1 Chronicles 3–4

¹And these were sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third Absalom, son of Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith; ³the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife. ⁴Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem. ⁵And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon—four, of Bath-Sheba daughter of Ammiel: ⁶also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹All are sons of David, apart from sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

¹⁰And the son of Solomon is Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, ¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵And sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶And sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. ¹⁷And sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son; ¹⁸also Malchiram and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹And sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, ²⁰and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-Hesed, five. ²¹And sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jesaiah, sons of Rephaiah, sons of Arnan, sons of Obadiah, sons of Shechaniah. ²²And sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. ²³And sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴And sons of Elioenai: Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

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¹Sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. ²And Reaiah son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad; these are families of the Zorathite. ³And these are of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister is Hazzelelponi, ⁴and Penuel is father of Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These are sons of Hur, first-born of Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem. ⁵And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah; ⁶and Naarah beareth to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari: these are sons of Naarah. ⁷And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan. ⁸And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum. ⁹And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, ‘Because I have brought forth with grief.’ ¹⁰And Jabez calleth to the God of Israel, saying, ‘If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept me from evil—not to grieve me;’ and God bringeth in that which he asked.

¹¹And Chelub brother of Shuah begat Mehir; he is father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-Nahash; these are men of Rechah. ¹³And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath. ¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah, and Seraiah begat Joab father of the valley of artificers, for they were artificers. ¹⁵And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah, even Kenaz. ¹⁶And sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. ¹⁷And sons of Ezra are Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah. And these are sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took, ¹⁹and sons of the wife of Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. ²⁰And sons of Shimon are Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanon, and Tilon; and sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth. ²¹Sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the service of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; ²²and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and these things are ancient. ²³They are the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.

²⁴Sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; ²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. ²⁶And sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. ²⁷And to Shimei are sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah. ²⁸And they dwell in Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul, ²⁹and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad, ³⁰and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag, ³¹and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these are their cities till the reigning of David. ³²And their villages are Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities, ³³and all their villages that are round about these cities unto Baal; these are their dwellings, and they have their genealogy: ³⁴even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah, ³⁵and Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, ³⁶and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, ³⁷and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah. ³⁸These who are coming in by name are princes in their families, and the house of their fathers have broken forth into a multitude; ³⁹and they go to the entrance of Gedor, unto the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock, ⁴⁰and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for of Ham are those dwelling there before. ⁴¹And these who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smite their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction unto this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock is there. ⁴²And of them, of the sons of Simeon, there have gone to mount Seir, five hundred men, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head, ⁴³and they smite the remnant of those escaped of Amalek, and dwell there unto this day.

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