More Information About the Clans of Judah
4 The descendants[a] of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 Reaiah son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These are the clans of the Zorathites.
3 These were the sons[b] of Etam: Jezre’el, Ishma, and Idbash. The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.
4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Na’arah. 6 Na’arah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Ha’ahashtari. These were the sons of Na’arah. 7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8 Koz became the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
9 Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez because she said, “I gave birth to him with pain.”[c] 10 Jabez called to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my borders! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from evil,[d] so that I will not experience pain!” God granted him what he requested.
11 Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha and Paseah and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Rekah.
13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.[e]
14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab, who was the father of Ge Harashim,[f] because they were craftsmen.
15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Na’am.
The son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered’s wife gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.[g]
18 His Judean wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, who was the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Ma’akathite.[h]
20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon.
The sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er the father of Lekah, La’adah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen at Beth Ashbea, 22 also Jokim and the men of Kozeba, also Joash and Saraph, who were rulers in Moab, and Jashubi Lehem.[i] These records are ancient. 23 These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there with the king, to work for him.
The Tribe of Simeon
24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
25 Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
26 The family line of Mishma was Hammuel his son, Zakkur his son, and Shimei his son.
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, and their whole family did not increase in number like the people of Judah.
28 They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar Shual, 29 at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad, 30 at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag, 31 at Beth Markaboth, at Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Sha’araim. These were their cities until David’s reign. 32 Their villages were around Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token,[j] and Ashan—five cities 33 and all their villages that were around these cities, as far as Baal.[k] These were their settlements, and they had preserved their genealogical records.
Clan Leaders
34 Meshobab, Jamlek, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 Elioenai, Ja’akobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah—
38 these mentioned by name were leaders in their clans. Their fathers’ houses increased greatly.
39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to search for pasture for their flocks. 40 They found good, rich pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful. The people who had lived there previously were descended from Ham. 41 These who have been named came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah and attacked the tent camps of the Hamites. They completely destroyed the Meunites who were found there, and to this day they have lived in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there. 42 Some of them, five hundred men, also descendants of Simeon, went to Mount Seir. Their leaders were Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. 43 They struck down the remaining Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived there to this day.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 4:1 Literally sons. The five sons here are five generations. Carmi seems to be the same person as Caleb in chapter 2.
- 1 Chronicles 4:3 The translation follows the Greek and Latin texts. The Hebrew text reads these were the father of Etam.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 The name Jabez sounds like the Hebrew word for pain.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 Or harm
- 1 Chronicles 4:13 The words and Meonothai are not present in the Hebrew text but are present in the Greek and Latin texts.
- 1 Chronicles 4:14 Ge Harashim means Valley of Craftsmen.
- 1 Chronicles 4:17 The Hebrew text of verse 17 simply reads she gave birth to without naming the wife. The wife is first named near the end of verse 18. That reference has been moved to verse 17 for clarity.
- 1 Chronicles 4:19 The text and translation of this verse are uncertain.
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 The verse is very difficult and translations are numerous, for example: 1) both of whom ruled in Moab and in Jashubi Lehem (Jashubi Lehem is the name of a place); 2) both of whom ruled in Moab, and Jashubi Lehem. . . (Jashubi Lehem is a person); 3) who ruled in Moab and returned to [Beth]Lehem (here yashubi is a verb meaning returned); 4) who married into Moab but returned to Lehem.
- 1 Chronicles 4:32 This seems to be the same as Ether in Joshua 19:7.
- 1 Chronicles 4:33 This seems to be the same as Baalath Be’er (which is Ramah of the Negev) in Joshua 19:8.