1 Chronicles 4:1-23
New Living Translation
Other Descendants of Judah
4 The descendants of Judah were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 Shobal’s son Reaiah was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
3 The descendants of[a] Etam were Jezreel, Ishma, Idbash, their sister Hazzelelponi, 4 Penuel (the father of[b] Gedor), and Ezer (the father of Hushah). These were the descendants of Hur (the firstborn of Ephrathah), the ancestor of Bethlehem.
5 Ashhur (the father of Tekoa) had two wives, named Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. 7 Helah gave birth to Zereth, Izhar,[c] Ethnan, 8 and Koz, who became the ancestor of Anub, Zobebah, and all the families of Aharhel son of Harum.
9 There was a man named Jabez who was more honorable than any of his brothers. His mother named him Jabez[d] because his birth had been so painful. 10 He was the one who prayed to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and expand my territory! Please be with me in all that I do, and keep me from all trouble and pain!” And God granted him his request.
11 Kelub (the brother of Shuhah) was the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of Ir-nahash. These were the descendants of Recah.
13 The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai.[e] 14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the founder of the Valley of Craftsmen,[f] so called because they were craftsmen.
15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives became[g] the mother of Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah (the father of Eshtemoa). 18 He married a woman from Judah, who became the mother of Jered (the father of Gedor), Heber (the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel (the father of Zanoah). Mered also married Bithia, a daughter of Pharaoh, and she bore him children.
19 Hodiah’s wife was the sister of Naham. One of her sons was the father of Keilah the Garmite, and another was the father of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.
The descendants of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
Descendants of Judah’s Son Shelah
21 Shelah was one of Judah’s sons. The descendants of Shelah were Er (the father of Lecah); Laadah (the father of Mareshah); the families of linen workers at Beth-ashbea; 22 Jokim; the men of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-lehem. These names all come from ancient records. 23 They were the pottery makers who lived in Netaim and Gederah. They lived there and worked for the king.
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- 4:3 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads father of. The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
- 4:4 Or the founder of; also in 4:5, 12, 14, 17, 18, and perhaps other instances where the text reads the father of.
- 4:7 As in an alternate reading in the Masoretic Text (see also Latin Vulgate); the other alternate and the Greek version read Zohar.
- 4:9 Jabez sounds like a Hebrew word meaning “distress” or “pain.”
- 4:13 As in some Greek manuscripts and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew lacks and Meonothai.
- 4:14 Or Joab, the father of Ge-harashim.
- 4:17 Or Jether’s wife became; Hebrew reads She became.
1 Chronicles 4:1-23
International Standard Version
Genealogy of Judah
4 Judah’s descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
2 Shobal’s son Reaiah fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.
3 These were the descendants of[a] the ancestor of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and their sister’s name was Hazzelelponi.
4 Penuel fathered Gedor and Ezer fathered Hushah.
These were the descendants of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn, who fathered Bethlehem: 5 Tekoa’s father Ashhur had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 Naarah bore him these sons: Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.[b]
7 The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar,[c] and Ethnan.
8 Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Harum’s son Aharhel.
9 Jabez enjoyed more honor than his relatives—his mother named him Jabez, she said, “because I bore him in pain.”[d]
10 Later on, Jabez called on the God of Israel, asking him,[e] “…whether you would bless me again and again, enlarge my territory, keep your power[f] with me, keep me from evil, and keep me from harm!” And God granted what he had requested.
11 Chelub, Shuhah’s brother, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton. 12 Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, who fathered Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.
13 Kenaz’s descendants were Othniel and Seraiah.
Othniel’s descendants were Hathath 14 and Meonothai, who fathered Ophrah.
Seraiah fathered Joab, who fathered the Ge-harashim,[g] because they became artisans.
15 The descendants of Jephunneh’s son Caleb were Iru, Elah, and Naam.
Elah’s son[h] was Kenaz.
16 Jehallelel’s descendants were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 Ezrah’s descendants were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.
Mered’s wife[i] conceived Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who fathered Eshtemoa. 18 Then his Judean wife bore Jered, who fathered Gedor and then Heber, who fathered Soco and Jekuthiel, who fathered Zanoah. These are the descendants of Bithiah, daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married.
19 The descendants of Hodiah’s wife, Naham’s sister, fathered Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
20 Shimon’s descendants were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.
Ishi’s descendants were Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
21 The descendants of Judah’s son Shelah were Er, who fathered Lecah, Laadah (who fathered Mareshah and the families who belonged to the guild[j] of linen workers at Beth-ashbea), 22 Jokim, the men who lived in Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph (who married Moabite families),[k] and Jashubi-lehem.[l] (The records are ancient.)[m] 23 These people[n] were potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah in service to their king, who lived there.
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- 1 Chronicles 4:3 The Heb. lacks the descendants of; MT reads fathers
- 1 Chronicles 4:6 Or the Ahastarite
- 1 Chronicles 4:7 Or Zohar
- 1 Chronicles 4:9 The name Jabez is related to MT word pain
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 The Heb. lacks him
- 1 Chronicles 4:10 Lit. hand
- 1 Chronicles 4:14 Lit. Valley of the Artists
- 1 Chronicles 4:15 Lit. sons
- 1 Chronicles 4:17 The Heb. lacks Mered’s wife
- 1 Chronicles 4:21 Lit. house
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 Lit. married into Moab
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 Or and returned to Lehem
- 1 Chronicles 4:22 Or missing
- 1 Chronicles 4:23 The Heb. lacks people
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