1 Chronicles 4
1 The
sons of
Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and
Carmi, and
Hur, and
Shobal. 2 And
Reaiah the
son of
Shobal begat Jahath; and
Jahath begat Ahumai, and
Lahad. These are the
families of the
Zorathites. 3 And these were of the
father of
Etam; Jezreel, and
Ishma, and
Idbash: and the
name of their
sister was
Hazelelponi: 4 And
Penuel the
father of
Gedor, and
Ezer the
father of
Hushah. These are the
sons of
Hur, the
firstborn of
Ephratah, the
father of
Bethlehem. 5 And
Ashur the
father of
Tekoa had
two wives, Helah and
Naarah. 6 And
Naarah bare him
Ahuzam, and
Hepher, and
Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the
sons of
Naarah. 7 And the
sons of
Helah were,
Zereth, and
Jezoar, and
Ethnan. 8 And
Coz begat Anub, and
Zobebah, and the
families of
Aharhel the
son of
Harum. 9 And
Jabez was more
honourable than his
brethren: and his
mother called his
name Jabez, saying, Because I
bare him with
sorrow. 10 And
Jabez called on the
God of
Israel, saying, Oh
that thou wouldest
bless me
indeed, and
enlarge my
coast, and that thine
hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest
keep me from
evil, that it may not
grieve me! And
God granted him that which he
requested.
11 And
Chelub the
brother of
Shuah begat Mehir, which was the
father of
Eshton. 12 And
Eshton begat Bethrapha, and
Paseah, and
Tehinnah the
father of
Irnahash. These are the
men of
Rechah. 13 And the
sons of
Kenaz; Othniel, and
Seraiah: and the
sons of
Othniel; Hathath. 14 And
Meonothai begat Ophrah: and
Seraiah begat Joab, the
father of the
valley of
Charashim; for they were
craftsmen. 15 And the
sons of
Caleb the
son of
Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and
Naam: and the
sons of
Elah, even
Kenaz. 16 And the
sons of
Jehaleleel; Ziph, and
Ziphah, Tiria, and
Asareel. 17 And the
sons of
Ezra were,
Jether, and
Mered, and
Epher, and
Jalon: and she
bare Miriam, and
Shammai, and
Ishbah the
father of
Eshtemoa. 18 And his
wife Jehudijah bare Jered the
father of
Gedor, and
Heber the
father of
Socho, and
Jekuthiel the
father of
Zanoah. And these are the
sons of
Bithiah the
daughter of
Pharaoh, which
Mered took.
19 And the
sons of his
wife Hodiah the
sister of
Naham, the
father of
Keilah the
Garmite, and
Eshtemoa the
Maachathite. 20 And the
sons of
Shimon were,
Amnon, and
Rinnah, Benhanan, and
Tilon. And the
sons of
Ishi were,
Zoheth, and
Benzoheth. 21 The
sons of
Shelah the
son of
Judah were,
Er the
father of
Lecah, and
Laadah the
father of
Mareshah, and the
families of the
house of them that
wrought fine
linen, of the
house of
Ashbea, 22 And
Jokim, and the
men of
Chozeba, and
Joash, and
Saraph, who had the
dominion in
Moab, and
Jashubilehem. And these are
ancient things. 23 These were the
potters, and those that
dwelt among
plants and
hedges: there they
dwelt with the
king for his
work. 24 The
sons of
Simeon were,
Nemuel, and
Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and
Shaul: 25 Shallum his
son, Mibsam his
son, Mishma his
son. 26 And the
sons of
Mishma; Hamuel his
son, Zacchur his
son, Shimei his
son. 27 And
Shimei had
sixteen sons and
six daughters; but his
brethren had not
many children, neither did all their
family multiply, like to the
children of
Judah. 28 And they
dwelt at
Beersheba, and
Moladah, and
Hazarshual, 29 And at
Bilhah, and at
Ezem, and at
Tolad, 30 And at
Bethuel, and at
Hormah, and at
Ziklag, 31 And at
Bethmarcaboth, and
Hazarsusim, and at
Bethbirei, and at
Shaaraim. These were their
cities unto the
reign of
David. 32 And their
villages were,
Etam, and
Ain, Rimmon, and
Tochen, and
Ashan, five cities: 33 And all their
villages that were round
about the same
cities, unto
Baal. These were their
habitations, and their
genealogy.
34 And
Meshobab, and
Jamlech, and
Joshah the
son of
Amaziah, 35 And
Joel, and
Jehu the
son of
Josibiah, the
son of
Seraiah, the
son of
Asiel, 36 And
Elioenai, and
Jaakobah, and
Jeshohaiah, and
Asaiah, and
Adiel, and
Jesimiel, and
Benaiah, 37 And
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 their
names were
princes in their
families: and the
house of their
fathers increased greatly. 39 And they
went to the
entrance of
Gedor, even unto the east
side of the
valley, to
seek pasture for their
flocks. 40 And they
found fat pasture and
good, and the
land was
wide, and
quiet, and
peaceable; for they of
Ham had
dwelt there of
old. 41 And these
written by
name came in the
days of
Hezekiah king of
Judah, and
smote their
tents, and the
habitations that were
found there, and
destroyed them utterly unto this
day, and
dwelt in their rooms: because there was
pasture there for their
flocks. 42 And some of them, even of the
sons of
Simeon, five hundred men, went to
mount Seir, having for their
captains Pelatiah, and
Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and
Uzziel, the
sons of
Ishi. 43 And they
smote the
rest of the
Amalekites that were
escaped, and
dwelt there unto this
day.