1 Chronicles 4 in plain modern English. New Ground English Translation.
The descendants of Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
Reaiah son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the of the Zorathites.
These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister's name was Hazzelelponi.
Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and founder of
Ashhur, the founder of had two wives: Helah and Naarah.
Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.
The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan.
Koz fathered Anub and Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.
was more than his brothers. His mother named him saying, "I gave birth to him in pain."
Jabez called out to the God of Israel: "If only you would truly for me, my be with me, and keep me from so that I won't have to live in And God granted what he asked for.
Kelub, Shuhah's brother, fathered Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the founder of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
The sons of Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath.
Meonothai fathered Ophrah. Seraiah fathered Joab, the founder of — they were called that because they were craftsmen.
The sons of son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.
The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered's wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the founder of Eshtemoa.
His Judahite wife bore Jered the founder of Gedor, Heber the founder of Soco, and Jekuthiel the founder of Zanoah. These were the sons of Pharaoh's daughter, whom Mered had married.
The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.
The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the founder of Lecah, Laadah the founder of Mareshah, and the clans of the at Beth-ashbea,
and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who in and then returned to Bethlehem. (These are
They were the who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there and worked for the king.
The descendants of Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.
Shaul's son was Shallum, his son was Mibsam, and his son was Mishma.
The descendants of Mishma: his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers didn't have many children, so their whole clan never became as large as the people of Judah.
They lived in Moladah, Hazar-shual,
Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the time became king.
Their surrounding settlements were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan — five towns —
along with all the villages around these towns as far as Baal. These are where they lived, and they kept their own
Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,
Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah son of Seraiah son of Asiel,
Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,
and Ziza son of Shiphi son of Allon son of Jedaiah son of Shimri son of Shemaiah.
The men listed by name above were of their clans, and their extended families grew very large.
They went to the outskirts of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, looking for pastureland for their flocks.
They found rich, good pasture. The land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet, because the people who had lived there before were descendants of
These men whose names are listed came during the time of King of Judah. They attacked the Hamites' settlements and the Meunites who were there, them, and took their place — and they're still there today.
Some of the Simeonites — five hundred men — went to the hill country of led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi.
They wiped out the remaining who had escaped, and they've lived there ever since.