1 Chronicles 4:1-41 ▼

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

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

3 And these were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, and 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 And Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

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

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

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

10 And 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

18 And 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.

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

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

21 The 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,

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

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

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

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

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

27 And 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.

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

29 and Bilhah, and Ezem, and Tolad,

30 and Bethuel, and Hormah, and Ziklag,

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

32 And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and 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 kept a genealogy to them:

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

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

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

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

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

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

41 And 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.