1 Chronicles 4

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Jazer the father of Osan: these [are] the sons of Or, the firstborn of Ephratha, the father of Baethalaen.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 Igabes called on the God of Israel, saying, O that you would indeed bless me, and enlarge my coasts, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would make me know that you will not grieve me! And God granted him all that he asked.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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.

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 Iduia the sister of Nachaim the father of Keila; Garmi, and Esthaemon the Nochathite.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

And they lived in Bersabee, and Molada, and in Esersual,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 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 lived there before.

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

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, [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.

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

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