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These are the families of the Zorathites. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And these were [the sons of] the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the first-born of Ephrath, the father of Beth-lehem. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>And Naarah bore him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Timeni, and Ahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the sons of Helah were Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Koz begot Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying: ‘Because I bore him with pain.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying: ‘Oh that Thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my border, and that Thy hand might be with me, and that Thou wouldest work deliverance from evil, that it may not pain me!’ And God granted him that which he requested. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Eshton begot Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Meonothai begot Ophrah; and Seraiah begot Joab the father of <span class="fn"><a href="#ftn">a</a></span>Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah: Kenaz. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the sons of Ezrah: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon. And she bore Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa— <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>and his wife Hajehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah—and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-zoheth. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, and Ladah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And the records are ancient. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plantations and hedges; there they dwelt occupied in the king’s work. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamim, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>And their villages were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>and all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and they have their genealogy. <p><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>and Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshoaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers’ houses increased greatly. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-40.htm"><b>40</b></a></span>And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they that dwelt there aforetime were of Ham. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-41.htm"><b>41</b></a></span>And these written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the Meunim that were found there, and destroyed them utterly, unto this day, and dwelt in their stead; because there was pasture there for their flocks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-43.htm"><b>43</b></a></span>And they smote the remnant of the Amalekites that escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.<hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><br>{fn: a} That is, The valley of craftsmen.</span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../1_chronicles/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="1 Chronicles 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../1_chronicles/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="1 Chronicles 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="1 Chronicles 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/1_chronicles/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /> <table align="center" width="90%" style="max-width:900px"><tr><td> <div id="rcjsload_a957f3"></div> <script type="text/javascript"> (function() { var referer="";try{if(referer=document.referrer,"undefined"==typeof referer||""==referer)throw"undefined"}catch(exception){referer=document.location.href,(""==referer||"undefined"==typeof referer)&&(referer=document.URL)}referer=referer.substr(0,700); 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