1 The sons of Judah: Pherez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. 2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath; and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Zoreathites. 3 And these [were of] the father of Etam: Jizreel, and Jishma, and Jidbash; and the name of their sister was Hazlelponi; 4 and Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, [and] father of Bethlehem. 5 — And Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Ahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan. 8 And Koz begot Anub, and Hazzobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 And Jabez was more honoured than his brethren; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bore him with pain. 10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, Oh that thou wouldest richly bless me, and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God brought about what he had requested. 11 And Chelub the brother of Shuah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begot Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Nahash: these were the men of Rechah. 13 — And the sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath. 14 And Meonothai begot Ophrah: and Seraiah begot Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen; for they were craftsmen. 15 — And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the sons of Elah, ...and Kenaz. 16 — And the sons of Jehalleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria and Asareel. 17 — And the sons of Ezra: Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and she conceived [and bore] Miriam, and Shammai, and Jishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 18 And his wife the Jewess bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh whom Mered took. 19 — And the sons of the wife of Hodijah, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 — And the sons of Shimon: Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon. — And the sons of Jishi: Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth. 21 The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lechah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of byssus-workers, of the house of Ashbea, 22 and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that abode among plantations and enclosures: there they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 The sons of Simeon: Nemuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, [and] Saul; 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son; 27 and Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. And his brethren had not many sons; neither did all their family multiply like to the sons of Judah. 28 And they abode at Beer-sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shual, 29 and at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad, 30 and at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag, 31 and at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. 32 And their villages were Etam and Ain, Rimmon and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities; 33 and all their villages that were round about these cities, as far as Baal. These were their habitations and their genealogical register. 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah, 35 and Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 and Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 and Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah: 38 these mentioned by name were princes in their families; and their fathers' houses increased greatly. 39 And they went to the entrance of Gedor, as far as the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. 40 And they found fat and good pasture, and a land widely extended and quiet and fertile, for they who had dwelt there formerly were of Ham. 41 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 stead; for there was pasture there for their flocks. 42 And five hundred men of them, of the sons of Simeon, went to mount Seir, having at their head Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Jishi, 43 and they smote the rest of the Amalekites that had escaped; and they dwelt there unto this day.
1 Chronicles · Darby Translation
1 Chronicles 4 Darby Translation
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Adiel
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:36
Aharhel
Son of Harum, whose clans are listed with the descendants of Koz.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:8
Ahumai
Ahuzzam
Listed first among the sons Naarah bore to Ashhur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:6
Allon
Son of Jedaiah and father of Shiphi in the ancestry of the Simeonite leader Ziza.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:37
Amaziah
Named as the father of Joshah, one of the Simeonite clan leaders.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:34
Amnon
Listed first among the four sons of Shimon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:20
Anub
Son of Koz, listed with Zobebah and the clans of Aharhel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:8
Asaiah
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:36
Asarel
Listed fourth among the four sons of Jehallelel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:16
Ashhur
Born to Hezron's wife Abijah after Hezron died and called the father of Tekoa (that is, the founder or head of that town's families); he had two wives, Helah and Naarah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:24; 1 Chronicles 4:5
Asiel
Named as the father of Seraiah, in the ancestry of the Simeonite leader Jehu.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:35
Ben-hanan
Listed third among the four sons of Shimon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:20
Benaiah
