1 Chronicles 4

The Family of Judah

4The sons of Judah were ^aPerez, Hezron, ¹Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ²And ²Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. ³These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; ⁴and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the sons of ^bHur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.

⁵And ^cAshhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; ⁸and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹Now Jabez was ^dmore honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name ³Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” ¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my ⁴territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

¹¹Chelub the brother of ^eShuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of ⁵Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz were ^fOthniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were ⁶Hathath, ¹⁴and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of ^gGe Harashim, ⁷for they were craftsmen. ¹⁵The sons of ^hCaleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was ⁸Kenaz. ¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And ⁹Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸(¹His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the ⁱMaachathite. ²⁰And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹The sons of ^jShelah ^kthe son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; ²²also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the ²records are ancient. ²³These were the potters and those who dwell at ³Netaim and ⁴Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

The Family of Simeon

²⁴The ^lsons of Simeon were ⁵Nemuel, Jamin, ⁶Jarib, ⁷Zerah, and Shaul, ²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. ²⁶And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son. ²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, ^mnor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.

²⁸They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, ²⁹⁸Bilhah, Ezem, ⁹Tolad, ³⁰Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹Beth Marcaboth, ¹Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. ³²And their villages were ²Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—³³and all the villages that were around these cities as far as ³Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy: ³⁴Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah; ³⁵Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel; ³⁶Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah; ³⁷Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—³⁸these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their father’s house increased greatly.

³⁹So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.

⁴¹These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they ⁿattacked ⁴their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and ^outterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. ⁴²Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. ⁴³And they ⁵defeated ^pthe rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.