1 Chronicles 4

1 Sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.

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

2 And Reaiah son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad; these [are] families of the Zorathite.

And Reaiah, the son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath; and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.

3 And these [are] of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister [is] Hazzelelponi;

And these were the sons of Hur, the father of Etam: Jezreel and Ishma and Idbash, and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi;

4 and Penuel [is] father of Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These [are] sons of Hur, firstborn of Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem.

And Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Beth-lehem.

5 And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah;

And Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

6 and Naarah bears to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari: these [are] sons of Naarah.

And Naarah had Ahuzzam by him, and Hepher and Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

7 And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan.

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

8 And Coz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.

And Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

9 And Jabez is honored above his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I have brought forth with grief.”

And Jabez was honoured more than his brothers; but his mother had given him the name Jabez, saying, Because I gave birth to him with sorrow.

10 And Jabez calls to the God of Israel, saying, “If blessing You bless me, then You have made my border great, and Your hand has been with me, and You have kept [me] from evil—not to grieve me”; and God brings in that which he asked.

And Jabez made a prayer to the God of Israel, saying, If only you would truly give me a blessing, and make wider the limits of my land, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil, so that I may not be troubled by it! And God gave him his desire.

11 And Chelub brother of Shuah begot Mehir; he [is] father of Eshton.

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

12 And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-Nahash; these [are] men of Rechah.

And Eshton was the father of Bethrapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

13 And sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath.

And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

14 And Meonothai begot Ophrah, and Seraiah begot Joab father of the Valley of the Craftsmen, for they were craftsmen.

And Meonothai was the father of Ophrah; and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge-harashim; they were expert workmen.

15 And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah: even Kenaz.

And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah: Kenaz.

16 And sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.

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

17 And sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bears Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa.

And the sons of Ezrah: Jether and Mered and Epher and Jalon; and these are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, the wife of Mered. And she became the mother of Miriam and Shammai and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

18 And his wife Jehudijah bore Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah. And these [are] sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took,

And his wife, a woman of the tribe of Judah, became the mother of Jered, the father of Gedor, and Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah.

19 and sons of the wife of Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.

And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

20 And sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanon, and Tilon; and sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth.

And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth; and the son of Zoheth. ...

21 Sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the service of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;

The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah: Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah, and the families of those who made delicate linen, of the family of Ashbea;

22 and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and these things [are] ancient.

And Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and went back to Beth-lehem. And the records are very old.

23 They [are] the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; they dwelt there with the king in his work.

These were the potters, and the people living among planted fields with walls round them; they were there to do the king's work.

24 Sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;

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

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

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

26 And sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.

And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

27 And to Shimei [are] sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brothers there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah.

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers had only a small number of children, and their family was not as fertile as the children of Judah.

28 And they dwell in Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul,

And they were living at Beer-sheba and Moladah and Hazar-shual,

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

And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,

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

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,

31 and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these [are] their cities until the reigning of David.

And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazarsusim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their towns till David became king.

32 And their villages [are] Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan—five cities,

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

33 and all their villages that [are] around these cities to Ba‘al; these [are] their dwellings, and they have their genealogy:

And all the small places round these towns, as far as Baalath-beer, the high place of the South. These were their living-places, and they have lists of their generations.

34 even Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah son of Amaziah,

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

35 and Joel, and Jehu son of Josibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel,

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

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

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

37 and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.

And Ziza, the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

38 These who are coming in by name [are] princes in their families, and the house of their fathers has broken forth into a multitude;

These, whose names are given, were chiefs in their families, and their families became very great in number.

39 and they go to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, to seek pasture for their flock,

And they went to the opening into Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, in search of grass-land for their flocks.

40 and they find pasture, fat and good, and the land broad of sides, and quiet, and safe, for those dwelling there before are of Ham.

And they came to some good fertile grass-land, in a wide quiet country of peace-loving people; for the people who were living there before were of the offspring of Ham.

41 And these who are written by name come in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and strike their tents, and the habitations that have been found there, and devote them to destruction to this day, and dwell in their stead, because pasture for their flock [is] there.

And these whose names are given came in the days of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and made an attack on the Meunim who were living there, and put an end to them to this day, and took their place, because there was grass there for their flocks.

42 And of them, of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men have gone to Mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head,

And some of them, five hundred of the sons of Simeon, went to the hill-country of Seir, with Pelatiah and Neariah and Rephaiah and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, at their head.

43 and they strike the remnant of those escaped of Amalek, and dwell there to this day.

And they put to death the rest of the Amalekites who had got away safely, and made it their living-place to this day.