1 Chronicles 4

The Family of Ashhur and Jabez 1 Chronicles 4:5–10

⁵Verse 5. Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶Verse 6. Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷Verse 7. The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. ⁸Verse 8. Hakkoz became the father of Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. ⁹Verse 9. Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him with sorrow.” ¹⁰Verse 10. Jabez called on the God 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.

Further Generations and Cities 1 Chronicles 4:11–20

¹¹Verse 11. Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²Verse 12. Eshton became the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These are the men of Recah. ¹³Verse 13. The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath. ¹⁴Verse 14. Meonothai became the father of Ophrah: and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge Harashim; for they were craftsmen. ¹⁵Verse 15. The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz. ¹⁶Verse 16. The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

¹⁷Verse 17. The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon; and she bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸Verse 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. ¹⁹Verse 19. The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. ²⁰Verse 20. The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben Zoheth.

Simeon's Descendants and Settlements 1 Chronicles 4:21–30

²¹Verse 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; ²²Verse 22. and Jokim, and the men of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. These records are ancient. ²³Verse 23. These were the potters, and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah: they lived there with the king for his work. ²⁴Verse 24. The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; ²⁵Verse 25. Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. ²⁶Verse 26. The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

²⁷Verse 27. Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers didn’t have many children, and all their family did not multiply like the children of Judah. ²⁸Verse 28. They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazarshual, ²⁹Verse 29. at Bilhah, at Ezem, at Tolad, ³⁰Verse 30. at Bethuel, at Hormah, at Ziklag,

Simeon's Warriors and Actions 1 Chronicles 4:31–43

³¹Verse 31. at Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until David’s reign. ³²Verse 32. Their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; ³³Verse 33. and all their villages that were around the same cities, to Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogy. ³⁴Verse 34. Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, ³⁵Verse 35. Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, ³⁶Verse 36. Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

³⁷Verse 37. and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah— ³⁸Verse 38. these mentioned by name were princes in their families. Their fathers’ houses increased greatly. ³⁹Verse 39. They went to the entrance of Gedor, even to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰Verse 40. They found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceful; for those who lived there before were descended from Ham. ⁴¹Verse 41. These written by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and struck their tents. 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.

⁴²Verse 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. ⁴³Verse 43. They struck the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and have lived there to this day.