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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. 4:14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah . Seraiah was the father of Joab , the father of those who live in Ge Harashim , who were craftsmen . 4:15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh : Iru , Elah , and Naam . The son of Elah : Kenaz . 4:16 The sons of Jehallelel : Ziph , Ziphah , Tiria , and Asarel . 4:17 The sons of Ezrah : Jether , Mered , Epher , and Jalon . Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam , Shammai , and Ishbah , the father of Eshtemoa . 4:18 (His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor , Heber the father of Soco , and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah .) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah , whom Mered married . 4:19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife , the sister of Naham : the father of Keilah the Garmite , and Eshtemoa the Maacathite . 4:20 The sons of Shimon : Amnon , Rinnah , Ben-Hanan , and Tilon . The descendants of Ishi : Zoheth and Ben Zoheth . 4:21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah : Er the father of Lecah , Laadah the father of Mareshah , the clans of the linen workers at Beth-Ashbea , 4:22 Jokim , the men of Cozeba , and Joash and Saraph , both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem . (This information is from ancient records .) 4:23 They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah ; they lived there and worked for the king .
Simeon’s Descendants
4:24 The descendants of Simeon : Nemuel , Jamin , Jarib , Zerah , Shaul , 4:25 his son Shallum , his son Mibsam , and his son Mishma . 4:26 The descendants of Mishma : His son Hammuel , his son Zaccur , and his son Shimei . 4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters . But his brothers did not have many sons , so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah . 4:28 They lived in Beer Sheba , Moladah , Hazar Shual , 4:29 Bilhah , Ezem , Tolad , 4:30 Bethuel , Hormah , Ziklag , 4:31 Beth Marcaboth , Hazar Susim , Beth Biri , and Shaaraim . These were their towns until the reign of David . 4:32 Their settlements also included Etam , Ain , Rimmon , Tochen , and Ashan – five towns . 4:33 They also lived in all the settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal . These were their settlements ; they kept genealogical records . 4:34 Their clan leaders were: Meshobab , Jamlech , Joshah son of Amaziah , 4:35 Joel , Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah , son of Asiel ), 4:36 Eleoenai , Jaakobah , Jeshohaiah , Asaiah , Adiel , Jesimiel , Benaiah , 4:37 Ziza son of Shipi (son of Allon , son of Jedaiah , son of Shimri , son of Shemaiah ). 4:38 These who are named above were the leaders of their clans . Their extended families increased greatly in numbers. 4:39 They went to the entrance of Gedor , to the east of the valley , looking for pasture for their sheep .

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  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • Polygamy

    [nave] POLYGAMY Forbidden, Deut. 17:17; Lev. 18:18; Mal. 2:14, 15; Matt. 19:4, 5; Mark 10:2-8; 1 Tim. 3:2, 12; Tit. 1:6. Authorized, 2 Sam. 12:8. Tolerated, Ex. 21:10; 1 Sam. 1:2; 2 Chr. 24:3. Practiced, Job 27:15; by Lamech, Ge...

  • Jacob

    [nave] JACOB Son of Isaac, and twin brother of Esau, Gen. 25:24-26; Josh. 24:4; 1 Chr. 1:34; Acts 7:8. Ancestor of Jesus, Matt. 1:2. Given in answer to prayer, Gen. 25:21. Obtains Esau's birthright for a some stew, Gen. 25:29-34...

  • Genealogy

    [nave] GENEALOGY, Num. 1:18; 2 Chr. 12:15; Ezra 2:59; Neh. 7:5; Heb. 7:3. Of no spiritual significance, Matt. 3:9; 1 Tim. 1:4; Tit. 3:9. From Adam to Noah, Gen. 4:16-22; 5; 1 Chr. 1:1-4; Luke 3:36-38; to Abraham, Gen. 11:10-32; ...

  • GENEALOGY, 8 part 2

    [isbe] GENEALOGY, 8 part 2 - I. Primeval Genealogies (1 Chronicals 1:1-54). To show Israel's place among the nations; follows Genesis closely, omitting only the Cainites; boldly, skillfully compressed, as if the omitted facts were ...

