1 Chronicles 4

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

The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi, and Hur, and Sobal.

2 And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

And Raia the son of Sobal beget Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.

3 And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, and Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.

4 And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.

And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.

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

And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara:

6 And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these are the sons of Naara.

7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar and Ethnan.

And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.

8 And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum.

9 And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.

And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.

10 And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the things he prayed for.

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

And Caleb the brother of Sua beget Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.

12 And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

And Esthon beget Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna father of the city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.

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

And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.

14 And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.

Maonathi beget Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.

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

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.

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

The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria, and Asrael.

17 And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he beget Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

18 And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wife.

19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.

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

The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea;

The sons of Sela the son of Juda: Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen in the House of oath.

22 And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.

And he that made the sun to stand, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were princes in Moab, and who returned into Lahem. Now these are things of old.

23 These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.

These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.

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

The sons of Simeon: Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:

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

Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.

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

The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son.

27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.

28 And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,

And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,

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

And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,

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

And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,

31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazarsusim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their towns till David became king.

And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.

32 And their small towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen and Ashan, five towns;

Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

33 And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.

And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.

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

And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josa, the son of Amasias,

35 And Joel and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel,

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

And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia,

37 And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

Ziza also the son of Sephei the son of Allon the son of Idaia the son of Semri the son of Samaia.

38 These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.

These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.

39 And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.

And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.

40 And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.

And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had dwelt before.

41 And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.

And these whose names are written above, came in the days of Ezechias king of Juda: and they beat down their tents, and slew the inhabitants that were found there, and utterly destroyed them unto this day: and they dwelt in their place, because they found there fat pastures.

42 And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.

Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men, went into mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:

43 And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.

And they slew the remnant of the Amalecites, who had been able to escape, and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day.