Issachar

¹ These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The Gershomites , according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

⁷² From the tribe of Issachar they were given Kedesh, Daberath,

⁷³ Ramoth, and Anem, together with their pasturelands.

The sons of Issachar: Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron—four in all.

Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

From Issachar, men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do: 200 chiefs with all their kinsmen at their command.

And their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun, and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules, and oxen—abundant supplies of flour, fig cakes and raisin cakes, wine and oil, oxen and sheep. Indeed, there was joy in Israel.

¹⁶ These officers were in charge of the tribes of Israel: Over the Reubenites was Eliezer son of Zichri; over the Simeonites was Shephatiah son of Maacah;

¹⁷ over Levi was Hashabiah son of Kemuel; over Aaron was Zadok;

¹⁸ over Judah was Elihu, one of David’s brothers; over Issachar was Omri son of Michael;

¹⁹ over Zebulun was Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; over Naphtali was Jerimoth son of Azriel;

¹⁷ Jehoshaphat son of Paruah in Issachar;

¹⁸ Shimei son of Ela in Benjamin;

Then Baasha son of Ahijah of the house of Issachar conspired against Nadab, and Baasha struck him down at Gibbethon of the Philistines while Nadab and all Israel were besieging the city.