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These <i>are</i> the families of the Zorathites. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And these <i>were of</i> the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister <i>was</i> Hazelelponi: <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 <i>are</i> the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>And Ashur 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 bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These <i>were</i> the sons of Naarah. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the sons of Helah <i>were</i>, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. <p class="hdg">The Prayer of Jabez</p><p class="reg"><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 bare him with sorrow. <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 coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep <i>me</i> from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.</p> <p class="hdg">More Descendants of Judah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which <i>was</i> the father of Eshton. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These <i>are</i> the men of Rechah.</p> <p class="reg"><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 begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; 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, even Kenaz. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the sons of Ezra <i>were</i>, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare 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 Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these <i>are</i> the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, which Mered took. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And the sons of <i>his</i> wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And the sons of Shimon <i>were</i>, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi <i>were</i>, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.</p> <p class="hdg">The Sons of Shelah</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The sons of Shelah the son of Judah <i>were</i>, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah 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 Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And <i>these are</i> ancient things. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>These <i>were</i> the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.</p> <p class="hdg">The Descendants and Cities of Simeon</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The sons of Simeon <i>were</i>, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, <i>and</i> 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; Hamuel his son, Zacchur 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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual, <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 Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These <i>were</i> 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 <i>were</i>, 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 <i>were</i> round about the same cities, unto Baal. These <i>were</i> their habitations, and their genealogy.</p> <p class="reg"><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 Josibiah, 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 Jeshohaiah, 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 <i>their</i> names <i>were</i> princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.</p> <p class="hdg">Their Conquest of Gedor</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-39.htm"><b>39</b></a></span>And they went to the entrance of Gedor, <i>even</i> 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 <i>was</i> wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for <i>they</i> of Ham had dwelt there of old. <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 habitations that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their rooms: because <i>there was</i> pasture there for their flocks. <span class="reftext"><a href="/1_chronicles/4-42.htm"><b>42</b></a></span>And <i>some</i> of them, <i>even</i> 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 rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<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></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/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 /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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