Now the genealogies of 6 northern tribes of Israel are presented: Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim and Asher with the focus being on the fighting preparedness of some of these tribes and their lineage.
First of all comes Issachar which had a total fighting force of 87,000. Next came Benjamin with a total of 59,434. This was followed a brief list of the sons of Naphtali. Then the genealogy switches to Manasseh with the emphasis on the descendants of his son Gilead. Then comes something of the tribe of Ephraim's lineage with a snapshot of tribal incidents involving Ezer and Elead being killed by men of Gath. Ephraim sorely mourned these deaths before having a new son with his wife. Finally came Asher whose descendants were said to be choice men, brave warriors and outstanding leaders amounting to 26,000 men.
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