The Bible (Old and New Testaments)

Meraioth his sonne, Amariah his sonne, Ahitub his sonne,

Zadok his sonne, and Ahimaaz his sonne.

And these are the dwelling places of them throughout their townes and coastes, euen of the sonnes of Aaron for the familie of the Kohathites, for the lot was theirs.

So they gaue them Hebron in the lande of Iudah and the suburbes thereof rounde about it.

But the fielde of the citie, and the villages thereof they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

And to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue the cities of Iudah for refuge, euen Hebron and Libna with their suburbes, and Iattir, and Eshtemoa with their suburbes,

And Hilen with her suburbes, and Debir with her suburbes,

And Ashan and her suburbes, and Bethshemesh and her suburbes:

And of the tribe of Beniamin, Geba and her suburbes, and Alemeth with her suburbes, and Anathoth with her suburbes: all their cities were thirteene cities by their families.

And vnto the sonnes of Kohath the remnant of the familie of the tribe, euen of the halfe tribe of the halfe of Manasseh, by lot ten cities.

And to the sonnes of Gershom according to their families out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

Vnto the sonnes of Merari according to their families out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, by lot twelue cities.

Thus the children of Israel gaue to the Leuites cities with their suburbes.

And they gaue by lot out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, and out of the tribe of the children of Beniamin, these cities, which they called by their names.

And they of the families of the sonnes of Kohath, had cities and their coastes out of the tribe of Ephraim.

And they gaue vnto them cities of refuge, Shechem in mount Ephraim, and her suburbes, and Gezer and her suburbes,

Iokmeam also and her suburbes, and Bethhoron with her suburbes,

And Aialon and her suburbes, and Gath Rimmon and her suburbes,

And out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Aner and her suburbes, and Bileam and her suburbes, for the families of the remnant of the sonnes of Kohath.

Vnto the sonnes of Gershom out of the familie of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan, and her suburbes, and Ashtaroth with her suburbes,

And out of the tribe of Issachar, Kedesh and her suburbes, Daberath and her suburbes,

Ramoth also and her suburbes, and Anem with her suburbes,

And out of the tribe of Asher, Mashal and her suburbes, and Abdon and her suburbes,

And Hukok and her suburbs, and Rehob and her suburbes,

And out of the tribe of Naphtali, Kedesh in Galilea and her suburbes, and Hammon and her suburbes, and Kiriathaim and her suburbes.

Vnto the rest of the children of Merari were giuen out of ye tribe of Zebulun Rimmon and her suburbes, Tabor and her suburbes,

And on the other side Iorden by Iericho, euen on the Eastside of Iorden, out of the tribe of Reuben, Bezer in the wildernesse with her suburbes, and Iahzah with her suburbes,

And Kedemoth with her suburbes, and Mephaath with her suburbes,

And out of the tribe of Gad Ramoth in Gilead with her suburbes, and Mahanaim with her suburbes,

And Heshbon with her suburbes, and Iaazer with her suburbes.

And the sonnes of Issachar were Tola and Puah, Iashub, and Shimron, foure,

And the sonnes of Tola, Vzzi, and Rephaiah, and Ieriel, and Iahmai, and Iibsam, and Shemuel, heads in the housholdes of their fathers. Of Tola were valiant men of warre in their generations, whose nomber was in the dayes of Dauid two and twentie thousand, and sixe hundreth.

And the sonne of Vzzi was Izrahaiah, and the sonnes of Izrahaiah, Michael, and Obadiah, and Ioel, and Isshiah, fiue men all princes.

And with them in their generations after the houshold of their fathers were bandes of men of warre for battel, sixe and thirtie thousand: for they had many wiues and children.

And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of warre, rekoned in all by their genealogies foure score and seuen thousand.

The sonnes of Beniamin were Bela, and Becher, and Iediael, three.

And the sonnes of Bela, Ezbon, and Vzzi, and Vzziel, and Ierimoth, and Iri, fiue heads of the housholds of their fathers, valiant men of warre, and were rekoned by their genealogies, two and twentie thousand and thirtie and foure.

And the sonnes of Becher, Zemirah, and Ioash, and Eliezer, and Elioenai, and Omri, and Ierimoth, and Abiah, and Anathoth, and Alameth: all these were the sonnes of Becher.

And they were nombred by their genealogies according to their generations, and the chiefe of the houses of their fathers, valiant men of warre, twenty thousand and two hundreth.

And the sonne of Iediael was Bilhan, and the sonnes of Bilhan, Ieush, and Beniamin, and Ehud, and Chenaanah, and Zethan, and Tharshish, and Ahishahar.

All these were the sonnes of Iediael, chiefe of the fathers, valiant men of warre, seuenteene thousand and two hundreth, marching in battel aray to the warre.

And Shuppim, and Huppim were ye sonnes of Ir, but Hushim was the sonne of another.

The sonnes of Naphtali, Iahziel, and Guni, and Iezer, and Shallum of the sonnes of Bilhah.

The sonne of Manasseh was Ashriel whom she bare vnto him, but his concubine of Aram bare Machir the father of Gilead.