  • Simeon

    [smith] (heard). The second of Jacob?s son by Leah. His birth is recorded in (Genesis 29:33) The first group of Jacob?s children consists, besides Simeon, of the three other sons of Leah --Reuben, Levi, Judah. Besides the massacre o...
    [nave] SIMEON 1. Son of Jacob, Gen. 29:33; 35:23; Ex. 1:1, 2; 1 Chr. 2:1. With Levi avenges upon the Shechemites the seduction of Dinah, Gen. 34; 49:5-7. Jacob's denunciation of, Gen. 34:30; 49:5-7. Goes down into Egypt to buy g...

  • Simeon, The tribe of

    [ebd] was "divided and scattered" according to the prediction in Gen. 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. They decreased in the wilderness by about two-thir...

  • CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF

    [isbe] CHRONICLES, BOOKS OF - kron'-i-k'-ls (dibhere ha-yamim, "The Words of the Days"; Septuagint paraleipomenon: 1. The Name 2. The Position of Chronicles in the Old Testament 3. Two Books, or One? 4. The Contents 5. Sources Bibl...

  • Seraiah

    [ebd] soldier of Jehovah. (1.) The father of Joab (1 Chr. 4:13, 14). (2.) The grandfather of Jehu (1 Chr. 4:35). (3.) One of David's scribes or secretaries (2 Sam. 8:17). (4.) A Netophathite (Jer. 40:8), a chief priest of the time...
    [isbe] SERAIAH - se-ra'-ya, se-ri'-a (serayahu, "Yah hath prevailed"; Septuagint Saraias, or Saraia): (1) Secretary of David (2 Sam 8:17); in 2 Sam 20:25 he is called Sheva; in 1 Ki 4:3 the name appears as Shisha. This last or Shas...
    [smith] The king?s scribe or secretary in the reign of David. (2 Samuel 8:17) (B.C. 1043.) The high priest in the reign of Zedekiah. (2 Kings 25:18; 1 Chronicles 6:14; Jeremiah 52:24) (B.C. 594.) The son of Tanhumeth the Ne...
    [nave] SERAIAH 1. Called also Sheva, Shisha, and Shavsha. David's scribe, 2 Sam. 8:17; 20:25; 1 Kin. 4:3; 1 Chr. 18:16. 2. Chief priest at time of taking of Jerusalem, 2 Kin. 25:18. Father of Ezra, Ezra 7:1. Slain by Nebuchadne...

  • Shimei

    [ebd] famous. (1.) A son of Gershon, and grandson of Levi (Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17, 29); called Shimi in Ex. 6:17. (2.) A Benjamite of the house of Saul, who stoned and cursed David when he reached Bahurim in his flight from Jerusa...
    [isbe] SHIMEI - shim'-e-i (shim`i, possibly "hear me (El)" or "(Jah)"; Semeei, Semei): A name of frequent occurrence throughout the Old Testament records, sometimes varying slightly in form in English Versions of the Bible. The Kin...
    [smith] (renowned). Son of Gershon the son of Levi, (Numbers 3:18; 1 Chronicles 6:17,29; 23:7,9,10; Zechariah 12:13) called SHIMI in (Exodus 6:17) (B.C. after 1706.) Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite of the house of Saul, who l...
    [nave] SHIMEI 1. Called also Shimi. Son of Gershon, Ex. 6:17; Num. 3:18; 1 Chr. 6:17; 23:7, 10. 2. A Benjamite. Curses David; David's magnanimity toward, 2 Sam. 16:5-13; 19:16-23, with 1 Kin. 2:36-46. 3. An officer of David, 1 K...

  • Jabez

    [ebd] affiction. (1.) A descendant of Judah, of whom it is recorded that "God granted him that which he requested" (1 Chr. 4:9, 10). (2.) A place inhabited by several families of the scribes (1 Chr. 2:55).
    [isbe] JABEZ - ja'-bez (ya`bets, "sorrow" ("height)): (1) Place: An unidentified town probably in the territory of Judah, occupied by scribes (1 Ch 2:55). For an ingenious reconstruction of the passage see EB, under the word (2) Pe...
    [smith] (sorrow). Apparently a place at which the families of the scribes resided who belonged to the families of the Kenites. (1 Chronicles 2:55) The name occurs again in the genealogies of Judah, (1 Chronicles 4:9,10) in a p...
    [nave] JABEZ 1. A city of Judah, 1 Chr. 2:55. 2. The head of a family, 1 Chr. 4:9, 10.

