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Texts -- 1 Chronicles 8:30-40 (NET)

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8:30 His firstborn son was Abdon , followed by Zur , Kish , Baal , Nadab , 8:31 Gedor , Ahio , Zeker , and Mikloth. 8:32 Mikloth was the father of Shimeah . They also lived near their relatives in Jerusalem . 8:33 Ner was the father of Kish , and Kish was the father of Saul . Saul was the father of Jonathan , Malki-Shua , Abinadab , and Eshbaal . 8:34 The son of Jonathan : Meribbaal . Meribbaal was the father of Micah . 8:35 The sons of Micah : Pithon , Melech , Tarea , and Ahaz . 8:36 Ahaz was the father of Jehoaddah , and Jehoaddah was the father of Alemeth , Azmaveth , and Zimri . Zimri was the father of Moza , 8:37 and Moza was the father of Binea . His son was Raphah , whose son was Eleasah , whose son was Azel . 8:38 Azel had six sons : Azrikam his firstborn , followed by Ishmael , Sheariah , Obadiah , and Hanan . All these were the sons of Azel . 8:39 The sons of his brother Eshek : Ulam was his firstborn , Jeush second , and Eliphelet third . 8:40 The sons of Ulam were warriors who were adept archers . They had many sons and grandsons , a total of 150 . All these were the descendants of Benjamin .

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  • 1Ch 8:1-40 -- Benjamin's Descendants (Continued)

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