1 Chronicles 4:9

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.” ¹ 

1 Chronicles 2:55

2:55 and the clans of the scribes ²  who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended ³  from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab. ⁴ 

1 Chronicles 4:10

4:10 Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only ⁵  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!” ⁶  God answered his prayer. ⁷ 

[4:9]  ¹ tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”

[2:55]  ² tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.

[2:55]  ³ tn Heb “came.”

[2:55]  ⁴ 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.”

[4:10]  ³ tn On the use of אִם (’im, “if”) here, see HALOT 60 s.v.

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “and act from [i.e., so as to prevent] harm so that I might not be in pain.”

[4:10]  ⁵ tn Heb “and God brought about what he had asked.”