  • Mered

    [ebd] rebellion, one of the sons of Ezra, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:17).
    [isbe] MERED - me'-red (meredh, "rebellion"; Septuagint has at least four variants in 1 Ch 4:17,18): A descendant of Judah through Caleb, and mentioned as a "son of Ezrah" (1 Ch 4:17). Revised Version, rightly following the orthogr...
    [smith] (rebellion). This name occurs in a fragmentary genealogy in (1 Chronicles 4:17,18) as that of one of the sons of Ezra. Tradition identifies him with Caleb and Moses.
    [nave] MERED, son of Ezra, 1 Chr. 4:17, 18.

  • Shobal

    [ebd] pilgrim. (1.) The second son of Seir the Horite; one of the Horite "dukes" (Gen. 36:20). (2.) One of the sons of Caleb, and a descendant of Hur (1 Chr. 2:50, 52; 4:1, 2).
    [isbe] SHOBAL - sho'-bal (shobhal, "overflowing"; Sobal, with variants): (1) An Edomite name mentioned in connection with Lotan, Zibeon and Anah, as that of a "son" of Seir (Gen 36:20), the father of a clan (Gen 36:23), and a Horit...
    [smith] (flowing). Second son of Seir the Horite, (Genesis 36:20; 1 Chronicles 1:38) and one of the "dukes" of the Horites (Genesis 36:29) Son of Caleb the son of Hur and founder or prince of Kirjath-jearim. (1 Chronicles 2:50...
    [nave] SHOBAL 1. Son of Seir, Gen. 36:20, 23, 29; 1 Chr. 1:38, 40. 2. Son of Caleb, 1 Chr. 2:50, 52. 3. Son of Judah, 1 Chr. 4:1, 2.

  • Shemaiah

    [ebd] whom Jehovah heard. (1.) A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam (1 Kings 12:22-24). (2.) Neh. 3:29. (3.) A Simeonite (1 Chr. 4:37). (4.) A priest (Neh. 12:42). (5.) A Levite (1 Chr. 9:16). (6.) 1 Chr. 9:14; Neh. 11:15. (7.) A Le...
    [isbe] SHEMAIAH - she-ma'-ya, she-mi'-a (shema`yah (in 2 Ch 11:2; 17:8; 31:15; 35:9; Jer 26:20; 29:24; 36:12, shema`yahu), "Jahveh hears"): The name is most frequently borne by priests, Levites and prophets. (1) Codex Vaticanus Sam...
    [smith] (heard by Jehovah). A prophet in the reign of Rehoboam. (1 Kings 12:22; 2 Chronicles 11:2) (B.C. 972.) He wrote a chronicle containing the events of Rehoboam?s reign. (2 Chronicles 12:5,15) The son of Shechaniah, am...
    [nave] SHEMAIAH 1. A prophet in the time of Rehoboam. Prevents Rehoboam from war with Jeroboam, 1 Kin. 12:22-24; 2 Chr. 11:2-4. Prophesies the punishment of Rehoboam by Shishak, king of Egypt, 2 Chr. 12:5, 7. Writes chronicles, 2...

  • Naarah

    [ebd] a girl, the second of Ashur's two wives, of the tribe of Judah (1 Chr. 4:5, 6).
    [smith] (a maiden), the second wife of Ashur; a descendant of Judah. (1 Chronicles 4:5,6)
    [nave] NAARAH, a wife of Ashur, 1 Chr. 4:5, 6.

  • Helah

    [ebd] rust, (1 Chr. 4:5, 7), one of the wives of Ashur.
    [isbe] HELAH - he'-la (chel'ah): A wife of Ashhur, father of Tekoa (1 Ch 4:5,7).
    [smith] (rust), one of the two wives of Ashur, father of Tekoa. (1 Chronicles 4:5)
    [nave] HELAH, a wife of Asher, 1 Chr. 4:5.

