Chronicles I 4

1 And the sons of Juda; Phares, Esrom, and Charmi, and Or, Subal,

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

2 and Rada his son; and Subal begot Jeth; and Jeth begot Achimai, and Laad: these [are] the generations of the Arathites.

Truly, Reaiah, the son of Shobal, conceived Jahath; from him were born Ahumai and Lahad. These are the kindred of the Zorathites.

3 And these [are] the sons of Aetam; Jezrael and Jesman, and Jebdas: and their sister's name [was] Eselebbon.

And this is the stock of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash. And the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

4 And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these [are] the sons of Or, the first-born of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.

Now Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratha, the father of Bethlehem.

5 And Asur the father of Thecoe had two wives, Aoda and Thoada.

Truly, for Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, there were two wives: Helah and Naarah.

6 And Aoda bore to him Ochaia, and Ephal, and Thaeman, and Aasther: all these [were] the sons of Aoda.

And Naarah bore to him: Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These are the sons of Naarah.

7 And the sons of Thoada; Sereth, and Saar, and Esthanam.

And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

8 And Coe begot Enob, and Sabatha, and the progeny of the brother of Rechab, the son of Jarin.

Now Koz conceived Anub, and Zobebah, and the kindred of Aharhel, the son of Harum.

9 And Igabes was more famous than his brethren; and his mother called his name Igabes, saying, I have born as a sorrowful one.

But Jabez was renowned, more so than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “For I bore him in sorrow.”

10 And Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that thou wouldest indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest make me know that thou wilt not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.

Truly, Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “If only, when blessing, you will bless me, and will broaden my borders, and your hand will be with me, and you will cause me not to be oppressed by evil.” And God granted to him the things for which he prayed.

11 And Chaleb the father of Ascha begot Machir; he [was] the father of Assathon.

Now Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, conceived Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.

12 He begot Bathraias, and Bessee, and Thaeman the founder of the city of Naas the brother of Eselom the Kenezite: these [were] the men of Rechab.

Then Eshton conceived Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of the city of Nahash. These are the men of Recah.

13 And the sons of Kenez; Gothoniel, and Saraia: and the sons of Gothoniel; Athath.

Now the sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.

14 And Manathi begot Gophera: and Saraia begot Jobab, the father of Ageaddair, for they were artificers.

Meonothai conceived Ophrah, but Seraiah conceived Joab, the father of the Valley of Artisans. For indeed, there were artisans there.

15 And the sons of Chaleb the son of Jephonne; Er, Ada, and Noom: and the sons of Ada, Kenez.

Truly, the sons of Chelub, the son of Jephunneh, were Iru, and Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah: Kenaz.

16 And the sons of Aleel, Zib, and Zepha, and Thiria, and Eserel.

Also, the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

17 And the sons of Esri; Jether, Morad, and Apher, and Jamon: and Jether begot Maron, and Semei, and Jesba the father of Esthaemon.

And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and he conceived Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

18 And his wife, that [is] Adia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Aber the father of Sochon, and Chetiel the father of Zamon: and these [are] the sons of Betthia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mored took.

And then his wife, Judaia, bore Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. Now there were sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married,

19 And the sons of the wife of Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.

and sons of his wife Hodiah, the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and of Eshtemoa, who was from Maacathi.

20 And the sons of Semon; Amnon, and Ana the son of Phana, and Inon: and the sons of Sei, Zoan, and the sons of Zoab.

And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, son of Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Benzoheth.

21 The sons of Selom the son of Juda; Er the father of Lechab, and Laada the father of Marisa, and the offspring of the family of Ephrathabac [belonging to] the house of Esoba.

The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the kindred of the house of the workers of fine linen in the house of the oath,

22 And Joakim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joas, and Saraph, who dwelt in Moab, and he changed their names to Abederin and Athukiim.

and he who caused the sun to stand still, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, who were leaders in Moab, and who returned into Lehem. Now these words are ancient.

23 These [are] the potters who dwelt in Ataim and Gadira with the king: they grew strong in his kingdom, and dwelt there.

These are the potters living in the Plantations and in the Hedges, with a king in his works, and they were dwelling there.

24 The sons of Semeon; Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zares, Saul:

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

25 Salem his son, Mabasam his son, Masma his son:

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

26 Amuel his son, Sabud his son, Zacchur his son, Semei his son.

The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

27 Semei [had] sixteen sons, and six daughters; and his brethren had not many sons, neither did all their families multiply as the sons of Juda.

The sons of Shimei were sixteen, and there were six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, and the entire kindred was not equal to the sum of the sons of Judah.

28 And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,

Now they lived in Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,

29 and in Balaa, and in Aesem, and in Tholad,

and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad,

30 and in Bathuel, and in Herma, and in Sikelag,

and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag,

31 and in Baethmarimoth, and Hemisuseosin, and the house of Baruseorim: these [were] their cities until [the time of] king David.

and in Beth-marcaboth, and in Hazarsusim, and in Bethbiri, and in Shaaraim. These were their cities until king David.

32 And their villages [were] Aetan, and En, Remnon, and Thocca, and Aesar, five cities.

And their towns were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities,

33 And all their villages [were] round about these cities, as far as Baal: this [was] their possession, and their distribution.

with all their villages, on every side of these cities, as far as Baal. This is their habitation and the distribution of the settlements.

34 And Mosobab, and Jemoloch, and Josia the son of Amasia;

And there were Meshobab and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,

35 and Joel, and Jeu the son of Asabia, the son of Sarau, the son of Asiel;

and Joel, and Jehu, the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

36 and Elionai, and Jocaba, and Jasuia, and Asaia, and Jediel, and Ismael, and Banaias;

and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,

37 and Zuza the son of Saphai, the son of Alon, the son of Jedia, the son of Semri, the son of Samaias.

as well as Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.

38 These went by the names of princes in their families, and they increased abundantly in their fathers' households.

These were the names of the leaders in their kindred. And they were multiplied greatly within the houses of their marriages.

39 And they went till they came to Gerara, to the east of Gai, to seek pasture for their cattle.

And they set out, so that they might enter into Gedor, as far as the eastern valley, and so that they might seek pastures for their flocks.

40 And they found abundant and good pastures, and the land before them [was] wide, and [there was] peace and quietness; for [there were] some of the children of Cham who dwelt there before.

And they found fat and very good pastures, and a very wide and quiet and fruitful land, in which some from the stock of Ham had lived before.

41 And these who are written by name came in the days of Ezekias king of Juda, and they smote the people's houses, and the Minaeans whom they found there, and utterly destroyed them until this day: and they dwelt in their place, because [there was] pasture there for their cattle.

So then, those whose names have been written above, went forth in the days of Hezekiah, the king of Judah. And they struck down the inhabitants who had been found there with their dwellings. And they wiped them out, even to the present day. And they lived in place of them, because they found very fat pastures there.

42 And some of them, [even] of the sons of Symeon, went to mount Seir, [even] five hundred men; and Phalaettia, and Noadia, and Raphaia, and Oziel, sons of Jesi, [were] their rulers.

Also, some of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went away to mount Seir, having as leaders Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.

43 And they smote the remnant that were left of Amalec, until this day.

And they struck down the remnant of the Amalekites, those who had been able to escape, and they lived there in place of them, even to this day.