And Machir tooke to wife the sister of Huppim and Shuppim, and the name of their sister was Maachah. And the name of the second sonne was Zelophehad, and Zelophehad had daughters.

And Maachah the wife of Machir bare a sonne, and called his name Peresh, and the name of his brother was Sheresh: and his sonnes were Vlam and Rakem.

And the sonne of Vlam was Bedan. These were the sonnes of Gilead the sonne of Machir, the sonne of Manasseh.

And his sister Molecheth bare Ishod, and Abiezer, and Mahalah.

And the sonnes of Shemida were Ahian, and Shechem, and Likhi, and Aniam.

The sonnes also of Ephraim were Shuthelah, and Bered his sonne, and Tahath his sonne, and his sonne Eladah, and Tahath his sonne,

And Zabad his sonne, and Shuthelah his sonne, and Ezer, and Elead: and the men of Gath that were borne in the land, slewe them, because they came downe to take away their cattel.

Therefore Ephraim their father mourned many dayes, and his brethren came to comfort him.

And when he went in to his wife, she conceiued, and bare him a sonne, and he called his name Beriah, because affliction was in his house.

And his daughter was Sherah, which built Beth-horon the nether, and the vpper, and Vzzen Sheerah.

And Rephah was his sonne, and Resheph, and Telah his sonne, and Tahan his sonne,

Laadan his sonne, Ammihud his sonne, Elishama his sonne,

Non his sonne, Iehoshua his sonne.

And their possessions and their habitations were Beth-el, and the villages thereof, and Eastward Naaran, and Westwarde Gezer with the villages thereof, Shechem also and the villages thereof, vnto Azzah, and the villages thereof,

And by the places of the children of Manasseh, Beth-shean and her villages, Taanach and her villages, Megiddo and her villages, Dor and her villages. In those dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel.

The sonnes of Asher were Imnah, and Isuah, and Ishuai, and Beriah, and Serah their sister.

And the sonnes of Beriah, Heber, and Malchiel, which is the father of Birzauith.

And Heber begate Iaphlet, and Shomer, and Hotham, and Shuah their sister.

And the sonnes of Iaphlet were Pasach, and Bimhal, and Ashuath: these were the children of Iaphlet.

And the sonnes of Shamer, Ahi, and Rohgah, Iehubbah, and Aram.

And the sonnes of his brother Helem were Zophah, and Iimna, and Shelesh and Amal.

The sonnes of Zophah, Suah, and Harnepher, and Shual, and Beri, and Imrah,

Bezer and Hod, and Shamma, and Shilshah, and Ithran, and Beera.

And the sonnes of Iether, Iephunneh, and Pispa and Ara.

And the sonnes of Vlla, Harah, and Haniel, and Rizia.

All these were the children of Asher, the heads of their fathers houses, noble men, valiant men of warre and chiefe princes, and they were rekoned by their genealogies for warre and for battell to the nomber of sixe and twentie thousand men.

Beniamin also begate Bela his eldest sonne, Ashbel the second, and Aharah the third,

Nohah the fourth, and Rapha the fift.

And the sonnes of Bela were Addar, and Gera, and Abihud,

And Abishua, and Naaman and Ahoah,

And Gera, and Shephuphan, and Huram.

And these are the sonnes of Ehud: these were the chiefe fathers of those that inhabited Geba: and they were caryed away captiues to Monahath,

And Naaman, and Ahiah, and Gera, he caryed them away captiues: and he begate Vzza, and Ahihud.

And Shaharaim begate certaine in the coutrey of Moab, after he had sent away Hushim and Baara his wiues.

He begate, I say, of Hodesh his wife, Iobab and Zibia, and Mesha, and Malcham,

And Ieuz and Shachia and Mirma: these were his sonnes, and chiefe fathers.

And of Hushim he begat Ahitub and Elpaal.

And the sonnes of Elpaal were Eber, and Misham and Shamed (which built Ono, and Lod, and the villages thereof)

And Beriah and Shema (which were the chiefe fathers among the inhabitants of Aialon: they draue away the inhabitants of Gath)

And Ahio, Shashak and Ierimoth,

And Sebadiah, and Arad, and Ader,

And Michael, and Ispah, and Ioha, the sonnes of Beriah,

And Zebadiah, and Meshullam, and Hizki, and Heber,

And Ishmerai and Izliah, and Iobab, the sonnes of Elpaal,

Iakim also, and Zichri, and Sabdi,

And Elienai, and Zillethai, and Eliel,

And Adaiah, and Beraiah, and Shimrah the sonnes of Shimei,

And Ishpan, and Eber, and Eliel,

And Abdon, and Zichri, and Hanan,

And Hananiah, and Elam, and Antothiiah,

Iphedeiah and Penuel ye sonnes of Shashak,

And Shamsherai, and Shehariah, and Athaliah,

And Iaareshiah, and Eliah, and Zichri, the sonnes of Ieroham.

These were the chiefe fathers according to their generations, euen princes, which dwelt in Ierusalem.

And at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon, and the name of his wife was Maachah.

And his eldest sonne was Abdon, then Zur, and Kish, and Baal, and Nadab,