1 Chronicles 4

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The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

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am 2283 , etc. bc 1721 , etc

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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.

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These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi.

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Penuel 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.

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Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

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and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

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Probably Jabez should be mentioned here; as otherwise he is as a consequent without an antecedent.

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Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.”

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Jabez i.e. Sorrowful

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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.

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keep me Heb. do me

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Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.

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The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

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Hathath or , Hathath and Meonathai , who begat , etc

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Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.

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valley or , inhabitants of the valley

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The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

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Kenaz or , Uknaz

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The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

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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.

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Ezra Ezra seems to be the person before called Asareel in 1 Chronicles 4 . 16.

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These were the children 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.

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Gedor Gedor was a city in the tribe of Judah; and probably the same which Eusebius calls והןץע , and Jerome Gedrus , ten miles from Diospolis , or Lydda , towards Eleutheropolis.

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The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

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The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The descendants of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

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Shimon Shimon is supposed to have been another son of Mered , by Jehudijah. As this latter name signifies a Jewess , it rather favours the opinion that Bithiah was not a Jewess , but an Egyptian.

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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,

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Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.)

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These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king.

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The descendants of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

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The sons of Simeon This genealogy differs in many particulars from those in the parallel places; probably being occasioned by the same person's having several names.

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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.

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They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

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Moladah Probably the same as Malatha , so often mentioned by Eusebius; from whom it appears it was situated about twenty miles from Hebron.

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Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

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Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

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Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

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And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns—

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Ashan Eusebius say Beth-ashan was sixteen miles west of Jerusalem.

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and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record:

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their genealogy or , as they divided themselves by nations among them

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Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah,

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These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,

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and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks.

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they went This expedition of the Simeonites took place in the days of Hezekiah , and , as Calmet conjectures , near the time of the captivity of the ten tribes; when the remnant of Simeon would feel themselves obliged to retire more southward into Arabia Petrea , for fear of the Jews , and to seek pasture for their flocks.

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There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly.

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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, devoting them to destruction even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks.

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And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir

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and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day.

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