[[1 Chronicles 3|<< 1 Chronicles 3]] | [[1 Chronicles|1 Chronicles]] | [[1 Chronicles 5|1 Chronicles 5 >>]] ### 1 Chronicles 4 1 THE sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. ^1 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These _are_ the families of the Zorathites. ^2 3 And these _were_ _of_ the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister _was_ Hazelelponi: ^3 4 And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These _are_ the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. ^4 5 ¶ And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ^5 6 And Naarah bore him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These _were_ the sons of Naarah. ^6 7 And the sons of Helah _were_, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. ^7 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. ^8 9 ¶ And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with sorrow. ^9 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep _me_ from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested. ^10 11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which _was_ the father of Eshton. ^11 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These _are_ the men of Rechah. ^12 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath. ^13 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen. ^14 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. ^15 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. ^16 17 And the sons of Ezra _were_, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ^17 18 And his wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these _are_ the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. ^18 19 And the sons of _his_ wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. ^19 20 And the sons of Shimon _were_, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi _were_, Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. ^20 21 ¶ The 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 them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea, ^21 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And _these_ _are_ ancient things. ^22 23 These _were_ the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. ^23 24 ¶ The sons of Simeon _were_, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, _and_ Shaul: ^24 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. ^25 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. ^26 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. ^27 28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, ^28 29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, ^29 30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, ^30 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These _were_ their cities unto the reign of David. ^31 32 And their villages _were_, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: ^32 33 And all their villages that _were_ round about the same cities, unto Baal. These _were_ their habitations, and their genealogy. ^33 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, ^34 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ^35 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, ^36 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; ^37 38 These mentioned by _their_ names _were_ princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. ^38 39 ¶ And they went to the entrance of Gedor, _even_ unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. ^39 40 And they found fat pasture and good, and the land _was_ wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for _they_ of Ham had dwelt there of old. ^40 41 And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because _there_ _was_ pasture there for their flocks. ^41 42 And _some_ of them, _even_ of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. ^42 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. ^43