1 Chronicles 4

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The Descendants of Judah

¹The descendants of Judah:

Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

¹The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

²Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

²And Reaiah son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathite.

³These were the sons^a of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

³And these were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.

⁴Penuel was the father^a of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

⁴And 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.

⁵Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁵And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁶Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

⁶And Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar,^a Ethnan,

⁷And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

⁸and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

⁸And Koz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

The Prayer of Jabez

⁹Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,^a saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

⁹And Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I have brought forth in pain.”

¹⁰And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.”

And God granted the request of Jabez.

¹⁰And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, saying, “If only You would greatly bless me and enlarge my territory! And may Your hand be with me, that You would keep me from evil, not to grieve me.” And God brought in for him that which he asked.

More Descendants of Judah

¹¹Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

¹¹And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir; he was the father of Eshton.

¹²Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.

¹²And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah.

The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.^a

¹³And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

¹⁴Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.^a

¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah, and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

¹⁵The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam.

The son^a of Elah: Kenaz.

¹⁵And the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah and Kenaz.

¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

¹⁶And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth^a to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

¹⁷And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.

¹⁸These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah.^a Mered also took a Judean^b wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

¹⁸And His wife, a Judean, bore Jared the father of Gedor. And 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.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.^a

¹⁹And the sons of the wife of Hodiah the sister of Naham: The father of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

²⁰The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.

The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

²⁰And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

²¹The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

²¹The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of the workers of the linen of the house of Ashbea,

²²Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)

²²and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. (And the records are ancient.)

²³These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

²³They were the potters and those who dwelt at Netaim and Gederah. They dwelt there with the king for his work.

The Descendants of Simeon

²⁴The descendants of Simeon:

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah,^a and Shaul.

²⁴The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

²⁵The sons of Shaul: Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.

²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.

²⁶The sons of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.

²⁶And the sons of Mishma: Hamuel his son, Zaccur his son, and Shimei his son.

²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

²⁷And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, and his brothers did not have many sons and did not multiply any of their clans as much as the sons of Judah.

²⁸They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

²⁸And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual,

²⁹Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

²⁹and Bilhah, and Ezem, and Tolad,

³⁰Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

³⁰and Bethuel, and Hormah, and Ziklag,

³¹Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

³¹and Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and Beth-biri, and in Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

³²And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

³²And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—

³³and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal.^a These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:

³³and all the villages that were around these cities, as far as Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they kept a genealogy to them:

³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,

³⁴Even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah,

³⁵Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),

³⁵and Joel, and Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),

³⁶Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

³⁶and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).

³⁸These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,

³⁸These coming in by name were leaders in their clans, and the house of their father increased greatly.

³⁹and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

³⁹And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

⁴⁰There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

⁴⁰And they found pasture rich and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and peaceful. For some Hamites had lived there formerly.

⁴¹These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings as well as the Meunites who were there, devoting them to destruction^a even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

⁴¹And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they struck their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and they devoted them to destruction to this day. And they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.

⁴²And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

⁴²And some of the sons of Simeon went to Mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.

⁴³and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.

⁴³And they defeated the remnant who had escaped of Amalek, and they have dwelt there to this day.