1 Chronicles 4
Common English Bible
Judah’s line
4 Judah’s family: Perez, Hezron, Caleb,[a] Hur, and Shobal.
2 Shobal’s son Reaiah was Jahath’s father, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the Zorathite clans.
3 This was Etam’s family:[b] Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister’s name was Hazzelelponi. 4 Penuel was Gedor’s father, and Ezer was Hushah’s father.
This was the family of Hur the oldest son of Ephrathah, Bethlehem’s father: 5 Ashhur, Tekoa’s father, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari for him. This was Naarah’s family.
7 Helah’s family: Zereth, Zohar,[c] and Ethnan. 8 Koz was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, Harum’s son.
9 Jabez was more honored than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I bore him in pain.”[d] 10 Jabez called on Israel’s God: “If only you would greatly bless me and increase my territory. May your power go with me to keep me from trouble, so as not to cause me pain.” And God granted his request.
11 Chelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was Eshton’s father. 12 Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, Ir-nahash’s father. These are the men of Recah.
13 Kenaz’s family: Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s family: Hathath and Meonothai.[e] 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim,[f] so-called because they were skilled workers. 15 The family of Caleb, Jephunneh’s son: Iru, Elah, and Naam. This was Kenaz’s family.[g]
16 Jehallelel’s family: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 Ezrah’s family:[h] Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Jether was the father of[i] Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, Eshtemoa’s father. 18 His Judean wife gave birth to Jered, Gedor’s father; Heber, Soco’s father; and Jekuthiel, Zanoah’s father.
This is the family of Bithiah, Pharaoh’s daughter, whom Mered married. 19 The family of his Judean wife,[j] the sister of Naham, Keilah’s father the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 Shimon’s family: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.
Ishi’s family: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
21 The family of Shelah, Judah’s son: Er, Lecah’s father; Laadah, Mareshah’s father; the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea; 22 Jokim; the men of Cozeba; Joash; and Saraph, who married into[k] Moab but returned to Bethlehem[l] (the records are ancient). 23 They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king in his service.
Simeon’s line
24 Simeon’s family: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul, 25 his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma. 26 Mishma’s family: his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei. 27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, and none of their clans became as numerous as the Judeans.
28 They lived in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, 29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 31 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until David became king. 32 Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns— 33 as well as all their villages around these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept their own family records:
34 Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, 35 Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel, 36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, 37 and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah. 38 These mentioned by name were leaders in their clans, and their households increased greatly.
39 They went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to find pasture for their flocks. 40 They found fertile pasture, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful; the people of Ham used to live there. 41 These whose names were recorded, however, came in the days of Judah’s King Hezekiah, attacked their tents and the Meunim[m] found there, and completely destroyed them, as can be seen today. They settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 Some of them, five hundred Simeonites, went to Mount Seir, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, Ishi’s sons. 43 They struck down those who were left of the Amalekites and have lived there ever since.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 4:1 Cf 1 Chron 2:19; MT Carmi
- 1 Chronicles 4:3 LXX; MT father
- 1 Chronicles 4:7 Qere, LXX; Kethib Izhar
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 Heb sounds like Jabez.
- 1 Chronicles 4:13 LXX, Vulg; MT lacks Meonothai.
- 1 Chronicles 4:14 Or the valley of skilled workers
- 1 Chronicles 4:15 Cf 4:13; MT the family of Elah and Kenaz
- 1 Chronicles 4:17 LXX, Vulg; MT son
- 1 Chronicles 4:17 LXX; MT and she conceived
- 1 Chronicles 4:19 LXX; MT the wife of Hodiah
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 Or ruled over
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 Cf Tg, Vulg; MT Lehem returned
- 1 Chronicles 4:41 Qere; Kethib Meinim
1 Cronache 4
La Nuova Diodati
4 I figli di Giuda furono Perets. Hetsron, Karmi, Hur e Shobal.
2 Reaiah, figlio di Shobal, generò Jahath; Jahath generò Ahumai e Lahad. Queste furono le famiglie degli Tsorathei.
3 Questi furono i figli del padre di Etam: Jezreel, Ishma e Idbash; la loro sorella si chiamava Hatselelponi.
4 Penuel fu padre di Ghedor; Ezer fu padre di Hushah. Questi furono i figli di Hur, primogenito di Efratah, padre di Betlemme.
5 Ashur, padre di Tekoa ebbe due mogli, Helah e Naarah.
6 Naarah gli partorí Ahuzam. Hefer. Tememi e Ahashtari. Questi furono i figli di Naarah.
7 I figli di Helah furono Tsereth. Tsohar e Ethnan.
8 Kotz generò Anub. Tsobebah e le famiglie di Aharhel, figlio di Harum.
9 Jabets fu piú onorato dei suoi fratelli; sua madre l'aveva chiamato Jabets, perché diceva: «L'ho partorito con dolore».
