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The Family of Judah

1 The sons of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.3 These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi;4 and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.5 And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan;8 and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.9 Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him in pain.10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain! So God granted him what he requested.11 Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.12 And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath,14 and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.15 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. 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. And Mereds wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.18 ( His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.19 The sons of Hodiahs wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite.20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;22 also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the records are ancient.23 These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

The Family of Simeon

24 The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul,25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.26 And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.28 They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,31 Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.32 And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashanfive cities33 and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy:34 Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;35 Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, 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 Shemaiah38 these mentioned by name were leaders in their families, and their fathers house increased greatly.39 So they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.40 And they found rich, good pasture, and the land was broad, quiet, and peaceful; for some Hamites formerly lived there.41 These recorded by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah; and they attacked their tents and the Meunites who were found there, and utterly destroyed them, as it is to this day. So they dwelt in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks there.42 Now some of them, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon, went to Mount Seir, having as their captains Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.43 And they defeated the rest of the Amalekites who had escaped. They have dwelt there to this day.

1 CHRONICLES 4

The Descendants //of Judah

1 Judah was the father of five sons: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

2 Shobal was the father of Reaiah, the grandfather of Jahath, and the great-grandfather of Ahumai and Lahad. These men all belonged to the Zorathite clan.

3-4 Hur was the oldest son of Caleb and Ephrath. Some of his descendants settled the town of Bethlehem. Hur's other descendants included Etam, Penuel, and Ezer. Etam's sonst were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash, and his daughter was Hazzelelponi. Penuel settled the town of Gedor, and Ezer settled the town of Hushah.
5 Ashhur, who settled the town of Tekoa, had two wives: Helah and Naarah. 6 Ashhur and Naarah were the parents of Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.

7 Ashhur and Helah were the parents of Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

8 Koz, the father of Anub and Zobebah, was also the ancestor of the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
9 Jabez was a man who got his name because of the pain he caused his mother during birth.t But he was still the most respected son in his family.

10 One day he prayed to Israel's God, “Please bless me and give me a lot of land. Be with me so I will be safe from harm.”t And God did just what Jabez had asked.
11 Chelub was the brother of Shuhah and the father of Mehir. Later, Mehir had a son, Eshton,

12 whose three sons were Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. It was Tehinnah who settled the town of Nahash.t These men and their families lived in the town of Recah.
13 Kenaz was the father of Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel had two sons: Hathath and Meonothai, t

14 who was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, who settled a place called “Valley of Crafts”t because the people who lived there were experts in making things.

15 Caleb son of Jephunneh had three sons: Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah was the father of Kenaz.

16 Jehallelel was the father of Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

17-18 Ezrah was the father of Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered was married to Bithiah the daughter of the king of Egypt. They had a daughter named Miriam and two sons: Shammai and Ishbah. It was Ishbah who settled the town of Eshtemoa. Mered was also married to a woman from the tribe of Judah, and their sons were Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered settled the town of Gedor; Heber settled the town of Soco; and Jekuthiel settled the town of Zanoah.

19 A man named Hodiah was married to the sister of Naham. Hodiah's descendants included Keilah of the Garmite clan and Eshtemoa of the Maacathite clan.

20 Shimon was the father of Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.
Ishi was the father of Zoheth and Benzoheth.
21-22 Judah also had a son named Shelah, whose descendants included Jokim and the people of the town of Cozeba, as well as Er who settled the town of Lecah and Laadah who settled the town of Mareshah. The people who lived in Beth-Ashbea were also descendants of Shelah, and they were experts in weaving cloth. Shelah was the ancestor of Joash and Saraph, two men who married Moabite women and then settled near Bethlehemt—but these family records are very old.

23 The members of these clans were the potters who lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.

The Descendants //of Simeon

27 Shimei had 16 sons and 6 daughters. But his brothers did not have as many children, so the Simeon tribe was smaller than the Judah tribe.
28-31  t Before David became king, the people of the Simeon tribe lived in the following towns: Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-Shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-Marcaboth, Hazarsusim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. 32 They also lived in the five villages of Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan,

33 as well as in the nearby villages as far as the town of Baal. These are the places where Simeon's descendants had settled, according to their own family records.
34-38 As their families and clans became larger, the people of Simeon had the following leaders: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu, t Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza.t 39 When the people needed more pastureland for their flocks and herds, they looked as far as the eastern side of the valley where the town of Gerart is located, 40 and they found a lot of good pastureland that was quiet and undisturbed. This had once belonged to the Hamites,

41 but when Hezekiah was king of Judah, the descendants of Simeon attacked and forced the Hamites and Meunites off the land, then settled there.
42 Some time later, 500 men from the Simeon tribe went into Edomt under the command of Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel the sons of Ishi. 43 They killed the last of the Amalekites and lived there from then on.