some of the descendants of Judah and some of the descendants of Benjamin settled in Jerusalem.) Of the descendants of Judah: Athaiah son of Uzziah, the son of Zechariah, the son of Amariah, the son of Shephatiah, the son of Mahalalel, from the descendants of Perez;

Some of the descendants of ¹  Benjamin settled in Geba, ²  Micmash, Aija, Bethel ³  and its villages,

You destroy their offspring ¹  from the earth, their descendants ²  from among the human race. ³ 

Even Assyria has allied with them, lending its strength to the descendants of Lot. ¹  (Selah)

make their descendants ¹  die ²  among the nations, and scatter them among foreign lands. ³ 

His descendants ¹  will be powerful on the earth; the godly ²  will be blessed.

O descendants ¹  of Jacob, come, let us walk in the Lord’s guiding light. ² 

All the descendants of Israel will be vindicated by the Lord and will boast in him. ¹ 

“Proclaim ¹  this message among the descendants of Jacob. ²  Make it known throughout Judah.

The descendants of Jacob will be a fire, and the descendants of Joseph a flame. The descendants of Esau will be like stubble. They will burn them up and devour them. There will not be a single survivor ¹  of the descendants of Esau!” Indeed, the Lord has spoken it.

as he promised ¹  to our ancestors, ²  to Abraham and to his descendants ³  forever.”

saying, “Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly.” ¹ 

God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” ¹ 

And I will make your descendants like the dust of the earth, so that if anyone is able to count the dust of the earth, then your descendants also can be counted. ¹ 

I will confirm ¹  my covenant as a perpetual ²  covenant between me and you. It will extend to your descendants after you throughout their generations. I will be your God and the God of your descendants after you. ³ 

Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.

We swear we have done this because we were worried that ¹  in the future your descendants would say to our descendants, ‘What relationship do you have with the Lord God of Israel? ² 

The Lord made the Jordan a boundary between us and you Reubenites and Gadites. You have no right to worship the Lord.’ ¹  In this way your descendants might cause our descendants to stop obeying ²  the Lord.

Afterward they made preparations for themselves and for the priests, because the priests, the descendants of Aaron, were offering burnt sacrifices and fat portions until evening. The Levites made preparations for themselves and for the priests, the descendants of Aaron.

It was determined ¹  that from the descendants of the priests, the following had taken foreign wives: from the descendants of Jeshua son of Jozadak, and his brothers: Maaseiah, Eliezer, Jarib, and Gedaliah.