1 Chronicles 4 (with text - press on more info.)
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1 Chronicles 4
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Clans of Judah
1 The descendants of Judah:
Perez,
Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.
2 Reaiah son of Shobal was the father
of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.
3 These were the sons [a] of
Etam:
Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. 4
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and
Ezer the father of Hushah.
These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and father [b] of
Bethlehem.
5 Ashhur the father of
Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
6 Naarah bore him
Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.
7 The sons of Helah:
Zereth,
Zohar, Ethnan, 8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.
9
Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, [c] saying, "I gave birth to him in pain." 10 Jabez cried out to the
God of Israel, "Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain." And God granted his request.
11 Kelub, Shuhah's brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of
Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of
Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. [d] These were the men of Recah.
13 The sons of
Kenaz:
Othniel and
Seraiah.
The sons of Othniel:
Hathath and Meonothai. [e] 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.
Seraiah was the father of
Joab,
the father of Ge
Harashim. [f] It was called this because its people were craftsmen.
15 The sons of
Caleb son of Jephunneh:
Iru, Elah and
Naam.
The son of Elah:
Kenaz.
16 The sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah:
Jether,
Mered,
Epher and Jalon. One of Mered's wives gave birth to
Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of
Eshtemoa. 18 (His
Judean wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor,
Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of
Zanoah.) These were the children of
Pharaoh's daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.
19 The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of
Naham:
the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 The sons of
Shimon:
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.
The descendants of
Ishi:
Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
21 The sons of
Shelah son of Judah:
Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of
Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, 22 Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and
Joash and Saraph, who ruled in
Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) 23 They were the potters who lived at
Netaim and
Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.
Simeon
24 The descendants of Simeon:
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib,
Zerah and Shaul;
25
Shallum was Shaul's son, Mibsam his son and
Mishma his son.
26 The descendants of Mishma:
Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son and
Shimei his son.
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children; so their entire clan did not become as numerous as the people of Judah. 28 They lived in
Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual, 29
Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth
Biri and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of
David. 32 Their surrounding villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon,
Token and Ashan—five towns- 33 and all the villages around these towns as far as Baalath. [g] These were their settlements. And they kept a genealogical record.
34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of
Amaziah, 35
Joel,
Jehu son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 also Elioenai,
Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah,
Asaiah,
Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, the son of
Allon, the son of
Jedaiah, the son of
Shimri, the son of
Shemaiah.
38 The men listed above by name were leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, 39 and they went to the outskirts of Gedor to the east of the valley in search of pasture for their flocks. 40 They found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful and quiet. Some Hamites had lived there formerly.
41 The men whose names were listed came in the days of
Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites in their dwellings and also the Meunites who were there and completely destroyed [h] them, as is evident to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. 42 And five hundred of these Simeonites, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and
Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, invaded the hill country of
Seir. 43 They killed the remaining
Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.