1 Chronicles 5:24
22 and many others fell slain, because the battle belonged to God. And they occupied the land until the exile.
23 Now the people of the half-tribe of Manasseh were numerous. They settled in the land from Bashan to Baal-hermon (that is, Senir, also known as Mount Hermon).
These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
25 But they were unfaithful to the God of their fathers, and they prostituted themselves with the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26 So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria (that is, Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria) to take the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh into exile. And he brought them to Halah, Habor, Hara, and the river of Gozan, where they remain to this day.
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- BSB
- These were the heads of their families: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. They were mighty men of valor, famous men, and heads of their families.
- KJV
- And these were the heads of the house of their fathers, even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, and heads of the house of their fathers.
- WEB
- These were the heads of their fathers’ houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers’ houses.
- ASV
- And these were the heads of their fathers` houses: even Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valor, famous men, heads of their fathers` houses.
- DARBY
- And these were the heads of their fathers' houses: Epher, and Jishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, mighty men of valour, famous men, heads of their fathers' houses.
- BLB
- And these [were] the heads of the house of their fathers: Epher, and Ishi, and Eliel, and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel. [They were] men mighty in valor, men of renown, [and] heads to the house of their fathers.
- ÅB
- Og dette var deres familiehoder: Efer og Jisi og Eliel og Asriel og Jirmeja og Hodavja og Jahdiel, veldige stridsmenn, navnkundige menn, hoder for sine familier.
- OTB
- Disse var lederne for deres fedres hus:
Efer, Jisji, Eliel, Asriel, Jeremia, Hodavja og Jahdiel—
mektige menn av tapperhet, berømte menn, ledere av deres fedres hus. - B1930
- Og dette var deres familiehoder: Efer og Jisi og Eliel og Asriel og Jirmeja og Hodavja og Jahdiel, veldige stridsmenn, navnkundige menn, hoder for sine familier.
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1 Chronicles 4:38
These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,
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