1 Chronicles
Chapter Four
1 ¶ The sons of Judah
were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad.
These were the families of the Zorathites.
3 These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and
the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;
4 and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These
were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.
5 And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons
of Naarah.
7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;
8 and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his
name Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him in pain."
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, "Oh, that You would bless
me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that
You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!" So God granted
him what he requested.
11 ¶ Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash.
These were the men of Rechah.
13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath,
14 and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim,
for they were craftsmen.
15 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son
of Elah was Kenaz.
16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered's wife
bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 (His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh,
and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the
daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
19 The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah
the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the
sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the
father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the
house of Ashbea;
22 also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and
Jashubi-Lehem. Now the records are ancient.
23 These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they
dwelt with the king for his work.
24 ¶ The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul,
25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
26 And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his
son.
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have
many children, nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children
of Judah.
28 They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,
29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their
cities until the reign of David.
32 And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan-five cities-
33 and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These
were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy:
Jos 19:8
34 Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;
35 Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah;
37 Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of
Shimri, the son of Shemaiah-
38 these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their father's
house increased greatly.
39 So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley,
to seek pasture for their flocks.
40 And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful;
for some Hamites formerly lived there.
41 These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they
attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed
them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was
pasture for their flocks there.
42 Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir,
having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of
Ishi.
43 And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt
there to this day.
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