1The descendants <01121> of Judah <03063>: Perez <06557>, Hezron <02696>, Carmi <03756>, Hur <02354>, and Shobal <07732>.
2Reaiah <07211> the son <01121> of Shobal <07732> was the father <03205> of Jahath <03189>, and Jahath <03189> was the father <03205> of Ahumai <0267> and Lahad <03855>. These <0428> were the clans <04940> of the Zorathites <06882>.
3These <0428> were the sons <01> of Etam <05862>: Jezreel <03157>, Ishma <03457>, and Idbash <03031>. Their sister <0269> was Hazzelelponi <06753>.
4Penuel <06439> was the father <01> of Gedor <01446>, and Ezer <05829> was the father <01> of Hushah <02364>. These <0428> were the descendants <01121> of Hur <02354>, the firstborn <01060> of Ephrathah <0672> and the father <01> of Bethlehem <01035>.
5Ashhur <0806> the father <01> of Tekoa <08620> had two <08147> wives <0802>, Helah <02458> and Naarah <05292>.
6Naarah <05292> bore <03205> him Ahuzzam <0275>, Hepher <02660>, Temeni <08488>, and Haahashtari <0326>. These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Naarah <05292>.
7The sons <01121> of Helah <02458>: Zereth <06889>, Zohar <03328>, Ethnan <0869>,
8and Koz <06976>, who was the father <03205> of Anub <06036>, Hazzobebah <06637>, and the clans <04940> of Aharhel <0316> the son <01121> of Harum <02037>.
9Jabez <03258> was <01961> more respected <03513> than his brothers <0251>. His mother <0517> had named <07121> him Jabez <03258>, for she said <0559>, “I experienced pain <06090> when I gave birth <03205> to him.”
10Jabez <03258> called <07121> out to the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, “If <0518> only you would greatly <07235> bless <01288> me and expand my territory <01366>! May <01961> your hand <03027> be with <05973> me! Keep <06213> me from harm <07451> so I might not <01115> endure pain <06087>!” God <0430> answered <0935> his prayer <07592>.
11Kelub <03620>, the brother <0251> of Shuhah <07746>, was the father <03205> of Mehir <04243>, who <01931> was the father <01> of Eshton <0850>.
12Eshton <0850> was the father <03205> of Beth-Rapha <01051>, Paseah <06454>, and Tehinnah <08468>, the father <01> of Ir Nahash <05904>. These <0428> were the men <0376> of Recah <07397>.
13The sons <01121> of Kenaz <07073>: Othniel <06274> and Seraiah <08304>. The sons <01121> of Othniel <06274>: Hathath <02867> and Meonothai.
14Meonothai <04587> was the father <03205> of Ophrah <06084>. Seraiah <08304> was the father <03205> of Joab <03097>, the father <01> of those who live in Ge <01516> Harashim <02798>, who were craftsmen <02796>.
15The sons <01121> of Caleb <03612> son <01121> of Jephunneh <03312>: Iru <05900>, Elah <0425>, and Naam <05277>. The son <01121> of Elah <0425>: Kenaz <07073>.
16The sons <01121> of Jehallelel <03094>: Ziph <02128>, Ziphah <02129>, Tiria <08493>, and Asarel <0840>.
17The sons <01121> of Ezrah <05834>: Jether <03500>, Mered <04778>, Epher <06081>, and Jalon <03210>. Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth <02029> to Miriam <04813>, Shammai <08060>, and Ishbah <03431>, the father <01> of Eshtemoa <0851>.
18(His Judahite <03057> wife <0802> gave birth <03205> to Jered <03382> the father <01> of Gedor <01446>, Heber <02268> the father <01> of Soco <07755>, and Jekuthiel <03354> the father <01> of Zanoah <02182>.) These <0428> were the sons <01121> of Pharaoh’s <06547> daughter <01323> Bithiah <01332>, whom <0834> Mered <04778> married <03947>.
19The sons <01121> of Hodiah’s <01940> wife <0802>, the sister <0269> of Naham <05163>: the father <01> of Keilah <07084> the Garmite <01636>, and Eshtemoa <0851> the Maacathite <04602>.
20The sons <01121> of Shimon <07889>: Amnon <0550>, Rinnah <07441>, Ben-Hanan <01135>, and Tilon <08436>. The descendants <01121> of Ishi <03469>: Zoheth <02105> and Ben Zoheth <01132>.
