1 Chronicles 4
1 The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,
2 Reaiah, son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these [are] the generations of the Arathites.
3 These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was called Hazzelelponi.
And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon.
4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah's firstborn 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 Ashhur was the father of Tekoa and had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.
6 Naarah was the mother of Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. 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 The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,
And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.
8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the families of Aharhel, son of Harum.
And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.
9 Jabez was more faithful to God than his brothers. His mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, “I gave birth to him in 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 Jabez begged the God of Israel, “Please bless me and expand my borders! Be with me and keep me safe from harm so I won't have pain.” And God gave him what he asked for.
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 Kelub, Shuhah's brother, was the father of Mehir, who in turn was the father of Eshton.
And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon.
12 Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Recah.
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 The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.
And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.
14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge Harashim, so called because craftsmen lived there.
And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.
15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.
16 The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.
17 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. One wife of Mered was the mother of Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah 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 (Another wife who came from Judah was the mother of Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter, whom Mered had married.
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 The sons of Hodiah's wife, Nathan's sister: one son was the father of Keilah the Garmite, and another the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
And the sons of the wife of Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.
20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: 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 son of Judah: Er, who was the father of Lecah, Laadah, who was the father of Mareshah, the families of the linen workers at Beth 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 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These are old records.)
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 They were potters, inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah, who lived there and worked for the king.
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, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:
25 Shallum was the son of Shaul, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:
26 The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, and Shimei his son.
Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their tribe was not as large as that 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 They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,
And they lived in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,
29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad,
30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag,
31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until David became king.
and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king David.
32 They also lived in Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan—a total of five towns,
And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities.
33 along with all the surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were the places where they lived and they recorded their genealogy.
And all their villages [were] round about these cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their distribution.
34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah, son of Amaziah,
And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;
35 Joel, Jehu, son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;
36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;
37 and Ziza, son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, 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 were the names of the leaders of their families whose lineage increased significantly.
These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households.
39 They went far as the border of Gedor on the east side of the valley to look for pasture for their flocks.
And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.
40 They found good pastureland there, and the area was open, quiet, and peaceful, for those who used to live there were Ham's descendants.
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 In the time of Hezekiah, king of Judah, the leaders listed above by name came and attacked these descendants of Ham where they lived, along with the Meunites there and totally destroyed them, as is clear to this very day. Then they settled there, because there was pastureland 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 Some of these Simeonites invaded Mount Seir—five hundred men led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.
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 They destroyed the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have lived there to this very day.
And they struck the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.
