Chapter 4
1 The sons of Judah : Perez , Hezron , Carmi , Hur , and Shobal .
2 Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath ; and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad . These are the families of the Zorathites .
3 These were the sons of the father of Etam : Jezreel , Ishma , and Idbash . The name of their sister was Hazzelelponi .
4 Penuel was the father of Gedor and Ezer the father of Hushah . These are the sons of Hur , the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem .
5 Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah .
6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher , Temeni , and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah .
7 The sons of Helah were Zereth , Izhar , and Ethnan.
8 Hakkoz became the father of Anub , Zobebah , and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum .
9 Jabez was more honourable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez , saying, " Because I bore him with sorrow ."
10 Jabez called on the God " (Elohim). of Israel , saying, "Oh that you would bless me indeed , and enlarge my border ! May your hand be with me , and may you keep me from evil , that I may not cause pain !" God granted him that which he requested .
11 Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir , who was the father of Eshton.
12 Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah , and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah .
13 The sons of Kenaz : Othniel and Seraiah . The sons of Othniel : Hathath .
14 Meonothai became the father of Ophrah : and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim , for they were craftsmen .
15 The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh : Iru , Elah, and Naam . The son of Elah: Kenaz .
16 The sons of Jehallelel : Ziph , Ziphah , Tiria , and Asarel.
17 The sons of Ezrah : Jether , Mered , Epher , and Jalon ; and Mered ’s wife bore Miriam , Shammai , and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 His wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor , Heber the father of Soco , and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah . These are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh , whom Mered took .
19 The sons of the wife of Hodiah , the sister of Naham , were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite .
20 The sons of Shimon : Amnon, Rinnah , Ben Hanan, and Tilon . The sons of Ishi : Zoheth , and Ben Zoheth .
21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah : Er the father of Lecah , Laadah the father of Mareshah , and the families of the house of those who worked fine linen, of the house of Ashbea;
22 and Jokim , and the men of Cozeba , and Joash , and Saraph , who had dominion in Moab , and Jashubilehem. These records are ancient .
23 These were the potters , and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah ; they lived there with the king for his work .
24 The sons of Simeon : Nemuel , Jamin , Jarib , Zerah , Shaul ;
25 Shallum his son , Mibsam his son , and Mishma his son .
26 The sons of Mishma : Hammuel his son , Zaccur his son , Shimei his son .
27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters ; but his brothers didn’t have many children , and all their family didn’t multiply like the children of Judah .
28 They lived at Beersheba, Moladah , Hazarshual,
29 at Bilhah , at Ezem , at Tolad ,
30 at Bethuel , at Hormah , at Ziklag ,
31 at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim . These were their cities until David ’s reign .
32 Their villages were Etam , Ain , Rimmon , Tochen , and Ashan , five cities ;
33 and all their villages that were around the same cities , as far as Baal . These were their settlements , and they kept their genealogy .
34 Meshobab , Jamlech , Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 Joel , Jehu the son of Joshibiah , the son of Seraiah , the son of Asiel ,
36 Elioenai, Jaakobah , Jeshohaiah , Asaiah , Adiel , Jesimiel , Benaiah ,
37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi , the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah , the son of Shimri , the son of Shemaiah —
38 these mentioned by name were princes in their families . Their fathers’ houses increased greatly .
39 They went to the entrance of Gedor , even to the east side of the valley , to seek pasture for their flocks .
40 They found rich , good pasture , and the land was wide , and quiet , and peaceful , for those who lived there before were descended from Ham .
41 These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah , and struck their tents and the Meunim who were found there ; and they destroyed them utterly to this day , and lived in their place , because there was pasture there for their flocks .
42 Some of them , even of the sons of Simeon , five hundred men , went to Mount Seir , having for their captains Pelatiah , Neariah , Rephaiah , and Uzziel , the sons of Ishi .
43 They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped , and have lived there to this day .