Chapter 4 The sons of Judah, Phares, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobel,
and Reaiah the son of Shobel begat Jehath, and Jehath begat Ahumai, and Lahad.
These are the families of the Zorothites.
And these were of the father of Etam, Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash,
and the name of their sister was Hazalelponai.
And Penuel the father of Geda, and Ezer the father of Husha.
These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrata, the father of Bethlehem.
And Asher the father of Tekoa had two wives, Hela and Neara.
And Neara bare him Ahuzim, and Hepha, and Temani, and Heahashterai.
These were the sons of Neara.
And the sons of Hela were Zereth, and Jezohar, and Ethnon.
And Chaz begat Anab, and Zebeba, and the families of Ahahel, the son of
Herom.
And Jabez was more honorable than his brethren.
And his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, O that thou wouldest bless me
indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou
wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me.
And God granted him that which he requested.
And Kelub the brother of Shua begat Miha, which was the father of Eshton.
And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Passiah, and Tehinnah, the father of Eahnehash.
These are the men of Reca.
And the sons of Kenaz, Othniel, and Saraiah.
And the sons of Othniel, Hathath.
And Mionathai begat Ophrah.
And Sariah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Kereshim, for they were
craftsmen.
And the sons of Kelub the son of Jephunneh, Iru, Elah, and Nahum.
And the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
And the sons of Jehalelel, Ziph, and Zipher, Tyreah, and Azariel.
And the sons of Ezra were Jethah, and Merid, and Ephah, and Jalon.
And sheber Miriam, and Shammai.
And Ishba, the father of Eshtomoah.
And his wife, Jehedijah, ber-Jered, the father of Geda.
And Heber, the father of Soko.
And Jekuthiel, the father of Zenoah.
And these are the sons of Bethiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, which Merid took.
And the sons of his wife, Hodiah, the sister of Nahum.
The father of Keilah, the Garmite.
And Eshtomoah, the Maakathite.
And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilan.
And the sons of Ishai were Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth.
The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Ur, the father of Lekah.
And Laodah, the father of Moreshah.
And the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen.
Of the house of Ashbeer, and Jokim, and the men of Koziba.
And Joash, and Seraph, who had the dominion in Moab.
And Jeshuba-lehem.
And these are ancient things.
These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges.
There they dwelt with the king for his work.
The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, and Jamin.
Jerib, Zerah, and Shaul.
Shalom, his son.
Mipsam, his son.
Mishmah, his son.
And the sons of Mishmah, Hamuel, his son.
Saka, his son.
Shimei, his son.
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.
And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazeshul, and at Bilhah, and at Ezzam,
and at Tolad.
And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag.
And at Beth-Markaboth, and Hazesuzim.
And at Beth-Biriai, and at Shearayim.
These were the cities under the reign of David.
And their villages were Etam, and Ein, Rimen, and Tocan, and Ashen, five cities.
And all their villages, that were round about the same cities, unto Baal.
These were their habitations, and their genealogy.
And Mishobab, and Jamelech, and Joshua, the son of Amaziah.
And Joel, and Jehu, the son of Josibiah, the son of Saraiah, the son of Asiel.
And Elioenai, and Jacobah, and Jehoiah, and Isaiah, and Adiel, and Jezimiel,
and Benaiah.
And Zizah, the son of Shaiphi, the son of Alan, the son of Judea,
the son of Shimri, the son of Shimea.
These, mentioned by their names, were princes in their families.
And the house of their fathers increased greatly.
And they went to the entrance of Geda, even unto the east side of the valley,
to seek pasture for their flocks.
And they found fat pasture and good.
And the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable.
For they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
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 there was pasture there for
their flocks.
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 Raphael, and Uzziel,
the sons of Ishai.
And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto
this day.