1 Paralipomenon 4

¹The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi, and Hur, and Sobal.

²But Raia the son of Sobal begat Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai, and Laad. These be the kindreds of Sarathi.

³This also is the stock of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, and Jedebos. And the name of their sister Asalelphuni.

⁴And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these are the sons of Hur the first begotten of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.

⁵But Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa, and Naara.

⁶And Naara bare him Oozam, and Hepher, and Themani, & Ahasthari. These are the sons of Naara.

⁷Moreover the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.

⁸And Cos begat Anob, and Soboba, and the kindred of Aharehel the son of Arum.

⁹And Jabes was honorable above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bare him in sorrow.

¹⁰But Jabes invocated the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and thou wilt make that I be not oppressed by malice. And God granted the things that he prayed for.

¹¹And Caleb the brother of Sua begat Mahir, who was the father of Esthon.

¹²Moreover Esthon begat Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna the father of the city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.

¹³And the sons of Cenez, Othoniel, and Saraia. Moreover the sons of Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.

¹⁴Maonathi begat Ophra, and Saraia begat Joab the father of the Vale of Artificers: for there were artificers.

¹⁵And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, Hir, & Ela, and Naham. The sons also of Ela: Cenez.

¹⁶The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria, and Asrael.

¹⁷And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begat Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.

¹⁸Also his wife Judaia, bare Jared the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took.

¹⁹And the sons of the wife of Odaia the sister of Naham the father of Ceila, Garmi, and Esthamo, which was of Macathi.

²⁰The sons also Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and Thilon. And the sons of Jesi, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.

²¹The sons of Sela the son of Juda: Her the father of Lecha, and Laada the father of Maresa, and the kindreds of their house that work silk in the House of oath.

²²And he that made the Sun to stand, and the men of Lying, and Secure, and Burning, which were Princes in Moab, & which returned into Lahem. And these are old words.

²³These are potters, dwelling in Plantings, and in Hedges, with the king in his works, and they abode there.

²⁴The sons of Simeon: Namuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:

²⁵Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.

²⁶The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son.

²⁷The sons of Semei sixteen, and six daughters: but his brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the sum of the children of Juda.

²⁸And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,

²⁹and in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,

³⁰and in Bathuel, and in Hormi, and in Siceleg,

³¹and in Bethmarcaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in Saarim. These were their cities until king David.

³²Their towns also: Etam, & Æn, Rhemmon, and Thochen, and Asan, five cities.

³³And all their villages round about these cities unto Baal. This is their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.

³⁴Mosabab also and Jemlech, and Josa the son of Amasias,

³⁵and Joel, & Jehu the son of Josabia, the son of Saraia, the son of Asiel.

³⁶and Elioenai, & Jacoba, & Isuhaia, & Asaia, & Adiel, and Ismiel, & Banaia,

³⁷Ziza also the son of Zephei the son of Allon the son of Adaia, the son of Semri the son of Samaia.

³⁸These renowned Princes in their kindreds, and in the house of their affinities they were multiplied exceedingly.

³⁹And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as the East side of the valley, and to seek pastures for their flocks.

⁴⁰And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country very large and quiet and fruitful, in the which before had dwelt the stock of Cham.

⁴¹These therefore, whom before we described by name, came in the days of Ezechias the king of Juda: and they struck their tabernacles, and the inhabitants that were found there, & clean destroyed them until this present day: and they dwelt for them, because they found there most fat pastures.

⁴²Also of the children of Simeon there went into mount Seir five hundred men, having their Princes Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia and Oziel the sons of Jesi:

⁴³and they struck the remnant of the Amalecites, which were able to escape, and they dwelt there for them until this day.