10 Jabets invocò il DIO d'Israele, dicendo: «Oh, se tu mi benedicessi e allargassi i miei confini e la tua mano fosse con me e mi preservassi dal male sí che io non abbia a soffrire!». E DIO gli concesse ciò che aveva chiesto.
11 Kelub, fratello di Shuhah, generò Mehir, che fu padre di Eshton.
12 Eshton generò Beth-Rafa, Paseah e Tehinnah, padre di Ir-Nahash. Questi furono gli uomini di Rehah.
13 I figli di Kenaz furono Othniel e Seraiah. I figli di Othniel furono Hathath.
14 e Meonothai che generò Ofrah. Seraiah generò Joab, padre degli abitanti della valle degli artigiani, perché erano artigiani.
15 I figli di Caleb, il figlio di Jefunneh, furono Iru, Elah e Naam. Il figlio di Elah fu Kenaz.
16 I figli di Jehalleleel furono Zif, Zifah. Tiria e Asareel.
17 I figli di Ezrah furono Jether, Mered, Efer e Jalon. La moglie di Mered partorí Miriam, Shammai e Ishbah, padre di Eshtemo.
18 (Sua moglie Jehudijah partorí Jered padre di Ghedor, Heber padre di Sokoh e Jekuthiel padre di Zanoah). Questi furono i figli di Bithiah, figlia del Faraone, che Mered aveva presa in moglie.
19 I figli della moglie di Hodijah, sorella di Naham furono il padre di Keliah, il Garmeo e Eshtemo il Maakatheo.
20 I figli di Scimon furono Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan e Tilon. I figli di Isci furono Zoheth e Ben-Zoheth.
21 I figli di Scelah, figlio di Giuda furono Er padre di Lekah, Laadah padre di Mareshah, e le famigli e della casa dei lavoratori di bisso di Beth-Ashbea,
22 Jokim e la gente di Kozeba, Joas e Saraf, che dominarono in Moab, e Jashubi-Lehem. Ma questi fatti sono antichi.
23 Essi erano vasai e abitavano a Netaim e a Ghederah; abitavano là con il re, al suo servizio.
24 I figli di Simeone furono Jemuel Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,
25 il cui figlio fu Shallum, il cui figlio fu Mibsam, il cui figlio fu Mishma.
26 I figli di Mishma furono suo figlio Hammuel, il cui figlio fu Zakkur, il cui figlio fu Scimei.
27 Scimei ebbe sedici figli e sei figlie ma i suoi fratelli non ebbero molti figli, e il loro parentado non si moltiplicò come i figli di Giuda.
28 Essi si stabilirono a Beer-Sceba, a Moladah, a Hatsar-Shual,
29 a Bilhah, a Etsem, a Tolad,
30 a Bethuel, a Hormah, a Tsiklag,
31 a Beth-Markaboth, a Hatsar-Susim, a Beth-Biri e a Shaaraim. Queste furono le loro città, fino al regno di Davide.
32 I loro villaggi erano Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token e Ashan: cinque città,
33 e tutti i villaggi che erano attorno a queste città, fino a Baal. Queste furono le loro dimore, ed essi conservarono la loro genealogia:
34 Meshobab, Jamlek, Joshah, figlio di Amatsiah,
35 Joel e Jehu, figlio di Joscibiah, figlio di Seraiah figlio, di Asiel,
36 Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel e Benaiah,
37 Ziza, figlio di Scifi, figlio di Allon, figlio di Jedaiah, figlio di Scimri, figlio di Scemaiah.
38 Questi, menzionati per nome, erano, principi nelle loro famiglie, e le loro case paterne aumentarono grandemente.
39 Andarono verso l'ingresso di Ghedor fino a ovest della valle in cerca di pascoli per le loro greggi.
40 Trovarono pascoli pingui e buoni, e il paese era vasto, quieto e tranquillo, perché prima vi abitavano i discendenti di Cam.
41 Quelli indicati per nome, al tempo di Ezechia, re di Giuda, vennero e attaccarono le loro tende e i Meuniti che si trovavano là e li votarono allo sterminio; cosí è rimasto fino al giorno d'oggi quindi si stabilirono al loro posto, perché là c'erano pascoli per le loro greggi.
42 Poi alcuni di essi, cinquecento uomini dei figli di Simeone, si recarono a monte Seir con a capo Pelatiah, Neariah, Refaiah e Uzziel figli di Isci
43 Quindi essi uccisero il rimanente degli Amalekiti che era sopravvissuto e hanno abitato fino al giorno d'oggi.
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