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:36
Bithiah
Pharaoh's daughter and wife of Mered, who bore Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:17; 1 Chronicles 4:18
Chelub
Brother of Shuhah and father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:11
Elah
Son of Caleb son of Jephunneh and father of Kenaz.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:15
Elioenai
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:36
Epher
Er
Son of Shelah son of Judah, called the father of Lecah (a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:21
Eshton
Son of Mehir and father of Beth-rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:11; 1 Chronicles 4:12
Etam
Man named as the father of Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash and of a sister, Hazzelelponi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:3
Ethnan
Listed third among the sons of Helah, wife of Ashhur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:7
Ezer
Listed among the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, and called the father of Hushah (a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:4
Ezrah
Man named as the father of Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:17
Hammuel
Harum
Named as the father of Aharhel, whose clans are listed with the descendants of Koz.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:8
Hathath
Heber
Son of Mered by his Judean wife, called the father of Soco (a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:18
Helah
One of the two wives of Ashhur the father of Tekoa; her sons were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan and Koz.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:5; 1 Chronicles 4:7
Hepher
Listed second among the sons Naarah bore to Ashhur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:6
Iru
Listed first among the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:15
Jaakobah
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:36
Jabez
A man more honorable than his brothers whose mother named him Jabez because she bore him in pain; he called on the God of Israel for blessing and a larger territory, and God…
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:9; 1 Chronicles 4:10
Jahath
Son of Reaiah and father of Ahumai and Lahad, the clans of the Zorathites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:2
Jalon
Jamlech
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:34
Jedaiah
Son of Shimri and father of Allon in the ancestry of the Simeonite leader Ziza.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:37
Jehu
Son of Joshibiah and one of the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:35
Jekuthiel
Son of Mered by his Judean wife, called the father of Zanoah (a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:18
Jered
Son of Mered by his Judean wife, called the father of Gedor (a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:18
Jeshohaiah
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:36
Jesimiel
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:36
Jether
Joab
Son of Seraiah, called the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:14
Joash
Son of Shelah son of Judah who, with Saraph, ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem (these names are from ancient records).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:22
Joel
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:35
Jokim
Named among the sons of Shelah son of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:22
Joshah
Son of Amaziah and one of the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:34
Joshibiah
Son of Seraiah and father of Jehu, the Simeonite clan leader.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:35
Kenaz
Son of Elah, and so a grandson of Caleb son of Jephunneh.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:15
Koz
Listed fourth among the sons of Helah, wife of Ashhur, and father of Anub, Zobebah and the clans of Aharhel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:8
Laadah
Son of Shelah son of Judah, called the father of Mareshah and of the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:21
Lahad
Mehir
Meonothai
Son of Othniel and father of Ophrah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:14
Mered
Son of Ezrah who married Bithiah, Pharaoh's daughter, and also took a Judean wife.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:17; 1 Chronicles 4:18
Meshobab
Named among the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor in search of pasture.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:34
Mibsam
Listed second among the sons of Shaul son of Simeon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:25
Miriam
Listed first among the children Bithiah bore to Mered.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:17
Mishma
Son of Shaul son of Simeon and father of Hammuel, Zaccur and Shimei.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:25; 1 Chronicles 4:26
Naam
Listed third among the sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:15
Naarah
One of the two wives of Ashhur the father of Tekoa; she bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:5; 1 Chronicles 4:6
Naham
Named as the brother of the wife of Hodiah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:19
Neariah
Son of Ishi and one of four leaders of five hundred Simeonites who went to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:42
Paseah
Listed second among the children of Eshton.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:12
Pelatiah
Son of Ishi and one of four leaders of five hundred Simeonites who went to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:42
Penuel
Listed among the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, and called the father of Gedor (a town).
