1 Chronicles 4
1 The sonnes of Iudah were Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,
2 And Reaiah the sonne of Shobal begat Iahath, and Iahath begate 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, Izreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon.
4 And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are the sonnes of Hur the eldest sonne of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem.
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 But Asher the father of Tekoa had two wiues, Heleah, and Naarah.
And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haashtari: these were the sonnes of Naarah.
And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these [were] the sons of Aoda.
7 And the sonnes of Heleah were Zereth, Iezohar and Ethnan.
And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.
8 Also Coz begate Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the sonne of Harum.
And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.
9 But Iabez was more honourable then his brethren: and his mother called his name Iabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorowe.
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 Iabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt blesse me in deede, and enlarge my coastes, and if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be deliuered from euill, that I be not hurt. And God graunted the thing that he asked.
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 begate Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon.
12 And Eshton begate Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the citie of Nahash: these are 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 sonnes of Kenaz were Othniel and Zeraiah, and the sonne of Othniel, Hathath.
And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.
14 And Meonothai begate Ophrah. And Seraiah begate Ioab the father of the valley of craftesmen: for they were craftesmen.
And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.
15 And the sonnes of Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the sonne of Elah was Kenaz.
And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.
16 And the sonnes of Iehaleel were Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.
17 And the sonnes of Ezrah were Iether and Mered, and Epher, and Ialon, and he begate Miriam, and 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 Also his wife Iehudiiah bare Iered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Iekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sonnes of Bithiah ye daughter of Pharaoh which Mered tooke.
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 sonnes of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah were the Garmites, 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 sonnes of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanam and Tilon. And the sonnes of Ishi were Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
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 sonnes of Shelah, the sonne of Iudah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the householdes of them that wrought fine linnen in 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 Iokim and the men of Chozeba and Ioash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and Iashubi Lehem. These also are auncient 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 potters, and dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his worke.
These [are] the potters who lived in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and lived there.
24 The sonnes of Simeon were Nemuel, and Iamin, Iarib, Zerah, and Shaul,
The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:
25 Whose sonne was Shallum, and his sonne, Mibsam, and his sonne Mishma.
Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:
26 And the sonnes of Mishma, Hamuel was his sonne, Zacchur his sonne, and Shimei his sonne.
Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteene sonnes, and sixe daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither was all their familie like to the children of Iudah in multitude.
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 dwelt at Beer-sheba, and at Moladah, and at 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 at Hazar Susim, at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim, these were their cities vnto the reigne of Dauid.
and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king David.
32 And their townes were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, fiue cities.
And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities.
33 And all their townes that were rounde about these cities vnto Baal, These are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogie,
And all their villages [were] round about these cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their distribution.
34 And Meshobab, and Iamlech, and Ioshah the sonne of Amashiah,
And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;
35 And Ioel and Iehu the sonne of Ioshibiah, the sonne of Seraiah, the sonne of Asiel,
and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;
36 And Elionai, and Iaakobah, and Ieshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Iesimiel, and Benaiah,
and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;
37 And Ziza the sonne of Shiphei, the sonne of Allon, the sonne of Iedaiah, the sonne of Shimri, the sonne 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 famous princes in their families, and increased greatly their fathers houses.
These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households.
39 And they went to the entring in of Gedor, euen vnto the East side of the valley, to seeke pasture for their sheepe.
And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.
40 And they found fat pasture and good, and a wide land, both quiet and fruitfull: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.
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 described by name, came in the dayes of Hezekiah king of Iudah, and smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them vtterly vnto this day, and dwelt in their roume, because there was pasture there for their sheepe.
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 besides these, fiue hundreth men of the sonnes of Simeon went to mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rophaiah, and Vzziel the sonnes of Ishi were their captaines,
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 Amalek that had escaped, and they dwelt there vnto this day.
And they struck the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.
