The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. Reaiah
the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and
Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. These were the sons
of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister
was Hazzelelponi, and Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered
Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the
father of Bethlehem. Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives,
Helah and Naarah; Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and
Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. The sons of Helah:
Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan. Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the
clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum. Jabez was more honorable than
his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying,
“Because I bore him in pain.” Jabez called upon the God of Israel,
saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that
your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so
that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton.
Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-
nahash. These are the men of Recah. The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and
Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. Meonothai
fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-
harashim, so-called because they were craftsmen. The sons of Caleb
the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son of Elah:
Kenaz. The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. The
sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons
of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married; and she
conceived and bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of
Eshtemoa. And his Judahite wife bore Jered the father of Gedor,
Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. The
sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers
of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite. The sons of
Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi:
Zoheth and Ben-zoheth. The sons of Shelah the son of Judah: Er the
father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of
the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea; and Jokim, and the men
of Cozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and returned to
Lehem (now the records are ancient). These were the potters who
were inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the
king's service.

  The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; Shallum
was his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. The sons of Mishma:
Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son. Shimei had sixteen
sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many
children, nor did all their clan multiply like the men of Judah.
They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri,
and Shaaraim. These were their cities until David reigned. And
their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan, five
cities, along with all their villages that were around these cities
as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they kept a
genealogical record.

  Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu the son
of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, Elioenai, Jaakobah,
Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, Ziza the son of
Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of
Shemaiah—these mentioned by name were princes in their clans, and
their fathers' houses increased greatly. They journeyed to the
entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture
for their flocks, where they found rich, good pasture, and the land
was very broad, quiet, and peaceful, for the former inhabitants
there belonged to Ham. These, registered by name, came in the days
of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and destroyed their tents and the
Meunites who were found there, and marked them for destruction to
this day, and settled in their place, because there was pasture
there for their flocks. And some of them, five hundred men of the
Simeonites, went to Mount Seir, having as their leaders Pelatiah,
Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi. And they defeated
the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped, and they have lived
there to this day.

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