The First Book of the Chronicles

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- Chapter 4 -

Judah’s descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

Shobal was the father of Reaiah. Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the ancestors of the clans of the Zorathites.

These were the ancestors of the clans in the city of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister’s name was Hazzelelponi.

Penuel was the ancestor of the clans in the city of Gedor. Ezer was the originator of the clans in Hushah. These were descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the originator of Bethlehem.

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

Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were Naarah’s sons.

Helah’s sons were Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan,

and Koz, who became the father of Anub and Zobebah, and of the clans descended from Aharhel son of Harum.

The Prayer of Jabez

Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother called him Jabez. She said, “Because I bore him in pain.”

Jabez called out to the God of Israel and said, “If only you would truly bless me, expand my territory, and your hand will be with me. When you do this you will keep me from harm, so that I may be free from pain!” So God granted him his prayer.

More Descendants of Judah

Kelub brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, who began the city of Nahash. These were men who lived in Recah.

Kenaz’s sons were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai.

Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab, the originator of Ge Harashim, whose people were craftsmen.

The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz.

Jehallelel’s sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

Ezrah’s sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered’s Egyptian wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who became the father of Eshtemoa. These were the sons of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.

Mered’s Jewish wife bore Jered, who became the father of Gedor; Heber, who became the father of Soco; and Jekuthiel, who became the father of Zanoah.

Of the two sons of Hodiah’s wife, sister of Naham, one became the father of Keilah the Garmite. The other was Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.

The descendants of Shelah son of Judah, were Er father of Lecah, Laadah father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,

Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who had property in Moab, but who returned to Bethlehem. This information is from ancient records.

Some of these people were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.

The Descendants of Simeon

Simeon’s descendants were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam was Shallum’s son, and Mishma was Mibsam’s son.

Mishma’s descendants were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his grandson, and Shimei his great-grandson.

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. His brothers did not have many children, so their clans did not increase greatly in numbers as the people of Judah did.

They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, and at Hazar Shual.

They also live at Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

Their five villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan,

together with the outlying villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept the genealogical records.

Clan leaders were Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,

Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel,

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

and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah.

These mentioned by name were leaders in their clans, and their clans increased greatly.

They went near Gedor, on the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

They found abundant and good pasture. The land was broad, quiet, and peaceable. The Hamites had formerly lived there.

These just listed by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and attacked the Hamite settlements and the Meunites, who were there also. They destroyed them completely and lived there because they found pasture for their flocks.

Five hundred men from the tribe of Simeon went to Mount Seir, with their leaders Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

They defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees, and have lived there to this day.

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

Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath; and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

Penuel was the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

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

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

The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

Hakkoz became the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

The Prayer of Jabez

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez,(a) saying, “Because I bore him with sorrow.”

Jabez called on the God

(b)

of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my border! May your hand be with me, and may you keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” God granted him that which he requested.

More Descendants of Judah

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

Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah.

The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.(c)

Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.

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

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

The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; and Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth.

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. These records are ancient.

These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

The Descendants of Simeon

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

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

The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, and all their family didn’t multiply like the children of Judah.

They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,

at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad,

at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag,

at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David’s reign.

Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities;

and all their villages that were around the same cities, as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept their genealogy.

Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,

Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

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

and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—

these mentioned by name were princes in their families. Their fathers’ houses increased greatly.

They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

They found rich, good pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful, for those who lived there before were descended from Ham.

These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents and the Meunim who were found there; and they destroyed them utterly to this day, and lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

Some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to Mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.

Footnotes

(a)4:9 “Jabez” sounds similar to the Hebrew word for “pain”.

(b)4:10 The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).