1 Chronicles 4

About 1 Chronicles 1 Chronicles retells Israel's history from Adam to David, focusing on David and the worship of God.

The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.Selected1 Chronicles 4:1Ask

And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites.Selected1 Chronicles 4:2Ask

And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi:Selected1 Chronicles 4:3Ask

And Penuel the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah, the father of Bethlehem.Selected1 Chronicles 4:4Ask

And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.Selected1 Chronicles 4:5Ask

And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.Selected1 Chronicles 4:6Ask

And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan.Selected1 Chronicles 4:7Ask

And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.Selected1 Chronicles 4:8Ask

And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.Selected1 Chronicles 4:9Ask

And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.Selected1 Chronicles 4:10Ask

And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.Selected1 Chronicles 4:11Ask

And Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Irnahash. These are the men of Rechah.Selected1 Chronicles 4:12Ask

And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah: and the sons of Othniel; Hathath.Selected1 Chronicles 4:13Ask

And Meonothai begat Ophrah: and Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Charashim; for they were craftsmen.Selected1 Chronicles 4:14Ask

And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.Selected1 Chronicles 4:15Ask

And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.Selected1 Chronicles 4:16Ask

And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.Selected1 Chronicles 4:17Ask

And his wife Jehudijah bare 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, which Mered took.Selected1 Chronicles 4:18Ask

And the sons of his wife Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.Selected1 Chronicles 4:19Ask

And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zoheth, and Benzoheth.Selected1 Chronicles 4:20Ask

The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,Selected1 Chronicles 4:21Ask

And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubilehem. And these are ancient things.Selected1 Chronicles 4:22Ask

These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work.Selected1 Chronicles 4:23Ask

The sons of Simeon were, Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul:Selected1 Chronicles 4:24Ask

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.Selected1 Chronicles 4:25Ask

And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son.Selected1 Chronicles 4:26Ask

And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of Judah.Selected1 Chronicles 4:27Ask

And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazarshual,Selected1 Chronicles 4:28Ask

And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,Selected1 Chronicles 4:29Ask

And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,Selected1 Chronicles 4:30Ask

And at Bethmarcaboth, and Hazarsusim, and at Bethbirei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.Selected1 Chronicles 4:31Ask

And their villages were, Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities:Selected1 Chronicles 4:32Ask

And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Baal. These were their habitations, and their genealogy.Selected1 Chronicles 4:33Ask

And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah, the son of Amaziah,Selected1 Chronicles 4:34Ask

And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,Selected1 Chronicles 4:35Ask

And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,Selected1 Chronicles 4:36Ask

And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;Selected1 Chronicles 4:37Ask

These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.Selected1 Chronicles 4:38Ask

And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.Selected1 Chronicles 4:39Ask

And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.Selected1 Chronicles 4:40Ask

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 rooms: because there was pasture there for their flocks.Selected1 Chronicles 4:41Ask

And some of them, even of the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi.Selected1 Chronicles 4:42Ask

And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.Selected1 Chronicles 4:43Ask

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