1 Chronicles 4 (NET)

1 Chronicles 4:1¹The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:2²Reaiah the son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:3³These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister was Hazzelelponi.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:4⁴Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:5⁵Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:6⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:7⁷The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:8⁸and Koz, who was the father of Anub, Hazzobebah, and the clans of Aharhel the son of Harum.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:9⁹Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:10¹⁰Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only you would greatly bless me and expand my territory. May your hand be with me! Keep me from harm so I might not endure pain.” God answered his prayer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:11¹¹Kelub, the brother of Shuhah, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:12¹²Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Recah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:13¹³The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:14¹⁴Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those who live in the Valley of the Craftsmen, for they were craftsmen.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:15¹⁵The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:16¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:17¹⁷The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:18¹⁸(His Judahite wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the sons of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered married.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:19¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:20²⁰The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben Zoheth.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:21²¹The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:22²²Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, both of whom ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (This information is from ancient records.)Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:23²³They were the potters who lived in Netaim and Gederah; they lived there and worked for the king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:24²⁴The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:25²⁵his son Shallum, his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:26²⁶The descendants of Mishma: his son Hammuel, his son Zaccur, and his son Shimei.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:27²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:28²⁸They lived in Beer Sheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:29²⁹Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:30³⁰Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:31³¹Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. These were their towns until the reign of David.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:32³²Their settlements also included Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:33³³along with all their settlements that surrounded these towns as far as Baal. These were the places where they lived; they kept genealogical records.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:34³⁴Their clan leaders were: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:35³⁵Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel),Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:36³⁶Eleoenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:37³⁷Ziza son of Shipi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:38³⁸These who are named above were the leaders of their clans. Their extended families increased greatly in numbers.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:39³⁹They went to the entrance of Gedor, to the east of the valley, looking for pasture for their sheep.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:40⁴⁰They found fertile and rich pasture; the land was very broad, undisturbed and peaceful. Indeed some Hamites had been living there before that.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:41⁴¹The men whose names are listed came during the time of King Hezekiah of Judah and attacked the Hamites’ settlements, as well as the Meunites they discovered there, and they wiped them out, as can be seen to this very day. They dispossessed them, for they found pasture for their sheep there.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:42⁴²Five hundred men of Simeon, led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to the hill country of SeirCopy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions

1 Chronicles 4:43⁴³and defeated the rest of the Amalekite refugees; they live there to this very day.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible Versions