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1 The
sons of Judah:
Perez, Hezron,
Carmi, Hur, and
Shobal.
2 Reaiah
the son of
Shobal became the
father of Jahath;
and Jahath became
the father
of Ahumai and
Lahad. These are
the families of
the Zorathites.
3 These were
the sons of
the father of Etam:
Jezreel, Ishma,
and Idbash. The
name of their sister
was Hazzelelponi.
4 Penuel
was the father
of Gedor and
Ezer 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 Naarah.
6 Naarah
bore him Ahuzzam,
Hepher, Temeni,
and Haahashtari. These were
the sons of
Naarah.
7 The
sons of Helah
were Zereth, Izhar,
and Ethnan.
8 Hakkoz
became the father
of Anub, Zobebah,
and the families
of Aharhel the son
of Harum.
9 Jabez
was more honorable
than his brothers.
His mother named
him Jabez,
saying, “Because I
bore him with
sorrow.”
10 Jabez
called on the
God
of Israel, saying, “Oh
that you would
bless me indeed,
and enlarge my
border! May your
hand be with
me, and may
you keep me
from evil, that
I may not
cause pain!”
God granted him
that which he
requested.
11 Chelub
the brother of
Shuhah became the
father of Mehir,
who was the
father of Eshton.
12 Eshton
became the father
of Beth Rapha, Paseah,
and Tehinnah the
father of Ir Nahash. These are
the men of Recah.
13 The
sons of Kenaz:
Othniel and
Seraiah. The sons
of Othniel:
Hathath.
14 Meonothai
became the father
of Ophrah: and
Seraiah became the
father of Joab
the father of Ge
Harashim, for they
were craftsmen.
15 The
sons of Caleb
the son of
Jephunneh: Iru, Elah,
and Naam. The
son of Elah: Kenaz.
16 The
sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, Ziphah,
Tiria, and Asarel.
17 The
sons of Ezrah:
Jether, Mered,
Epher, and Jalon;
and Mered’s wife bore
Miriam, Shammai,
and Ishbah the
father of Eshtemoa.
18 His wife
the Jewess bore
Jered the father
of Gedor, Heber
the father of
Soco, and
Jekuthiel the
father of Zanoah.
These are the
sons of Bithiah
the daughter of
Pharaoh, whom Mered
took.
19 The
sons of the wife
of Hodiah,
the sister of
Naham, were
the fathers of
Keilah the Garmite
and Eshtemoa the
Maacathite.
20 The
sons of Shimon:
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and
Tilon. The sons
of Ishi: Zoheth,
and Ben Zoheth.
21 The
sons of Shelah
the son of
Judah: Er the
father of Lecah,
Laadah the father
of Mareshah, and
the families of
the house of
those who worked
fine linen, of the
house of Ashbea;
22 and
Jokim, and the men
of Cozeba, and
Joash, and Saraph,
who had dominion
in Moab,
and Jashubilehem. These records
are ancient.
23 These
were the potters,
and the
inhabitants of
Netaim and Gederah;
they lived there
with the king
for his work.
24 The
sons of Simeon:
Nemuel, Jamin,
Jarib, Zerah,
Shaul;
25 Shallum
his son, Mibsam
his son, and
Mishma his son.
26 The
sons of Mishma:
Hammuel his son,
Zaccur his son,
Shimei his son.
27 Shimei
had sixteen sons
and six daughters;
but his
brothers didn’t have
many children, and
all their
family didn’t multiply
like the children
of Judah.
28 They lived
at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual,
29 at Bilhah,
at Ezem, at Tolad,
30 at Bethuel,
at Hormah, at Ziklag,
31 at Beth
Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri,
and at Shaaraim.
These were their
cities until
David’s reign.
32 Their
villages were Etam,
Ain, Rimmon,
Tochen, and Ashan,
five cities;
33 and
all their villages
that were around
the same cities,
as far as
Baal. These were
their settlements,
and they kept
their genealogy.
34 Meshobab,
Jamlech, Joshah
the son of Amaziah,
35 Joel,
Jehu the son
of Joshibiah, the
son of Seraiah,
the son of
Asiel,
36 Elioenai,
Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah,
Asaiah, Adiel,
Jesimiel, 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 mentioned by
name were princes
in their families.
Their fathers’ houses
increased greatly.
39 They
went to the
entrance of Gedor,
even to the
east side of
the valley, to
seek pasture for
their flocks.
40 They
found rich, good
pasture, and the
land was wide,
and quiet, and
peaceful, for
those who lived
there before
were descended from
Ham.
41 These
written by name
came in the
days of Hezekiah
king of Judah,
and struck
their tents and
the Meunim who
were found there;
and they destroyed
them utterly to
this day, and
lived in their
place, because
there was pasture
there for their
flocks.
42 Some
of them, even of
the sons of
Simeon, five
hundred men, went
to Mount Seir,
having for their
captains Pelatiah,
Neariah, Rephaiah,
and Uzziel, the
sons of Ishi.
43 They
struck the remnant
of the Amalekites
who escaped, and
have lived there
to this day.