1 The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn; but since he polluted his father's couch, his right as firstborn went to the sons of Joseph son of Israel, so that he is not listed in the genealogy as firstborn;
2 though Judah prevailed over his brothers and a leader came from him, the birthright belonged to Joseph):
3 the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel: Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son, whom Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria took into exile; he was a leader of the Reubenites.
7 And his brothers by their clans, when the record of their generations was drawn up: Jeiel the chief, and Zechariah,
8 and Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. He dwelt in Aroer, as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
9 To the east he dwelt as far as where the wilderness begins, reaching from the river Euphrates, for their herds had grown numerous in the land of Gilead.
10 In Saul's days they waged war with the Hagrites, who fell by their hand, and they dwelt in their tents over all the land east of Gilead.
11 The sons of Gad dwelt opposite them in the land of Bashan, as far as Salecah:
12 Joel the chief, Shapham the second, then Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
13 Their kinsmen by 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 of their fathers' house.
16 They dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and in all the open lands of Sharon, as far as they reached.
17 All of them were registered by genealogy in the days of Jotham king of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 The Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh had brave men, men who bore shield and sword, shot with the bow, and were skilled in war: forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty able to go out to battle.
19 They went to war against the Hagrites, Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
20 They received help against them, and the Hagrites and all their allies were handed over to them, because they called to God in the battle; and he let himself be entreated by them, for they had put their trust in him.
21 They took away their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, two thousand donkeys, and a hundred thousand human beings.
22 Many fell slain, for the battle was of God. And they dwelt in their place until the exile.
23 The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land; they were numerous, from Bashan to Baal-hermon, to Senir and Mount Hermon.
24 These were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, strong and brave men, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
25 But they broke faith with the God of their fathers and went whoring after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had wiped out before them.
26 So the God of Israel roused the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they are to this day.