aThe sons of Judah
were Perez
, Hezron
, Carmi
, Hur
and Shobal
.
Reaiah the son
of Shobal
1became
the father
of Jahath
, and Jahath
became
the father
of Ahumai
and Lahad
. These
were the families
of the Zorathites
.
These were the 1sons
of Etam
: Jezreel
, Ishma
and Idbash
; and the name
of their sister
was Hazzelelponi
.
Penuel was the father
of Gedor
, and Ezer
the father
of Hushah
. These
were the sons
of Hur
, the firstborn
of Ephrathah
, the father
of Bethlehem
.
Ashhur, the father
of Tekoa
, had
two
wives
, Helah
and Naarah
.
Naarah bore
him Ahuzzam
, Hepher
, Temeni
and Haahashtari
. These
were the sons
of Naarah
.
The sons of Helah
were Zereth
, 1Izhar
and Ethnan
.
Koz became
the father
of Anub
and Zobebah
, and the families
of Aharhel
the son
of Harum
.
Jabez was more
honorable
than
his brothers
, and his mother
named
him Jabez
saying
, "Because
I bore
him with pain
."
Now Jabez called
on the God
of Israel
, saying
, "Oh
that You would bless
me indeed
and enlarge
my border
, and that Your hand
might be with me, and that You would keep
me from harm
that it may not pain
me!" And God
granted
him what
he requested
.
Chelub the brother
of Shuhah
became
the father
of Mehir
, who
was the father
of Eshton
.
Eshton became
the father
of Beth-rapha
and Paseah
, and Tehinnah
the father
of 1Ir-nahash
. These
are the men
of Recah
.
Now the sons of Kenaz
were Othniel
and Seraiah
. And the sons
of Othniel
were Hathath
and Meonothai
.
Meonothai became
the father
of Ophrah
, and Seraiah
became
the father
of Joab
the father
of 1Ge-harashim
, for they were craftsmen
.
The sons of Caleb
the son
of Jephunneh
were Iru
, Elah
and Naam
; and the 1son
of Elah
was 2Kenaz
.
The sons of Jehallelel
were Ziph
and Ziphah
, Tiria
and Asarel
.
The 1sons of Ezrah
were Jether
, Mered
, Epher
and Jalon
. ( 2And these
are the sons
of Bithia
the daughter
of Pharaoh
, whom
Mered
took
) and she conceived
and bore Miriam
, Shammai
and Ishbah
the father
of Eshtemoa
.
His Jewish wife
bore
Jered
the father
of Gedor
, and Heber
the father
of Soco
, and Jekuthiel
the father
of Zanoah
.
The sons of the wife
of Hodiah
, the sister
of Naham
, were the 1fathers
of Keilah
the Garmite
and Eshtemoa
the Maacathite
.
The sons of Shimon
were Amnon
and Rinnah
, Benhanan
and Tilon
. And the sons
of Ishi
were Zoheth
and Ben-zoheth
.
The sons of Shelah
the son
of Judah
were Er
the father
of Lecah
and Laadah
the father
of Mareshah
, and the families
of the house
of the linen
workers
at Beth-ashbea
;
and Jokim, the men
of Cozeba
, Joash
, Saraph
, who
ruled
in Moab
, and Jashubi-lehem
. And the 1records
are ancient
.
These were the potters
and the inhabitants
of Netaim
and Gederah
; they lived
there
with the king
for his work
.
The sons of Simeon
were 1Nemuel
and Jamin
, 2Jarib
, 3Zerah
, Shaul
;
Shallum his son
, Mibsam
his son
, Mishma
his son
.
The sons of Mishma
were Hammuel
his son
, Zaccur
his son
, Shimei
his son
.
Now Shimei had sixteen
sons
and six
daughters
; but his brothers
did not have
many
sons
, nor
did all
their family
multiply
like
the sons
of Judah
.
They lived at Beersheba
, Moladah
and Hazar-shual
,
Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim
, Beth-biri
and Shaaraim
. These
were their cities
until
the reign
of David
.
Their villages were Etam
, Ain
, Rimmon
, Tochen
and Ashan
, five
cities
;
and all their villages
that were around
the same
cities
as far
as 1Baal
. These
were their settlements
, and they have their genealogy
.
Meshobab and Jamlech
and Joshah
the son
of Amaziah
,
and Joel and Jehu
the son
of Joshibiah
, the son
of Seraiah
, the son
of Asiel
,
and Elioenai, Jaakobah
, Jeshohaiah
, Asaiah
, Adiel
, Jesimiel
, Benaiah
,
Ziza the son
of Shiphi
, the son
of Allon
, the son
of Jedaiah
, the son
of Shimri
, the son
of Shemaiah
;
these mentioned
by name
were leaders
in their families
; and their fathers'
houses
increased
greatly
.
They went to the entrance
of Gedor
, even
to the east
side
of the valley
, to seek
pasture
for their flocks
.
They found rich
and good
pasture
, and athe land
was broad
and quiet
and peaceful
; for those who lived
there
formerly
were Hamites
.
aThese, recorded
by name
, came
in the days
of Hezekiah
king
of Judah
, and 1attacked
their tents
and the Meunites
who
were found
there
, and destroyed
them utterly
to this
day
, and lived
in their place
, because
there was pasture
there
for their flocks
.
From them, from the sons of Simeon
, five
hundred
men
went
to aMount
Seir
, with Pelatiah
, Neariah
, Rephaiah
and Uzziel
, the sons
of Ishi
, as their leaders
.
aThey 1destroyed the remnant
of the Amalekites
who
escaped
, and have lived
there
to this
day
.