1 Chronicles 2:55

2:55 and the clans of the scribes who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.

1 Chronicles 7:29

7:29 On the border of Manasseh’s territory were Beth-Shean and its surrounding towns, Taanach and its surrounding towns, Megiddo and its surrounding towns, and Dor and its surrounding towns. The descendants of Joseph, Israel’s son, lived here.


tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.

tn Heb “came.”

tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”

tn “Beth Shean” is a variant spelling of “Beth Shan.”

map For location see Map1-D4; Map2-C1; Map4-C2; Map5-F2; Map7-B1.