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:4
Reaiah
Rephaiah
Son of Ishi and one of four leaders of five hundred Simeonites who went to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:42
Rinnah
Listed second among the four sons of Shimon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:20
Saraph
Son of Shelah son of Judah who, with Joash, ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:22
Seraiah
Son of Asiel and father of Joshibiah, in the ancestry of the Simeonite leader Jehu.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:35
Seraiah
Son of Kenaz and brother of Othniel, and father of Joab, the father of those who lived in Ge-harashim.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:13; 1 Chronicles 4:14
Shallum
Listed first among the sons of Shaul son of Simeon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:25
Shammai
Listed second among the children Bithiah bore to Mered.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:17
Shemaiah
Named as the father of Shimri in the ancestry of the Simeonite leader Ziza.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:37
Shimei
Son of Mishma who had sixteen sons and six daughters, though his brothers did not have many children, so their clan did not grow as numerous as the sons of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:26; 1 Chronicles 4:27
Shimon
Man named as the father of Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan and Tilon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:20
Shimri
Son of Shemaiah and father of Jedaiah in the ancestry of the Simeonite leader Ziza.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:37
Shiphi
Son of Allon and father of Ziza, the Simeonite clan leader.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:37
Shobal
Son of Hur, called the father of Kiriath-jearim (a town), with descendants including Haroeh, the clans of Kiriath-jearim and Reaiah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 2:52; 1 Chronicles 4:1
Shuhah
Tehinnah
Son of Eshton, called the father of Ir-nahash; these were the men of Recah.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:12
Temeni
Listed third among the sons Naarah bore to Ashhur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:6
Tilon
Listed fourth among the four sons of Shimon.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:20
Tiria
Listed third among the four sons of Jehallelel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:16
Uzziel
Son of Ishi and one of four leaders of five hundred Simeonites who went to Mount Seir and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:42
Zaccur
Zereth
Listed first among the sons of Helah, wife of Ashhur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:7
Ziph
Listed first among the four sons of Jehallelel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:16
Ziphah
Listed second among the four sons of Jehallelel.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:16
Ziza
Son of Shiphi and one of the Simeonite clan leaders who came in the days of King Hezekiah to the entrance of Gedor.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:37
Zohar
Listed second among the sons of Helah, wife of Ashhur.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:7
Zoheth
Listed first among the descendants of Ishi.
Cited in the guide: 1 Chronicles 4:20
Cross references (29)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Genesis 46:12; Genesis 38:29; Luke 3:33; 1 Chronicles 2:18; 1 Chronicles 2:9
- 2 1 Chronicles 2:52–54; Joshua 15:33; Judges 13:25
- 3 2 Chronicles 11:6; Judges 15:11
- 4 1 Chronicles 2:50; 1 Chronicles 4:18; 1 Chronicles 4:39; 1 Chronicles 2:19; Joshua 15:36
- 5 1 Chronicles 2:24
- 9 1 Samuel 4:21; Genesis 35:18; 1 Chronicles 7:23; Acts 17:11; Genesis 34:19
- 10 Matthew 7:7–11; Psalm 116:1–4; Proverbs 10:22; Jeremiah 33:3; Isaiah 41:10
- 13 Joshua 15:17; Judges 1:13; Judges 3:9–11
- 14 2 Kings 24:14; Nehemiah 11:35
- 15 Numbers 13:6; Numbers 14:24; Numbers 14:30; Joshua 14:6–14; Joshua 15:13–20
- 17 1 Chronicles 4:19; 1 Chronicles 6:57; 1 Samuel 30:28; Joshua 15:50; 1 Chronicles 21:24
- 18 1 Chronicles 4:39; 1 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 2:42; Joshua 15:58; Joshua 15:34–35
- 19 Joshua 15:44; 1 Samuel 23:1–13
- 21 Genesis 38:5; Genesis 46:12; Numbers 26:20; 1 Chronicles 2:3; 1 Chronicles 9:5
- 23 Psalm 81:6
- 24 Genesis 46:10; Numbers 26:12–14; Exodus 6:15
- 27 Numbers 26:14; Numbers 26:22; Numbers 2:13; Numbers 2:4
- 28 Joshua 19:2–3; Joshua 19:9; Joshua 15:28–29
- 29 Joshua 19:3–4
- 30 Nehemiah 11:28; 1 Samuel 27:6; 1 Samuel 30:1; Joshua 15:31; 1 Chronicles 12:1
- 31 Joshua 19:5–6
- 32 Joshua 19:7
- 33 Joshua 19:8
- 38 1 Chronicles 5:24; Genesis 6:4
- 39 1 Chronicles 4:4; 1 Chronicles 4:18; Joshua 15:58; Joshua 12:13
- 40 Judges 18:7–10; Genesis 9:22–29; Genesis 10:6; Psalm 78:51; Psalm 105:23
- 41 Acts 17:26; 2 Kings 18:8–12; Judges 10:12; Jeremiah 49:20; Numbers 32:1–4
- 42 Genesis 36:8–9; Deuteronomy 1:2
- 43 1 Samuel 30:17; 2 Samuel 8:12; 1 Samuel 15:7–8; Deuteronomy 25:17–19; Exodus 17:14–16
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