53 And the families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites: of them came the Zorathites, and the Eshtaolites.

54 The sons of Salma of Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the [a]crowns of the house of Joab, and [b]half the Manahethites and the Zorites.

55 And the families of the [c]Scribes dwelling at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites, which are the [d]Kenites, that came of Hammath the father of the house of Rechab.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:54 Meaning, the chief and principle.
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:54 Or, the Zorites, the half of the Manahethites.
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Which were men learned and expert in the law.
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Read Num. 10:29; Judg. 1:16.

53 and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites,(A) Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

54 The descendants of Salma:

Bethlehem, the Netophathites,(B) Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55 and the clans of scribes[a] who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites(C) who came from Hammath,(D) the father of the Rekabites.[b](E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or of the Sopherites
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or father of Beth Rekab