I Chronicles Chapter 4

I Chronicles Chapter 4
1 The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron,
and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And
Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath,
and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad:
these are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of Etam,
Jezreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the
name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
4 And Penuel was the father of Gedor,
and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are
the sons of Hur the eldest son of
Ephratah, the father of Beth-lehem. 5 But
Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two
wives, Helah, and Naarah. 6 And
Naarah bear him Ahuzzam, and Hepher,
and Temeni and Haahashtari: these were
the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Heleah were Zereth,
Jezohar and Ethnan. 8 Also Koz begat
Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of
Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 But Jabez was more honorable than his
brethren: and his mother called his name
Jabez, saying, Because I bear him in
sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of
Israel, saying, If thou wilt bless me
indeed, and enlarge my coasts, and if
thine hand be with me, and thou wilt
cause me to be delivered from evil, that
I be not hurt. And God granted the thing
that he asked.
11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah
begat Mehir, which was the father of
Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and
Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the
city of Ir-Nahash: these are the men of
Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel
and Seraiah, and the son of Othniel,
Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah. And
Seraiah begat Joab the father of the
valley of craftsmen: for they were
craftsmen.
15 And the sons of Caleb the son of
Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam.
And the son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehahlel were Ziph,
and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17 And
the sons of Ezrah were Jether and
Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he
begat Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah
the father of Eshtemoa. 18 Also his wife
Jehudijah bear Jered the father of Gedor,
and Heber the father of Socho, and
Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these
are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of
Pharaoh which Mered took.
19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah,
the sister of Naham the father of Keilah
were the Garmites, and Eshtemoa the
Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon
were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanam
and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were
Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah
were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah
the father of Mareshah, and the families
of the households of them that wrought
fine linen in the house of Ashbea.
22 And Jokim and the men of Chozeba
and Joash, and Saraph, which had the
dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem.
These also are ancient things. 23 These
were potters, and dwelt among plants
and hedges: there they dwelt with the
king for his work.
24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel,
and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah , and Shaul, 25
Whose son was Shallum, and his son,
Mibsam, and his son Mishma. 26 And
the sons of Mishma, Hamuel was his
son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his
son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons, and six
daughters, but his brethren had not many
children, neither was all their family like
to the children of Judah in multitude.
28 And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and at
Moladah, and at Hazar Shual, 29 And at
Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and
at Ziklag,
31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and at Hazar
Susim, at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim,
these were their cities unto the reign of
David.
32 And their towns were Etam, and Ain,
Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five
cities.
33 And all their towns that were round
about these cities unto Baal, These are
their habitations and the declaration of
their genealogy,
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and
Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 And Joel and Jehu the son of
Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of
Asiel,
36 And Elionai, and Jaakobah, and
Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and
Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of
Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of
Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.
38 These were famous princes in their
families, and increased greatly their
father's houses.
39 And they went to the entering in of
Gedor, even unto the east side of the
valley, to seek pasture for their sheep.
40 And they found fat pasture and good,
and a wide land, both quiet and fruitful:
for they of Ham had dwelt there before.
41 And these described by name, came
in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah,
and smote their tents, and the inhabitants
that were found there, and destroyed
them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in
their room, because there was pasture
there for their sheep.
42 And besides these, five hundred men
of the sons of Simeon went to mount
Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and
Rephaiah, and Uzziel the sons of Ishi
were their captains,
43 And they smote the rest of Amalek
that had escaped, and they dwelt there
unto this day.