21The sons <01121> of Shelah <07956> son <01121> of Judah <03063>: Er <06147> the father <01> of Lecah <03922>, Laadah <03935> the father <01> of Mareshah <04762>, the clans <04940> of the linen <0948> workers <05656> at Beth-Ashbea <0791> <01004>,
22Jokim <03137>, the men <0582> of Cozeba <03578>, and Joash <03101> and Saraph <08315>, both of whom <0834> ruled <01166> in Moab <04124> and Jashubi Lehem <03433>. (This information is from ancient <06267> records <01697>.)
23They <01992> were the potters <03335> who lived <03427> in Netaim <05196> and Gederah <01449>; they lived <03427> there <08033> and worked <04399> for <05973> the king <04428>.
24The descendants <01121> of Simeon <08095>: Nemuel <05241>, Jamin <03226>, Jarib <03402>, Zerah <02226>, Shaul <07586>,
25his son Shallum <07967>, his son <01121> <01121> Mibsam <04017>, and his son <01121> Mishma <04927>.
26The descendants <01121> of Mishma <04927>: His son Hammuel <02536>, his son <01121> Zaccur <02139>, and his son <01121> <01121> Shimei <08096>.
27Shimei <08096> had sixteen <06240> <08337> sons <01121> and six <08337> daughters <01323>. But his brothers <0251> did not <0369> have many <07227> sons <01121>, so their whole <03605> clan <04940> was not <03808> as numerous <07235> as <05704> the sons <01121> of Judah <03063>.
28They lived <03427> in Beer Sheba <0884>, Moladah <04137>, Hazar Shual <02705>,
29Bilhah <01090>, Ezem <06107>, Tolad <08434>,
30Bethuel <01328>, Hormah <02767>, Ziklag <06860>,
31Beth Marcaboth <01024>, Hazar Susim <02702>, Beth Biri <01011>, and Shaaraim <08189>. These <0428> were their towns <05892> until <05704> the reign <04427> of David <01732>.
32Their settlements <02691> also included Etam <05862>, Ain <05871>, Rimmon <07417>, Tochen <08507>, and Ashan <06228>– five <02568> towns <05892>.
33They also lived in all <03605> the settlements <02691> that <0834> surrounded <05439> these <0428> towns <05892> as far <05704> as Baal <01168>. These <02063> were their settlements <04186>; they kept genealogical records <03187>.
34Their clan leaders were: Meshobab <04877>, Jamlech <03230>, Joshah <03144> son <01121> of Amaziah <0558>,
35Joel <03100>, Jehu <03058> son <01121> of Joshibiah <03143> (son <01121> of Seraiah <08304>, son <01121> of Asiel <06221>),
36Eleoenai <0454>, Jaakobah <03291>, Jeshohaiah <03439>, Asaiah <06222>, Adiel <05717>, Jesimiel <03450>, Benaiah <01141>,
37Ziza <02124> son <01121> of Shipi <08230> (son <01121> of Allon <0438>, son <01121> of Jedaiah <03042>, son <01121> of Shimri <08113>, son <01121> of Shemaiah <08098>).
38These <0428> who are named <08034> <0935> above were the leaders <05387> of their clans <04940>. Their extended families <01> <01004> increased <06555> greatly <07230> in numbers.
39They went <01980> to the entrance <03996> of Gedor <01446>, to <05704> the east <04217> of the valley <01516>, looking <01245> for pasture <04829> for their sheep <06629>.
40They found <04672> fertile <08082> and rich <02896> pasture <04829>; the land <0776> was very broad <07342>, undisturbed <08252> and peaceful <07961>. Indeed <03588> some <04480> Hamites <02526> had been living <03427> there <08033> prior to <06440> that.
41The men <0428> whose names <08034> are listed <03789> came <0935> during the time <03117> of King <04428> Hezekiah <02396> of Judah <03063> and attacked <05221> the Hamites’ settlements <0168>, as well as the Meunites <04586> they discovered <04672> there <08033>, and they wiped <02763> them out <02763> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>. They dispossessed <08478> <03427> them, for <03588> they found pasture <04829> for their sheep <06629> there <08033>.
42Five <02568> hundred <03967> men <0376> of Simeon <08095> <01121>, led <07218> by Pelatiah <06410>, Neariah <05294>, Rephaiah <07509>, and Uzziel <05816>, the sons <01121> of Ishi <03469>, went <01980> to the hill country <02022> of Seir <08165>
43and defeated <05221> the rest <07611> of the Amalekite <06002> refugees <06413>; they live <03427> there <08033> to <05704> this <02088> very day <03117>.