Moff 1 CHR Chapter 4

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4 Judah's sons were Perez, Hezron, Caleb, Hur, and Shobal. 2 Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad; these were the Zorathite families. 3 From Hur, the founder of Etan, sprang Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, also their sister Hazzelelponi, 4 with Penuel the founder of Gedor and Ezer the founder of Hushah; these were descended from Hur, the eldest son of Ephrathah, the founder of Bethlehem.

5 Ashhur the founder of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah; 6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, and Temeni--Ashhurite families. These were Naarah's sons, 7 while Helah's were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, and Koz. 8 Koz was the founder of Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 [[Jabez came to more honour than his kinsmen. His mother had called him Jabez (Hurt), crying, It hurt me to bear him. 10 But Jabez appealed to the God of Israel, Oh that thou wouldest prosper me and enlarge my lot! Oh that thine hand might aid me! Oh that thou wouldest ward me from evil, that no hurt may befall me! And God granted him what he asked.]] 11 Caleb the brother of Shuhah was the founder of Mehir, and Mehir of Eshton. 12 From Eshton sprang Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the founder of the town of Nahash. These were Rechabites. 13 Kenaz was the father of Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel of Hatbath 14 and

Meonothai, Meonothai of Ophrah; Seraiah was the father of Joab, founder of Craftsvale (for they were craftsmen).

15 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam, and Elah was the father of Kenaz. 16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel;17-18 17-18the sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. The children of Bithiah, daughter of the Pharaoh, who married Mered and bore children to him, were Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the founder of Eshtemoa, whose wife, a Jewess, bore Jered the founder of Gedor and Heber the founder of Soko and Jekuthiel the founder of Zanoah. 19 [[The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the Gar- mite founder of Keilah and the Maacathite founder of Eshtemoa.]] 20 [[The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.]] [[Zoheth was the son of Ishi, and . . . the son of Zoheth.]]

21 The sons of Shelah, Judah's son, were Er the founder of Lecah, Laadah the founder of Mareshah, and families of linen-workers at Beth-ashbea, 22 Jokim, men of Kozeba, Joash, and Saraph who ruled in Moab and then retired to Bethlehem. This from an ancient archive. 23 (These were the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they resided there in the service of the king.)

24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul 25 the father of Sliallum, whose son was Mibsam the father of Mishma; 26 Mishma's son was Hammuel, the father of Zakkur, whose son was Shimei. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had not many children, nor did all their family multiply like the Judahites. 28 They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, 29 Billiah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth-markaboth, Hazarsusim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim (which remained their towns till the reign of David), 32 along with their respective villages; also, at Ether, Ainrimmon, Token, and Ashan, these four towns along 33 with all their villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record.

34 Meshhobab, Jamlech, Joshah 34 the son of Amazlah, 35 Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah (whose father was Seraiah the son of Asiel), 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 and Ziza (whose father was Shiphi the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah); 38 these men here mentioned were chieftains, and their families prospered mightily. 39 They went in search of pasture for their flocks to the entrance of Gerar, to the eastern side of the valley, 40 where they found rich, excellent pasture, and a broad, quiet, peaceable countryside. (The inhabitants used to belong to the Hamites.) 41 So during the reign of Hezekiah king of Judah the folk here mentioned went and destroyed the tents of the inhabitants, exterminating the Meunim who were to be found there, and taking their place, since there was pasture for their flocks there. 42 Five hundred of these Simeonites also attacked mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi; 43 they defeated the

surviving Amalekites who had escaped, and to this day they live there.

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Moff 1 CHR Chapter 4

Moff 1 CHR Chapter 4