CHAPTER 4
Reaiah
son
of Shobal
was the father of
Jahath,
and Jahath
was the father of
Ahumai
and Lahad.
These
were the clans
of the Zorathites.
Penuel
was the father
of Gedor,
and Ezer
was the father of
Hushah.
These
were the descendants
of Hur,
the firstborn
of Ephrath
and the father
of Bethlehem:
Naarah
bore
to him
Ahuzzam,
Hepher,
Temeni,
and Haahashtari.
These
were the descendants
of Naarah.
Now Jabez
was
more honorable
than his brothers.
His mother
had named
him Jabez,
saying,
“Because
I bore him
in pain.”
And Jabez
called out
to the God
of Israel,
“If only
You would bless me
and enlarge
my territory!
May Your hand
be
with me
and keep me
from harm,
so that I will be free
from pain.”
And God
granted
the request
of Jabez.
Eshton
was the father of
Beth-rapha,
of Paseah,
and of Tehinnah
the father
of Ir-nahash.
These
were the men
of Recah.
Meonothai
was the father of
Ophrah,
and Seraiah
was the father of
Joab,
the father
of those living in
Ge-harashim,
which was called this because
they were
craftsmen.
The sons
of Ezrah:
Jether,
Mered,
Epher,
and Jalon.
And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth to
Miriam,
Shammai,
and Ishbah
the father
of Eshtemoa.
These
were the sons
of Pharaoh’s
daughter
Bithiah.
Mered also
took
a Judean
wife,
who gave birth to
Jered
the father
of Gedor,
Heber
the father
of Soco,
and Jekuthiel
the father
of Zanoah.
The sons
of Hodiah’s
wife,
the sister
of Naham,
were the fathers
of Keilah
the Garmite
and of Eshtemoa
the Maacathite.
The sons
of Shimon:
Amnon,
Rinnah,
Ben-hanan,
and Tilon.
The descendants
of Ishi:
Zoheth
and
Ben-zoheth.
The sons
of Shelah
son
of Judah:
Er
the father
of Lecah,
Laadah
the father
of Mareshah
and the clans
of the linen
workers
at Beth-ashbea,
Jokim,
the men
of Cozeba,
and Joash
and Saraph,
who
ruled
in Moab
and
Jashubi-lehem.
(These names are from ancient
records.)
These were
the potters
who lived
at Netaim
and Gederah.
They lived
there
in the service
of the king.
Shimei
had sixteen
sons
and six
daughters,
but his brothers
did not
have many
children,
so their whole
clan
did not
become as numerous
as
the sons
of Judah.
Beth-marcaboth,
Hazar-susim,
Beth-biri,
and Shaaraim.
These
were their cities
until
the reign
of David.
and all
their surrounding
villages
as
far as Baal.
These
were their settlements,
and they kept a genealogical record:
and Ziza
son
of Shiphi,
the son
of Allon,
the son
of Jedaiah,
the son
of Shimri,
the son
of Shemaiah.
and they journeyed
to the entrance
of Gedor,
to the east side
of the valley,
in search of
pasture
for their flocks.
There they found
rich,
good
pasture,
and the land
was spacious,
peaceful,
and quiet,
for
some
Hamites
had lived
there
formerly.
These
who were noted
by name
came
in the days
of Hezekiah
king of
Judah.
They attacked the Hamites
and Meunites
there
in their dwellings,
and they utterly destroyed them
to
this
day.
Then they settled
in their place,
because
there was pasture
for their flocks.
And
five
hundred
of these Simeonites
led by
Pelatiah,
Neariah,
Rephaiah,
and Uzziel,
the sons
of Ishi,
went
to the hill country
of Seir
and struck down
the remnant
of the Amalekites
who had escaped.
And they have lived
there
to
this
day.