3 The sons of Reuben, Israel’s firstborn: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
4 Joel’s sons: his son Shemaiah,his son Gog, his son Shimei,
5 his son Micah, his son Reaiah,his son Baal,
6 and his son Beerah.Beerah was a leader of the Reubenites, and Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria took him into exile.
7 His relatives by their families as they are recorded in their genealogy: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,
8 and Bela son of Azaz,son of Shema, son of Joel.They settled in Aroer as far as Nebo and Baal-meon.
9 They also settled in the east as far as the edge of the desert that extends to the Euphrates River, because their herds had increased in the land of Gilead.