4:1 The
sons
of
Judah:
Perez,
Hezron,
Carmi,
Hur,
and
Shobal.
4:2 Reaiah
the
son
of
Shobal
fathered
Jahath,
and
Jahath
fathered
Ahumai
and
Lahad.
These
were
the
clans
of
the
Zorathites.
4:3 These
were
the
sons
of
Etam:
Jezreel,
Ishma,
and
Idbash;
and
the
name
of
their
sister
was
Hazzelelponi,
4:4 and
Penuel
fathered
Gedor,
and
Ezer
fathered
Hushah.
These
were
the
sons
of
Hur,
the
firstborn
of
Ephrathah,
the
father
of
Bethlehem.
4:5 Ashhur,
the
father
of
Tekoa,
had
two
wives,
Helah
and
Naarah;
4:6 Naarah
bore
him
Ahuzzam,
Hepher,
Temeni,
and
Haahashtari.
These
were
the
sons
of
Naarah.
4:7 The
sons
of
Helah:
Zereth,
Izhar,
and
Ethnan.
4:8 Koz
fathered
Anub,
Zobebah,
and
the
clans
of
Aharhel,
the
son
of
Harum.
4:9 Jabez
was
more
honorable
than
his
brothers;
and
his
mother
called
his
name
Jabez,
saying,
"Because
I
bore
him
in
pain."
4:10 Jabez
called
upon
the
God
of
Israel,
saying,
"Oh
that
you
would
bless
me
and
enlarge
my
border,
and
that
your
hand
might
be
with
me,
and
that
you
would
keep
me
from
harm
so
that
it
might
not
bring
me
pain!"
And
God
granted
what
he
asked.
4:11 Chelub,
the
brother
of
Shuhah,
fathered
Mehir,
who
fathered
Eshton.
4:12 Eshton
fathered
Beth-rapha,
Paseah,
and
Tehinnah,
the
father
of
Ir-nahash.
These
are
the
men
of
Recah.
4:13 The
sons
of
Kenaz:
Othniel
and
Seraiah;
and
the
sons
of
Othniel:
Hathath
and
Meonothai.
4:14 Meonothai
fathered
Ophrah;
and
Seraiah
fathered
Joab,
the
father
of
Ge-harashim,
so-called
because
they
were
craftsmen.
4:15 The
sons
of
Caleb
the
son
of
Jephunneh:
Iru,
Elah,
and
Naam;
and
the
son
of
Elah:
Kenaz.
4:16 The
sons
of
Jehallelel:
Ziph,
Ziphah,
Tiria,
and
Asarel.
4:17 The
sons
of
Ezrah:
Jether,
Mered,
Epher,
and
Jalon.
These
are
the
sons
of
Bithiah,
the
daughter
of
Pharaoh,
whom
Mered
married;
and
she
conceived
and
bore
Miriam,
Shammai,
and
Ishbah,
the
father
of
Eshtemoa.
4:18 And
his
Judahite
wife
bore
Jered
the
father
of
Gedor,
Heber
the
father
of
Soco,
and
Jekuthiel
the
father
of
Zanoah.
4:19 The
sons
of
the
wife
of
Hodiah,
the
sister
of
Naham,
were
the
fathers
of
Keilah
the
Garmite
and
Eshtemoa
the
Maacathite.
4:20 The
sons
of
Shimon:
Amnon,
Rinnah,
Ben-hanan,
and
Tilon.
The
sons
of
Ishi:
Zoheth
and
Ben-zoheth.
4:21 The
sons
of
Shelah
the
son
of
Judah:
Er
the
father
of
Lecah,
Laadah
the
father
of
Mareshah,
and
the
clans
of
the
house
of
linen
workers
at
Beth-ashbea;
4:22 and
Jokim,
and
the
men
of
Cozeba,
and
Joash,
and
Saraph,
who
ruled
in
Moab
and
returned
to
Lehem
(now
the
records
are
ancient).
4:23 These
were
the
potters
who
were
inhabitants
of
Netaim
and
Gederah.
They
lived
there
in
the
king's
service.
4:24 The
sons
of
Simeon:
Nemuel,
Jamin,
Jarib,
Zerah,
Shaul;
4:25 Shallum
was
his
son,
Mibsam
his
son,
Mishma
his
son.
4:26 The
sons
of
Mishma:
Hammuel
his
son,
Zaccur
his
son,
Shimei
his
son.
4:27 Shimei
had
sixteen
sons
and
six
daughters;
but
his
brothers
did
not
have
many
children,
nor
did
all
their
clan
multiply
like
the
men
of
Judah.
4:28 They
lived
in
Beersheba,
Moladah,
Hazar-shual,
4:29 Bilhah,
Ezem,
Tolad,
4:30 Bethuel,
Hormah,
Ziklag,
4:31 Beth-marcaboth,
Hazar-susim,
Beth-biri,
and
Shaaraim.
These
were
their
cities
until
David
reigned.
4:32 And
their
villages
were
Etam,
Ain,
Rimmon,
Tochen,
and
Ashan,
five
cities,
4:33 along
with
all
their
villages
that
were
around
these
cities
as
far
as
Baal.
These
were
their
settlements,
and
they
kept
a
genealogical
record.
4:34 Meshobab,
Jamlech,
Joshah
the
son
of
Amaziah,
4:35 Joel,
Jehu
the
son
of
Joshibiah,
son
of
Seraiah,
son
of
Asiel,
4:36 Elioenai,
Jaakobah,
Jeshohaiah,
Asaiah,
Adiel,
Jesimiel,
Benaiah,
4:37 Ziza
the
son
of
Shiphi,
son
of
Allon,
son
of
Jedaiah,
son
of
Shimri,
son
of
Shemaiah--
4:38 these
mentioned
by
name
were
princes
in
their
clans,
and
their
fathers'
houses
increased
greatly.
4:39 They
journeyed
to
the
entrance
of
Gedor,
to
the
east
side
of
the
valley,
to
seek
pasture
for
their
flocks,
4:40 where
they
found
rich,
good
pasture,
and
the
land
was
very
broad,
quiet,
and
peaceful,
for
the
former
inhabitants
there
belonged
to
Ham.
4:41 These,
registered
by
name,
came
in
the
days
of
Hezekiah,
king
of
Judah,
and
destroyed
their
tents
and
the
Meunites
who
were
found
there,
and
marked
them
for
destruction
to
this
day,
and
settled
in
their
place,
because
there
was
pasture
there
for
their
flocks.
4:42 And
some
of
them,
five
hundred
men
of
the
Simeonites,
went
to
Mount
Seir,
having
as
their
leaders
Pelatiah,
Neariah,
Rephaiah,
and
Uzziel,
the
sons
of
Ishi.
4:43 And
they
defeated
the
remnant
of
the
Amalekites
who
had
escaped,
and
they
have
lived
there
to
this
day.