1 Chronicles 4

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

2Reaiah son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

3These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

4Penuel, the father of Gedor, and Ezer, the father of Hushah—these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

5Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives: Helah and Naarah.

6Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

7And the sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

8Koz fathered Anub, Hazzobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.

9Jabez was more honored than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

10And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, “If you would indeed bless me and enlarge my territory, and let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I may not suffer pain!” And God granted what he asked.

11Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir; he was the father of Eshton.

12Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Rekah.

13The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel: Hathath.

14Meonothai fathered Ophrah, and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, for they were craftsmen.

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

16And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

17The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

18And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took as wife.

19And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

20The sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

21The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers of the house of Ashbea.

22and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to Lehem. These records are ancient.

23These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

24The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

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

26The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many sons, and all their clans did not multiply as much as the sons of Judah.

28They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, and Hazar-shual.

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

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

31and in Beth-marcaboth, and in Hazar-susim, and in Beth-biri, and in Shaaraim. These were their cities until David reigned.

32And their settlements were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities.

33And all their villages that were around these cities, as far as Baal—these were their settlements, and they had their genealogy recorded.

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

35and Joel, and Jehu son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel.

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

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

38These, who were mentioned by name, were leaders in their clans, and their ancestral houses increased greatly.

39They went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

40And they found rich and good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful, for those from Ham who had lived there formerly were there before.

41These, who were recorded by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they struck down their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and devoted them to destruction to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

42And some of them, from the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir—five hundred men—with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head.

43And they struck down the remnant of the survivors of Amalek, and they lived there to this day.