OET-RV 1 CHR Chapter 4

4 Yehudah’s (Judah’s) sons were Perets, Hetsron, Karmi, Hur, and Shoval. 2 Shoval had a son Reayah, Reayah had a son Yahat, and Yahat had Ahumay and Lahad. Those were the ancestors of the Tsor’atim. 3 Yizre’el (Jezreel), Yishma, and Yidbas started the clans that lived in Eytam city, and they had a sister named Hatslelponi. 4 Hur was the first son born to his mother Efratah, and he founded Beyt-Lehem (Bethlehem) city. Hur had these descendants: Penuel and Ezer. Penuel started the clans that lived in Gedor city, and Ezer started the clans that lived in Hushah city. 5 Hetsron’s son Ashur (Assyria), the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Na’arah, 6 and Na’arah bore him Ahuzam, Hefer, Teymeni, and Ha’ahashtari. 7 Ashur and his wife Helah’s sons were Tseret, Yitshar, Etnan, 8 and Kots. Kots was the father of Anuv and Tsovevah, and the ancestor of the clans descended from Harum’s son Aharhel.

9 Yaebets was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Yaebets (which sounds like the word meaning ‘pain’), saying, “It’s because I bore him in pain.” 10 Yaebets called out to Yisrael’s (Israel’s) god, saying, “Oh, please give me a real blessing, and help me and enlarge my territory, and don’t do anything to harm me, so that I won’t be in pain.” And God did what Yaebets requested.

11 Another of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) descendants was Shuhah. His brother Keluv was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beyt-Rafa, Paseah, and Tehinah. Tehinah founded Nahash city, but lived in Rekah.

13 Kenaz’s sons were Otniel and Serayah. And Otniel’s sons were Hatat and Me’onotay.[fn] 14 Me’onotay had a son Ofrah, and Serayah fathered Yoav (Joab), the founder of Craftsmen’s Valley, because they were craftsmen.

15 The sons of Kalev (Caleb) (Yefuneh’s son) were Iru, Elah, and Na’am, and Elah’s son was Kenaz.

16 Yehalel’el’s sons were Zif, Zifah, Tirya, and Asarel.

17 Ezra’s sons were Yeter, Mered, Efer, and Yalon. And Mered’s wife Bityah conceived Miryam (Miriam), Shamay, and Yishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. 18 ⇔She was one of Par’oh’s (Pharaoh’s) daughters. Mered’s wife, who was a descendant of Yehudah (Judah), gave birth to Yered (Jared) the father of Gedor, Hever the father of Sokoh, and Yekutiel the father of Zanoah. 19 The sons of Hodiyah’s wife (Naham’s sister) were the father of Ke’ilah the Garmi and the father of Eshtemoa the Ma’akati.

20 Shim’on’s sons were Amnon, Rinah, Ben-Hanan, and Tulon.

Yishei’s sons were Zohet and Ben-Zohet.

21 The sons of Shela (one of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) sons) were Er (father of Lekah), Laedah (father of Mareshah and the clans who worked with linen at Beyt-Eshbea), 22 Yokim and the men of Kozava, and Yoash and Saraf, who ruled in Moav (Moab) and Yashuvi-Lehem. (All this is from ancient records.) 23 They were the potters who lived in Netaeim and Gederah—they lived there and worked for the king.

24 Shim’on’s (Simeon’s) sons were Nemuel, Yamin, Yariv, Zerah, and Shaul. 25 Shaul’s son was Shalum. Shalum’s son was Mivsam. Mivsam’s son was Mishma. 26 The following were Mishma’s descendants: Mishma’s son was Hamuel. Hamuel’s son was Zakur. Zakur’s son was Shimei. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but none of his brothers had many children, so Shim’on’s descendants were never as numerous as those of his younger brother Yehudah (Judah).

28 Shim’on’s descendants lived in these cities and towns: Be’er-Sheva (Beersheba), Moladah, Hatsar-Shual,[ref] 29 Bilhah, Etsem, Tolad, 30 Betuel, Hormah, Tsiklag, 31 Beyt-Hamarkavot, Hatsar-Susim, Beyt-Biri, and Sha’arayim. They lived in those places until David became king. 32 They also lived in five villages: Eytam, Ayin, Rimon, Token, and Ashan, 33 and all the villages around these towns as far as Ba’al. Those were their settlements, and they kept their genealogical records.

34 Their clan leaders were Meshovav, Yamlek, Yoshah the son of Amatsyah, 35 Yoel (Joel), Yehu (Jehu) the son of Yoshivyah, the son of Serayah, the son of Asiyel, 36 as well as Elyehoeynay, Ya’akovah, Yeshohayah, Asayah, Adiel, Yeshimael, Benayah, 37 and Ziza the son of Shifei, the son of Alon, the son of Yedayah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemayah. 38 Those who are named above were the leaders of their clans, and their extended families increased greatly in number, 39 and they went to the entrance of Gedor (to the east of the valley) in search of pasture for their flocks. 40 They found good, fertile pasture, and the land was wide, and quiet and peaceful, because Ham’s descendants had lived there previously.

41 Those listed by name went there in the days of Yehudah’s (Judah’s) King Hizkiyah (Hezekiah) and struck down the tents of the Meunim who were found there. They completely annihilated them (to this day), and they lived there in their place because there was pasture for their flocks there. 42 Then five hundred of their men who were descendants of Shim’on (Simeon) went to Mt. Se’ir, led by Yishei’s sons Pelatyah, Nearyah, Refayah, and Uziel. 43 They also struck down the rest of the Amalekim who escaped, and they’ve lived there to this day.