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Judah’s Descendants
4:1 The descendants of Judah : Perez , Hezron , Carmi , Hur , and Shobal . 4:2 Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath , and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad . These were the clans of the Zorathites . 4:3 These were the sons of Etam : Jezreel , Ishma , and Idbash . Their sister was Hazzelelponi . 4:4 Penuel was the father of Gedor , and Ezer was the father of Hushah . These were the descendants of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrathah and 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 , Zohar , Ethnan , 4:8 and Koz , who was the father of Anub , Hazzobebah , and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum . 4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers . His mother had named him Jabez , for she said , “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.” 4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel , “If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory ! May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain !” God answered his prayer . 4:11 Kelub , the brother of Shuhah , was the father of Mehir , who was the father of Eshton . 4:12 Eshton was the father of Beth-Rapha , Paseah , and Tehinnah , the father of Ir Nahash . These were the men of Recah . 4:13 The sons of Kenaz : Othniel and Seraiah . The sons of Othniel : Hathath and Meonothai.

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  • I. Israel's historical roots chs. 1-9A. The lineage of David chs. 1-3B. The house of Israel chs. 4-71. The family of Judah 4:1-232. The family of Simeon 4:24-433. The families of Transjordan ch. 54. The family of Levi ch. 65....
  • "The fact that the author of 1 and 2 Chronicles devoted nine chapters out of sixty-five to genealogies (1 Chr 1-9) makes clear that these were of great importance to him and bear significantly on his purpose in writing his wo...
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  • This list obviously parallels to some extent David's genealogy (chs. 1-3). Saul came from the tribe of Benjamin, not from the tribe of Judah that God had promised leadership of the nation. One reason the writer had an interes...
  • Matthew began his Gospel with a record of Jesus' genealogy because the Christians claimed that Jesus was the Messiah promised in the Old Testament. To qualify as such He had to be a Jew from the royal line of David (Isa. 9:6-...
  • The scene continues to be on earth.7:1 The phrase "after this"(Gr. meta touto) indicates that what follows is a new vision (cf. 4:1). The general chronological progression of the visions suggests that the events John saw now ...
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