‏ 1 Chronicles 4

Descendants of Judah

1 aThe sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. 2Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. 3These were the
As in some ancient versions; MT father
sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem. 5Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7The sons of Helah were Zereth,
Another reading is Zohar
Izhar, and Ethnan.
8Koz fathered Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum. 9Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.” 10Now Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would greatly bless me and extend my border, and that Your hand might be with me, and that You would
Lit take action
keep me from harm so that it would not hurt me!” And God brought about what he requested.

11 Chelub the brother of Shuhah fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12Eshton fathered Beth-rapha and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of
Or the city of Nahash
Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

13 Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai. 14Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab the father of
Or valley of craftsmen
Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.
15The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the
Lit sons
son of Elah was
Lit and Kenaz
Kenaz.
16The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel. 17The
Lit son
sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered’s wife conceived and gave birth to
LXX Maron
Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18(His Jewish wife gave birth to Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.)
I.e., those listed at the end of v 17
These were the sons of Bithia the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered
Lit took
married.
19The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the
Lit father
fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20The sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, and Benhanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. 21The 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 the linen workers at Beth-ashbea; 22and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the
Lit words
records are ancient.
23These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

Descendants of Simeon

24 The sons of Simeon were
In Gen 46:10 and Ex 6:15, Jemuel
Nemuel and Jamin,
In Num 26:12, Jachin
Jarib,
In Gen 46:10 and Ex 6:15, Zohar
Zerah, and Shaul;
25Shallum was his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. 26The sons of Mishma were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, and Shimei his son. 27Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family increase like the sons of Judah. 28They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29in Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities, 33and all their settlements that were around the same cities as far as
In Josh 19:8, Baalath
Baal. These were their dwellings, and they have their genealogy.

34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36and Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah-- 38these
Lit coming
mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers’ houses spread out greatly.
39They went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40They found pasture that was rich and good, and tthe land was spread out on both sides, and peaceful and undisturbed; for those who lived there previously were Hamites. 41 uThese people, recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they
Lit struck
attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them to this day; and they lived in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to wMount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leaders. 43 xThey
Lit struck
destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
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