“Furthermore over the tribes of Israel: of the Reubenites, Eliezer the son of Zichri was the ruler; of the Simeonites, Shephatiah the son of Maacah;”

Reading this verse in context

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Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.