  • Joshah

    [isbe] JOSHAH - jo'-sha (yoshah, "Yahweh's gift"): A descendant of Simeon, chief in his family (1 Ch 4:34,38).
    [smith] (whom Jehovah lets dwell), a prince of the house of Simeon. (1 Chronicles 4:34,38-41)
    [nave] JOSHAH, a descendant of Simeon, 1 Chr. 4:34.

  • Gedor

    [ebd] a wall. (1.) A city in the mountains or hill country of Judah (Josh. 15:58), identified with Jedar, between Jerusalem and Hebron. (2.) 1 Chr. 4:39, the Gederah of Josh. 15:36, or the well-known Gerar, as the LXX. read, where...
    [isbe] GEDOR - ge'-dor (gedhor; Codex Vaticanus, Geddor, Codex Alexandrinus, Gedor): (1) A town in the mountains of Judah, named with Halhul and Beth-zur (Josh 15:58). It seems to be referred to by Eusebius as Gadeira (Onomasticon,...
    [nave] GEDOR 1. A city in mountains of Judah, Josh. 15:58. 2. The town of Jeroham, 1 Chr. 12:7. Possibly identical with Geder, which see. 3. Valley of, taken by Simeonites, 1 Chr. 4:39. See: Geder. 4. An ancestor of Saul, 1 Ch...

  • Ziza

    [ebd] splendour; abundance. (1.) A Simeonite prince (1 Chr. 4:37-43). (2.) A son of Rehoboam (2 Chr. 11:20).
    [isbe] ZIZA - zi'-za (ziza', probably a childish reduplicated abbreviation or a term of endearment (Curtis, Chron., 369, quoting Noldeke in EB, III 3294)): (1) A Simeonite chief (1 Ch 4:37). (2) A son of King Rehoboam, his mother b...
    [smith] (shining). Son of Shiphi, a chief of the Simeonites in the reign of Hezekiah. (1 Chronicles 4:37) (B.C. about 725.) Son of Rehoboam by Maachah the granddaughter of Absalom. (2 Chronicles 11:20) (B.C. after 973.)
    [nave] ZIZA 1. A Simeonite, 1 Chr. 4:37. 2. Son of Rehoboam, 2 Chr. 11:20.

  • NEGEB

    [isbe] NEGEB - neg'-eb (ha-neghebh, "the negeb" or simply, neghebh, from a root meaning "to be dry," and therefore in the first instance implying the "dry" or "parched regions," hence, in the Septuagint it is usually translated ere...
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  • Jacob blessed all 12 of his sons and foretold what would become of each of them and their descendants. He disqualified Reuben, Simeon, and Levi from leadership and gave that blessing to Judah. He granted the double portion to...
  • Chronicles covers a broader period of history than any other Old Testament book. It begins with Adam and ends with Anani who lived eight generations after King Jehoiachin (1 Chron. 3:24). If we allow 25 years for each generat...
  • The central subject of 1 and 2 Chronicles is the temple of God. Someone evidently wrote these books at the end of the Babylonian exile to encourage the Israelites to reestablish Israel's national life in the Promised Land. In...
  • 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....
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  • Jacob prophesied that his third son, Judah, would become the leader of the Israelites. Through him God would provide the promised blessing to come (Gen. 49:8-12). The Davidic dynasty was one branch of Jacob's descendants, so ...
  • This list clearly defines the priests and Levites' line of descent. Only the descendants of Aaron, the priests, could serve in the temple by offering sacrifices on the incense altar (v. 49; cf. Num. 3:5-38). Nehemiah correctl...
  • The tribes the writer listed were Issachar, Benjamin, Naphtali, Manasseh, Ephraim, and Asher. Why did he omit Dan and Zebulun? The inclusion of these tribes would have resulted in a total of 14 tribes since he had counted Lev...
  • 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...
  • The title of this book is the name of its writer, as is true of all the prophetical books of the Old Testament.We know little about Joel, whose name means "Yahweh is God."He was the son of Pethuel, who does not appear to have...
  • 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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