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Text -- 1 Chronicles 4:1-41 (NET)
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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 .
4:40 They found fertile and rich pasture ; the land was very broad , undisturbed and peaceful . Indeed some Hamites had been living there prior to that.
4:41 The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements , as well as the Meunites they discovered there , and they wiped them out to this very day . They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there .
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:13 “Meonothai” is read here by some mss of the LXX, along with the Vulgate. The name apparently was dropped from the Hebrew text by haplograp...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:14 Heb “the father of Ge Harashim, for they were craftsmen.” The name “Ge Harashim” means “valley of craftsmen.”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:17 The Hebrew text has simply, “and she gave birth to,” without identifying the subject. The words “Mered’s wife Bithiah” a...
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:20 Or “and the son of Zoheth” (NAB). The word בֶּן (ben) in Hebrew means “son [of].”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:23 Heb “and those who lived in Netaim and Gederah; with the king in his work they lived there.”
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:33 Some LXX mss read “Baalath” (cf. Josh 19:8). This is followed by some English versions (e.g., NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT).
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NET Notes: 1Ch 4:34 The words “their clan leaders were” are added in the translation for clarification. See v. 38a, which makes this clear.
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