1 Paralipomenon 4
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1The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi, and Hur, and Sobal.
2And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.
3And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, and Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.
4And 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.
5And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa, and Naara:
6And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari: these are the sons of Naara.
7And the sons of Halaa: Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.
8And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum.
9And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.
10And 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.
11And Caleb the brother of Sua begot Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.
12And Esthon begot Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna father of the city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.
13And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of Othoniel: Hathath, and Maonathi.
14Maonathi begot Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.
15And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone were Hir, and Ela, and Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.
16The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria, and Asrael.
17And the sons of Esra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and he begot Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.
18And 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.
19And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Celia: Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.
20The sons also of Simon: Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi: Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
21The 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.
22And 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.
23These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges, with the king for his works, and they abode there.
24The sons of Simeon: Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:
25Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.
26The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son.
27The 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.
28And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,
29And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,
30And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,
31And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
32Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.
33And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal. This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.
34And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josa, the son of Amasias,
35And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel,
36And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and Ismiel, and Banaia,
37Ziza also the son of Sephei the son of Allon the son of Idaia the son of Semri the son of Samaia.
38These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of their families were multiplied exceedingly.
39And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.
40And 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.
41And 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.
42Some 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.
43And they slew the remnant of the Amalecites, who had been able to escape; and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day.
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1 Chronicles 4
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Judah’s Descendants
1The sons of Judah: 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 sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazlelponi.
4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6Naarah bore him Ahuzam, Hepher, Timeni and Ahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
7The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan.
8Koz fathered Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
Prayer of Jabez
9Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez saying, “Because I bore him with pain.”
10Jabez called out to the God of Israel, saying, “If only You would greatly bless me, and enlarge my territory. Let Your hand be with me and keep me from harm so that I might not suffer pain.” Adonai granted what he asked.
Other Descendants of Judah
11Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hatath
14and Meonothai, who fathered Ophrah. Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim , for they were craftsmen.
15The sons of Caleb, son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
16The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiriah and Asarel.
17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. She also bore Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18(His Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soho and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Bithiah, Pharaoh’s daughter whom Mered married.
19The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
21The sons of Shelah, son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Ladah the father of Mareshah, the families of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,
22and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab and Jashubi-lehem (the records are ancient).
23These were the potters and those who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there while doing the king’s work.
Descendants of Simeon
24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,
25his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.
26The descendants of Mishma: Hammuel, Zaccur his son and Shimei his son.
27Now Shimei had 16 sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their family did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.
28They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,
29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David,
32together with their villages, Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen and Ashan—five in all,
33along with all the villages that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were their habitations. Registered in their genealogical records were:
34Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,
36Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshoaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
37and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah—
38these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their clans increased greatly.
39Now they went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40They found rich and good pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful. The former inhabitants were Hamites.
41Now those whose names are recorded came during the days of King Hezekiah of Judah. They attacked the encampments of the Hamites, as well as the Meunim who were found there, and utterly wiped them out to this very day. They settled in their place because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42About 500 of them from the descendants of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir
43where they struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they live there to this day.
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