1 Chronicles 4

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

And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,

2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zoreathites.

and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these [are] the generations of the Arathites.

3 And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi;

And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon.

4 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, [and] father of Bethlehem.

And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these [are] the sons of Or, the firstborn of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.

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

And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.

6 And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.

And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these [were] the sons of Aoda.

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

And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.

8 And Koz begot Anub, and Hazzobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.

9 And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain.

And Igabes was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one.

10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested.

And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.

11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon.

12 And Eshton begot Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Nahash: these were the men of Rechah.

He begot Bathraias, and Bessee, and Thaeman the founder of the city of Naas the brother of Eselom the Kenezite: these [were] the men of Rechab.

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

And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.

14 And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen; for they were craftsmen.

And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.

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

And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.

16 — And the sons of Jehalleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel.

And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.

17 — And the sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Jishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

And the sons of Esri; Jether, Morad, and Apher, and Jamon: and Jether begot Maron, and Semei, and Jesba the father of Esthaemon.

18 And his wife the Jewess bore 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 whom Mered took.

And his wife, that [is] Adia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Aber the father of Sochon, and Chetiel the father of Zamon: and these [are] the sons of Betthia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mored took.

19 — And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

And the sons of the wife of Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.

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

And the sons of Semon; Amnon, and Ana the son of Phana, and Inon: and the sons of Sei, Zoan, and the sons of Zoab.

21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lechah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of byssus-workers, of the house of Ashbea,

The sons of Selom the son of Juda; Er the father of Lechab, and Laada the father of Marisa, and the offspring of the family of Ephrathabac [belonging to] the house of Esoba.

22 and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things.

And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas, and Saraph, who lived in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin and Athukiim.

23 These were the potters, and those that abode among plantations and enclosures: there they dwelt with the king for his work.

These [are] the potters who lived in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and lived there.

24 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Saul;

The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:

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

Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:

26 And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son;

Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.

27 and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah.

Semei [had] sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda.

28 And they abode at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shual,

And they lived in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,

29 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad,

30 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag,

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

and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king David.

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

And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities.

33 and all their villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baal. These were their habitations and their genealogical register.

And all their villages [were] round about these cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their distribution.

34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,

And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;

35 and Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;

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

and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;

37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah:

and Zuza the son of Saphai, the son of Alon, the son of Jedia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaias.

38 these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly.

These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households.

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

And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.

40 And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham.

And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them [was] wide, and [there was] peace and quietness; for [there were] some of the children of Cham who lived there before.

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 stead; for there was pasture there for their flocks.

And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they struck the people's houses, and the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they lived in their place, because [there was] pasture there for their cattle.

42 And five hundred men of them, of the sons of Simeon, went to mount Seir, having at their head Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Jishi,

And some of them, [even] of the sons of Symeon, went to mount Seir, [even] five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, [were] their rulers.

43 and they smote the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped; and they dwelt there unto this day.

And they struck the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.