1 Chronicles 4:1-23
1599 Geneva Bible
4 1 The genealogy of the sons of Judah. 5 Of Asher, 9 Of Jabez and his prayer, 11 Of Chelub, 24 And Simeon: their habitations. 38 And conquests.
1 The [a]sons of Judah were (A)Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad: these are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of Etam, Jezreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
4 And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are the sons of Hur the [b]eldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 But Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah, and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan.
8 Also Koz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 But Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name [c]Jabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt bless me in deed, and enlarge my coasts, and [d]if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be delivered from evil, that I be not hurt. And God granted the thing that he asked.
11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Ir-Nahash: these are the men of Rechah.
13 ¶ And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel, and Seraiah, and the son of Othniel, Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab the [e]father of the valley of craftsmen: for they were craftsmen.
15 ¶ And the sons of Caleb the son of [f]Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 And the sons of Ezrah were Jether and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begat Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Also his [g]wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh [h]which Mered took.
19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah were the Garmites, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth.
21 ¶ (B)The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the households of them that wrought fine linen in the house of Ashbea.
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba and Joash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and [i]Jashubi-Lehem. These also are ancient things.
23 These were porters, and dwelt among plants and hedges: [j]there they dwelt with the king for his work.
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- 1 Chronicles 4:1 Meaning, they came of Judah, as nephews and kinsmen: for only Perez was his natural son.
- 1 Chronicles 4:4 The firstborn of his mother, and not the eldest son of his father.
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 Otherwise called Othniel, Judg. 1:13.
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 It is to be understood, that then he would accomplish his vow which he made.
- 1 Chronicles 4:14 The Lord of that valley where the artificers did work.
- 1 Chronicles 4:15 Called also Esron.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18 Or, she bare, meaning, the second wife of Ezra.
- 1 Chronicles 4:18 Or, of whom he had Mered.
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 Or, of the inhabitants of Lehem.
- 1 Chronicles 4:23 They were king David’s gardeners, and served him in his works.
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