1 Chronicles 4

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1. 1The sons of Judah were Pharez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2. 2Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
3. 3These were the sons of the founder of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister's name was Hazelelponi.
4. 4Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah and founder of Bethlehem.
5. 5Ashur, the founder of Tekoa, had two wives: Helah and Naarah.
6. 6Naarah gave him Ahuzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were Naarah's sons.
7. 7Helah's sons were Zereth, Jezoar, and Ethnan.
8. 8Coz was the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum.
9. 9Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez, saying, "Because I bore him with sorrow."
10. 10Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh, that you would truly bless me and enlarge my territory, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from evil, so that it may not grieve me!" And God granted him what he requested.
11. 11Chelub, the brother of Shuah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
12. 12Eshton was the father of Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, who founded Irnahash. These were the men of Rechah.
13. 13The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel's son was Hathath.
14. 14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Charashim, for they were craftsmen.
15. 15The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah's son was Kenaz.
16. 16The sons of Jehaleleel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17. 17The sons of Ezra were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. She gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who founded Eshtemoa.
18. 18His wife Jehudijah gave birth to Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber, the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.
19. 19The sons of his wife Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20. 20The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Benzoheth.
21. 21The sons of Shelah son of Judah were Er the founder of Lecah, Laadah the founder of Mareshah, and the families of linen workers from the house of Ashbea.
22. 22There were also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubilehem. These are ancient things.
23. 23These were the potters and those who lived among the plants and hedges. They lived there with the king for his work.
24. 24The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25. 25Shaul's son was Shallum, whose son was Mibsam, whose son was Mishma.
26. 26Mishma's descendants were his son Hamuel, whose son was Zacchur, whose son was Shimei.
27. 27Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers didn't have many children. So their entire clan never grew as large as the tribe of Judah.
28. 28They settled in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
29. 29Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
30. 30Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
31. 31Bethmarcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbirei, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
32. 32Their surrounding villages included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities in all.
33. 33They also had all the villages surrounding these cities, stretching as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and their genealogy.
34. 34Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,
35. 35Joel, Jehu son of Josibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel,
36. 36Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
37. 37and Ziza son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah.
38. 38All these men listed by name were leaders of their clans, and their families grew very large.
39. 39They traveled to the outskirts of Gedor, all the way to the east side of the valley, searching for pastureland for their flocks.
40. 40They found good, fertile pastures there. The land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful, for the descendants of Ham had lived there long ago.
41. 41During the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah, the men listed above attacked the tents and settlements they found there, utterly destroying them to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.
42. 42Another group of five hundred men from the tribe of Simeon marched to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel — all sons of Ishi.
43. 43They struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and have lived there to this day.