1 Chronicles 4
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1 Chronicles 4

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1The sonsH1121 of JudahH3063: PerezH6557, HezronH2696, and CarmiH3756, and HurH2354, and ShobalH7732. 2And ReaiahH7211 the sonH1121 of ShobalH7732 begat JahathH3189; and JahathH3189 begat Ahumai and Lahad. These are the familiesH4940 of the Zorathites. 3And these were the sons of the fatherH1 of EtamH5862: JezreelH3157, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the nameH8034 of their sisterH269 was Hazzelelponi; 4and PenuelH6439 the fatherH1 of GedorH1446, and EzerH5829 the fatherH1 of Hushah. These are the sonsH1121 of HurH2354, the first-born of EphrathahH672, the fatherH1 of Beth-lehem. 5And AshhurH806 the fatherH1 of TekoaH8620 had twoH8147 wivesH802, HelahH2458 and NaarahH5292. 6And NaarahH5292 bare him Ahuzzam, and HepherH2660, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sonsH1121 of NaarahH5292. 7And the sonsH1121 of HelahH2458 were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. 8And HakkozH6976 begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the familiesH4940 of Aharhel the sonH1121 of Harum. 9And JabezH3258 was more honorable than his brethren: and his motherH517 calledH7121 his nameH8034 JabezH3258, sayingH559, Because I bare him with sorrow. 10And JabezH3258 calledH7121 on the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, sayingH559, Oh that thou wouldest blessH1288 me indeed, and enlarge my borderH1366, and that thy handH3027 might beH1961 with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evilH7451, that it beH1961 not to my sorrow! And GodH430 granted him that which he requested. 11And Chelub the brotherH251 of Shuhah begat Mehir, who was the fatherH1 of EshtonH850. 12And EshtonH850 begat Beth-rapha, and PaseahH6454, and Tehinnah the fatherH1 of Ir-nahash. These are the menH376 of Recah. 13And the sonsH1121 of KenazH7073: OthnielH6274, and SeraiahH8304. And the sonsH1121 of OthnielH6274: Hathath. 14And MeonothaiH4587 begat OphrahH6084: and SeraiahH8304 begat JoabH3097 the fatherH1 of Ge-harashim; for they wereH1961 craftsmenH2796. 15And the sonsH1121 of CalebH3612 the sonH1121 of JephunnehH3312: Iru, ElahH425, and Naam; and the sonsH1121 of ElahH425; and KenazH7073. 16And the sonsH1121 of JehallelelH3094: ZiphH2128, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. 17And the sonsH1121 of Ezrah: JetherH3500, and MeredH4778, and EpherH6081, and Jalon; and she bare MiriamH4813, and ShammaiH8060, and Ishbah the fatherH1 of EshtemoaH851. 18And his wifeH802 the Jewess bare Jered the fatherH1 of GedorH1446, and HeberH2268 the fatherH1 of Soco, and Jekuthiel the fatherH1 of ZanoahH2182. And these are the sonsH1121 of Bithiah the daughterH1323 of PharaohH6547, whom MeredH4778 tookH3947. 19And the sonsH1121 of the wifeH802 of Hodiah, the sisterH269 of Naham, were the fatherH1 of KeilahH7084 the Garmite, and EshtemoaH851 the MaacathiteH4602. 20And the sonsH1121 of Shimon: AmnonH550, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sonsH1121 of IshiH3469: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. 21The sonsH1121 of ShelahH7956 the sonH1121 of JudahH3063: ErH6147 the fatherH1 of Lecah, and Laadah the fatherH1 of MareshahH4762, and the familiesH4940 of the houseH1004 of them that wrought fineH948 linenH948, of the houseH1004 of Ashbea; 22and Jokim, and the menH376 of Cozeba, and JoashH3101, and Saraph, who had dominion in MoabH4124, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient. 23These were the pottersH3335, and the inhabitantsH3427 of Netaim and Gederah: there they dweltH3427 with the kingH4428 for his workH4399.

24The sonsH1121 of SimeonH8095: NemuelH5241, and JaminH3226, JaribH3402, ZerahH2226, ShaulH7586; 25ShallumH7967 his sonH1121, MibsamH4017 his sonH1121, MishmaH4927 his sonH1121. 26And the sonsH1121 of MishmaH4927: Hammuel his sonH1121, ZaccurH2139 his sonH1121, ShimeiH8096 his sonH1121. 27And ShimeiH8096 had sixteen sonsH1121 and sixH8337 daughtersH1323; but his brethren had not manyH7227 children, neither did all their familyH4940 multiplyH7235 like to the children of JudahH3063. 28And they dweltH3427 at Beer-sheba, and MoladahH4137, and Hazar-shualH2705, 29and at BilhahH1090, and at EzemH6107, and at Tolad, 30and at BethuelH1328, and at HormahH2767, and at ZiklagH6860, 31and at Beth-marcabothH1024, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at ShaaraimH8189. These were their citiesH5892 unto the reignH4427 of DavidH1732. 32And their villages were EtamH5862, and AinH5871, RimmonH7417, and Tochen, and AshanH6228, fiveH2568 citiesH5892; 33and all their villages that were roundH5439 about the same citiesH5892, unto BaalH1168. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogyH3187. 34And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the sonH1121 of AmaziahH558, 35and JoelH3100, and JehuH3058 the sonH1121 of Joshibiah, the sonH1121 of SeraiahH8304, the sonH1121 of Asiel, 36and ElioenaiH454, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and AsaiahH6222, and AdielH5717, and Jesimiel, and BenaiahH1141, 37and ZizaH2124 the sonH1121 of Shiphi, the sonH1121 of Allon, the sonH1121 of JedaiahH3042, the sonH1121 of ShimriH8113, the sonH1121 of ShemaiahH8098— 38these mentioned by nameH8034 were princesH5387 in their familiesH4940: and their fathers’H1 housesH1004 increased greatly. 39And they went to the entranceH3996 of GedorH1446, even unto the eastH4217 side of the valleyH1516, to seekH1245 pastureH4829 for their flocksH6629. 40And they foundH4672 fat pastureH4829 and goodH2896, and the landH776 was wideH7342, and quietH8252, and peaceable; for they that dweltH3427 there aforetime were of HamH2526. 41And these writtenH3789 by nameH8034 cameH935 in the daysH3117 of HezekiahH2396 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, and smote their tentsH168, and the MeunimH4586 that were foundH4672 there, and destroyed them utterly unto this dayH3117, and dweltH3427 in their stead; because there was pastureH4829 there for their flocksH6629. 42And some of them, even of the sonsH1121 of SimeonH8095, fiveH2568 hundredH3967 menH376, wentH1980 to mount SeirH8165, having for their captains PelatiahH6410, and NeariahH5294, and RephaiahH7509, and UzzielH5816, the sonsH1121 of IshiH3469. 43And they smote the remnantH7611 of the Amalekites that escapedH6413, and have dweltH3427 there unto this dayH3117.

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