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And the sons of Gad lived across from them, in the land of Bashan, to Salchah:

Joel the chief; and Shapham, the next; and Jaanai; and Shaphat in Bashan.

And their brothers from the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven.

These are the sons of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz;

Ahi, the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers.

And they lived in Gilead in Bashan, and in her daughter-villages, and in all the open lands of Sharon, on their borders.

All these were enrolled by genealogy in the days of King Jotham of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.

The sons of Reuben, and the sons of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, even sons of valor, men lifting up shield and sword, and shooting with bow, and able in war were forty four thousand, seven hundred and sixty, going out to war.

And they made war with the Hagarites, and Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab.

And they were helped against them. And the Hagarites were given into their hand, and all who were with them. For they cried to God in the battle, and He was entreated for them, because they trusted in Him.

And they took away their livestock: their camels, fifty thousand; and sheep, two hundred and fifty thousand; and asses, two thousand; and souls of men, a hundred thousand.

For many fell down slain, because the war was of God. And they lived in their places until the exile.