they warred with the Hagarims, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tentes in all the East partes of Gilead.

And the children of Gad dwelt ouer against them in the land of Bashan, vnto Salchah.

Ioel was the chiefest, and Shapham the second, but Iaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.

And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Sorai, and Iacan, and Zia and Eber, seuen.

These are the childre of Abihail, the sonne of Huri, the sonne of Iaroah, the sonne of Gilead, the sonne of Michael, the sonne of Ieshishai, the sonne of Iahdo, the sonne of Buz.

Ahi the sonne of Abdiel, the sonne of Guni was chiefe of the houshold of their fathers.

And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in the townes thereof, and in all the suburbes of Sharon by their borders.

All these were rekoned by genealogies in the dayes of Iotham King of Iudah, and in the dayes of Ieroboam King of Israel.

The sonnes of Reuben and of Gad, and of halfe the tribe of Manasseh of those that were viliant men, able to beare shield, and sworde, and to draw a bowe, exercised in warre, were foure and fourtie thousand, seuen hundreth and three score, that went out to the warre.

And they made warre with the Hagarims, with Ietur, and Naphish, and Nodab.

And they were holpen against them, and the Hagarims were deliuered into their hande, and all that were with them: for they cryed to God in the battel, and he heard them, because they trusted in him.

And they led away their cattel, euen their camels fiftie thousand, and two hundreth, and fiftie thousand sheepe, and two thousand asses, and of persons an hundreth thousand.

For many fel downe wounded, because the warre was of God. And they dwelt in their steads vntill the captiuitie.

And the children of the halfe tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Baashan vnto Baal Hermon, and Senir, and vnto mount Hermon: for they increased.

And these were the heads of the housholds of their fathers, euen Epher and Ishi, and Eliel and Azriel, and Ieremiah, and Hodauiah, and Iahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heades of the housholdes of their fathers.

But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the lande, whome God had destroyed before them.

And the God of Israel stirred vp the spirit of Pul king of Asshur, and the spirite of Tilgath Pilneeser king of Asshur, and he caryed them away: euen the Reubenites and the Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh, and brought them vnto Halah and Habor, and Hara, and to the riuer Gozan, vnto this day.

The sonnes of Leui were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

And the sonnes of Kohath, Amram, Izhar, and Hebron, and Vzziel.

And the children of Amram, Aaron, and Moses and Miriam. And the sonnes of Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Eleazar begate Phinehas. Phinehas begate Abishua,

And Abishua begate Bukki, and Bukki begate Vzzi,

And Vzzi begate Zerahiah, and Zerahiah begate Meraioth.

Meraioth begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Ahimaaz,

And Ahimaaz begate Azariah, and Azariah begate Iohanan,

And Iohanan begate Azariah (it was hee that was Priest in the house that Salomon built in Ierusalem)

And Azariah begate Amariah, and Amariah begate Ahitub,

And Ahitub begate Zadok, and Zadok begate Shallum,

And Shallum begate Hilkiah, and Hilkiah begate Azariah,

And Azariah begate Seraiah, and Seraiah begate Iehozadak,

And Iehozadak departed when the Lord caried away into captiuitie Iudah and Ierusalem by the hand of Nebuchad-nezzar.

The sonnes of Leui were Gershom, Kohath and Merari.

And these be the names of the sonnes of Gershom, Libni, and Shimei.

And the sonnes of Kohath were Amram, and Izhar, and Hebron and Vzziel.

The sonnes of Merari, Mahli and Mushi: and these are the families of Leui concerning their fathers.

Of Gershom, Libni his sonne, Iahath his sonne, Zimmah his sonne,

Ioah his sonne, Iddo his sonne, Zerah his sonne, Ieaterai his sonne.

The sonnes of Kohath, Aminadab his sonne, Korah his sonne, Assir his sonne,

Elkanah his sonne, and Ebiasaph his sonne, and Assir his sonne,

Tahath his sonne, Vriel his sonne, Vzziah his sonne, and Shaul his sonne,

And the sonnes of Elkanah, Amasai, and Ahimoth.

Elkanah. the sonnes of Elkanah, Zophai his sonne, and Nahath his sonne,

Eliab his sonne, Ieroham his sonne, Elkanah his sonne,

And the sonnes of Shemuel, the eldest Vashni, then Abiah.

The sonnes of Merari were Mahli, Libni his sonne, Shimei his sonne, Vzzah his sonne,

Shimea his sonne, Haggiah his sonne, Asaiah his sonne.

And these be they whom Dauid set for to sing in the house of the Lord, after that the Arke had rest.

And they ministred before the Tabernacle, euen the Tabernacle of the Congregation with singing, vntill Salomon had built ye house of the Lord in Ierusalem: then they continued in their office, according to their custome.

And these ministred with their children: of the sonnes of Kohath, Heman a singer, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Shemuel,

The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ieroham, the sonne of Eliel, the sonne of Toah,

The sonne of Zuph, the sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Mahath, the sonne of Amasai,

The sonne of Elkanah, the sonne of Ioel, the sonne of Azariah, the sonne of Zephaniah,

The sonne of Tahath, the sonne of Assir, the sonne of Ebiasaph, the sonne of Korah,

The sonne of Izhar, the sonne of Kohath, the sonne of Leui, the sonne of Israel.

And his brother Asaph stoode on his right hand: and Asaph was the sonne of Berechiah, the sonne of Shimea,

The sonne of Michael, the sonne of Baaseiah, the sonne of Malchiah,

The sonne of Ethni, the sonne of Zerah, the sonne of Adaiah,

The sonne of Ethan, the sonne of Zimmah, the sonne of Shimei,

The sonne of Iahath, the sonne of Gershom, the sonne of Leui.

And their brethren the sonnes of Merari were on the left hand, euen Ethan the sonne of Kishi, the sonne of Abdi, the sonne of Malluch,

The sonne of Hashabiah, the sonne of Amaziah, the sonne of Hilkiah,

The sonne of Amzi, the sonne of Bani, the sonne of Shamer,

The sonne of Mahli, the sonne of Mushi, the sonne of Merari, the sonne of Leui.

And their brethren the Leuites were appointed vnto all the seruice of the Tabernacle of the house of God,

But Aaron and his sonnes burnt incense vpon the altar of burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, for all that was to do in the most holy place, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the seruant of God had commanded.

These are also the sonnes of Aaron, Eleazar his sonne, Phinehas his sonne, Abishua his sonne,

Bukki his sonne, Vzzi his sonne, Zerahiah his sonne,