'Descendants' in the Bible

Hananiah’s descendants: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah.

The descendants of Shecaniah: Shemaiah and his sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat -- six in all.

Judah's descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

These were the descendants of the ancestor of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister's name was Hazzelelponi.

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn, who fathered Bethlehem: Tekoa's father Ashhur had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

Kenaz's descendants were Othniel and Seraiah.

Othniel's descendants were Hathath and Meonothai, who fathered Ophrah. Seraiah fathered Joab, who fathered the Ge-harashim, because they became artisans.

The descendants of Jephunneh's son Caleb were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz.

Jehallelel's descendants were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

Ezrah's descendants were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.

Mered's wife conceived Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who fathered Eshtemoa. Then his Judean wife bore Jered, who fathered Gedor and then Heber, who fathered Soco and Jekuthiel, who fathered Zanoah. These are the descendants of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.

The descendants of Hodiah's wife, Naham's sister, fathered Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

Shimon's descendants were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. Ishi's descendants were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

The descendants of Judah's son Shelah were Er, who fathered Lecah, Laadah (who fathered Mareshah and the families who belonged to the guild of linen workers at Beth-ashbea),

Simeon's descendants were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,

Mishma's descendants were his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.

They discovered abundant and excellent grazing lands there, where the land was very broad, secure, and tranquil, because the former inhabitants there were descendants of Ham.

Here is a record of the descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn. (He was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's marriage bed, his birthright was transferred to the descendants of Israel's son Joseph. As a result, Reuben is not enrolled in the genealogy according to the birthright.

The descendants of Reuben, Israel's firstborn, included Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

Joel's descendants were his son Shemaiah, his son Gog, his son Shimei,

and his son Beerah, whom King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria carried away into exile, and who was a governor of the descendants of Reuben.

Gad's descendants lived beside them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah:

These were the descendants of Huri's son Abihail, who was fathered by Jaroah, who was fathered by Gilead, who was fathered by Michael, who was fathered by Jeshishai, who was fathered by Jahdo, and who was fathered by Buz:

The descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh produced 44,700 valiant soldiers expert in shield, sword, and bow. Trained in warfare, they were equipped to serve at a moment's notice.

So the God of Israel incited King Pul of Assyria (also known as King Tiglath-pileser of Assyria), who took them prisoner and brought the descendants of Reuben, the descendants of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh to Halah, Habor, Hara, and to the Gozan River, where they remain to this day.

Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

Amram's descendants included Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. Aaron's sons included Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

Levi's descendants included Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

These are the names of Gershom's descendants: Libni and Shimei.

These are the clans of the descendants of Levi according to their ancestry: Gershom's clan included his son Libni, his son Jahath, his son Zimmah,

Kohath's descendants included Amminadab, his son Korah, his son Assir,

Elkanah's descendants included Amasai and Ahimoth,

Samuel's descendants included Joel his firstborn and his second son Abijah.

Merari's descendants included Mahli, his son Libni, his son Shimei, his son Uzzah,

These are the men who served, including their descendants: From the descendants of Kohath, there was Heman the singer, who had been fathered by Joel, who had been fathered by Samuel,

Serving beside them were their fellow Levites, the descendants of Merari, led by Ethan, son of Kishi, son of Abdi, son of Malluch,

along with their relatives, descendants of Levi who had been appointed for all the service of the tent of the Temple of God.

But Aaron and his descendants offered sacrifices on the altar for burnt offerings and on the altar for incense as they had been assigned to do in the most holy sanctuary. They made atonement for Israel, just as God's servant Moses had ordered.

These were the descendants of Aaron: His son Eleazar, his son Phinehas, his son Abishua,

These are the settlement locations allotted within their borders to Aaron's descendants in the Kohathite clan since the lot was cast in their favor first.

They allotted these cities of refuge to the descendants of Aaron: Hebron, Libnah with its surrounding suburbs, Jattir, Eshtemoa with its surrounding suburbs,

Ten towns were allocated to the rest of the descendants of Kohath by lot out of the family of the tribe, that is, the half-tribe of Manasseh.

To the descendants of Gershom according to their families were allotted 13 towns in Bashan from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh.

The descendants of Merari were allotted 12 towns according to their families from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

So the people of Israel gave the descendants of Levi the towns with their surrounding suburbs,

A few of the families of Kohath's descendants had towns of their territory allotted from the tribe of Ephraim.

Within the territory of the half-tribe of Manasseh, the rest of Kohath's descendants received Aner and its pasturelands and Bileam and its pasturelands.

From the half-tribe of Manasseh the descendants of Gershom were allotted Golan in Bashan with its surrounding suburbs and Ashtaroth with its surrounding suburbs.

From the tribe of Zebulun the rest of the descendants of Merari were allotted Rimmono with its surrounding suburbs, and Tabor with its surrounding suburbs,

The four descendants of Issachar included Tola, Puah, Jashub, and Shimron.

Tola’s sons: Uzzi, Rephaiah, Jeriel, Jahmai, Ibsam, and Shemuel, the heads of their ancestral houses. During David’s reign, 22,600 descendants of Tola were recorded as warriors in their genealogies.

Benjamin's three descendants included Bela, Becher, and Jediael.

Bela's five descendants included Ezbon, Uzzi, Uzziel, Jerimoth, and Iri, who were leaders of their ancestral households. Valiant warriors, their enrollment totaled 22,034 according to their genealogies.

Becher's descendants included Zemirah, Joash, Eliezer, Elioenai, Omri, Jeremoth, Abijah, Anathoth, and Alemeth. All these were descendants of Becher,

Jediael fathered Bilhan, and Bilhan's descendants included Jeush, Benjamin, Ehud, Chenaanah, Zethan, Tarshish, and Ahishahar.

All these were descendants through Jediael according to the heads of their ancestral households. Their valiant warriors totaled 17,200 equipped and ready for battle.

The Shuppites and Huppites were descendants of Ir; the Hushites were descendants of Aher.

Naphtali's descendants included Jahziel, Guni, Jezer, and Shallum, descended through Bilhah.

Manasseh's descendants included Asriel, whom his Aramean mistress bore, along with Machir, who fathered Gilead.

Ephraim's descendants included Shuthelah, his son Bered, his son Tahath, his son Eleadah, his son Tahath,

along the borders of the descendants of Manasseh, Beth-shean and its towns, Taanach and its towns, Megiddo and its towns, and Dor and its towns. In these lived the descendants of Israel's son Joseph.

Asher's descendants included Imnah, Ishvah, Ishvi, Beriah, and their sister Serah.

Beriah's descendants included Heber and Malchiel, who fathered Birzaith.

Japhlet's descendants included Pasach, Bimhal, and Ashvath. These were the descendants of Japhlet.

Shemer's descendants included Ahi, Rohgah, Hubbah, and Aram.

His brother Helem's descendants included Zophah, Imna, Shelesh, and Amal.

Zophah's descendants included Suah, Harnepher, Shual, Beri, Imrah,

Jether's descendants included Jephunneh, Pispa, and Ara.

Ulla's descendants included Arah, Hanniel, and Rizia.

All these were the descendants of Asher. They were the leaders of their families, the most capable men, who were warriors and served as head chiefs. There were 26,000 warriors listed in their genealogical records as capable of doing battle.

Bela's descendants included Addar, Gera, Abihud,

Ehud's descendants, who were leaders of their ancestral households in Geba and who were taken into exile to Manahath, included:

Elpaal's descendants included Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod, along with its towns),

Beriah's descendants included Michael, Ishpah, and Joha.

Elpaal's descendants included Zebadiah, Meshullam, Hizki, Heber,

Shimei's descendants included Jakim, Zichri, Zabdi,

Shashak's descendants included Ishpan, Eber, Eliel,

Jeroham's descendants included Shamsherai, Shehariah, Athaliah,

Micah's descendants included Pithon, Melech, Tarea, and Ahaz.

Ulam's descendants were valiant warriors and archers. They had 150 children and grandchildren, all descendants of Benjamin.

The first to settle on their own property in their own towns of Israel were priests, descendants of Levi, and the Temple Servants.

These people from the descendants of Judah, Benjamin, Ephraim, and Manasseh settled in Jerusalem:

Ammihud's son Uthai, who was the grandson of Omri, who was the great-grandson of Imri, who was fathered by Bani from the descendants of Judah's son Perez.

From the descendants of Shilon there was Asaiah the firstborn, along with his descendants.

From the descendants of Zerah there was Jeuel, along with 690 of their relatives.

From the descendants of Benjamin there was Meshullam's son Sallu, who was also the grandson of Hodaviah and great-grandson of Hassenuah,

From the descendants of Levi there was Hasshub's son Shemaiah, who was the grandson of Azrikam, who was fathered by Hashabiah, from the descendants of Merari;

He used to be stationed in the King's Gate on the east side as one of the gatekeepers of the camp belonging to the descendants of Levi.

Kore's son Shallum, who was the grandson of Ebiasaph and the great-grandson of Korah, and the descendants of Korah (who were relatives of his ancestral house) were over the service responsibilities and served as guardians of the entrances of the Tent, just as their ancestors had been in charge of the camp of the LORD and guardians of the entrance.

David and Samuel the seer installed them in their positions of trust, so they and their descendants were in charge of the gates of the house of the LORD, that is, the House of the Tent, as guardians.

because the four senior gatekeepers (who were descendants of Levi) had been placed in charge of the chambers and the treasury of the Temple of God.

Other descendants of the priests prepared the mixed spices.

These singers, leaders of ancestral households of the descendants of Levi, were living in the chambers of the Temple. Freed from other service responsibilities, they were on duty day and night.

These leaders of the descendants of Levi, enrolled according to their genealogies, lived in Jerusalem.

Micah's descendants included Pithon, Melech, Tahrea, and Ahaz.

Azel had six descendants with these names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan these were the descendants of Azel.

Ribai's son Ithai from Gibeah, controlled by the descendants of Benjamin, Benaiah of Pirathon,

Shiza the Reubenite's son Adina, a leader of the descendants of Reuben, along with thirty others with him,

Equipped as archers, they could use both their right and left hands to shoot arrows and hurl stones. As descendants of Benjamin, they were Saul's relatives.