Holy Bible
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First Chronicles : Chapter 4

1. THE sons of Judah; Phar-ez, Hezron, and Car-mi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2. And Re-ai-ah the son of Shobal begat Ja-hath; and Jahath begat A-hu-mai, and La-had.  These are the families of the Zorathites.
3. And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Haz-el-el-po-ni:
4. And Pen-u-el the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hu-shah.  These are the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Eph-ra-tah, the father of Beth-lehem.
5. And Ashur the father of Te-ko-a had two wives, Helah and Na-a-rah.
6. And Na-a-rah bare him A-hu-zam, and He-pher, and Te-me-ni, and Ha-a-hash-ta-ri.  These were the sons of Na-a-rah.
7. And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Je-zo-ar, and Ethnan.
8. And Coz begat Anub, and Zo-be-bah, and the families of A-har-hel the son of Harum.
9. And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow.
10. 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.
11. And Che-lub the brother of Shuah begat Me-hir, which was the father of Eshton.
12. And Eshton begat Beth-ra-pha, and pa-se-ah, and Te-hin-nah the father of Ir-na-hash.  These are the men of Re-chah.
13. And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Se-rai-ah: and the sons of Othniel; Ha-thath.
14. And Me-o-no-thai begat Oph-rah: and Se-rai-ah begat Joab, the father of the valley of Cha-ra-shim; for they were craftsmen.
15. And the sons of Caleb the son of Je-phun-neh; I-ru, Elah, and na-am: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz.
16. And the sons of Je-hal-e-leel; Ziph, and Zi-phah, Ti-ri-a, and As-a-reel.
17. And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Sahm-ma-i, and Ishbah the father of Esh-te-mo-a.
18. And his wife Je-hu-di-jah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of So-cho, and Je-ku-thi-el the father of Za-no-ah.  And these are the sons of Bith-i-ah the daughter of Phar-aoh, which Mered took.
19. And the sons of his wife Ho-di-ah the sister of Na-ham, the father of Ke-i-lah the Garmite, and Esh-te-mo-a the Ma-ach-a-thite.
20. And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-ha-nan, and Tilon,  And the sons of Ish-i were, Zo-heth, and Ben-zo-heth.
21. The sons of She-lah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Le-cha, and La-a-dah the father of Ma-re-shah, and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ash-be-a,
22. And Jokim, and the men of Cho-ze-ba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in  Moab, and Ja-shu-bi-le-hem.  And these are ancient things.
23. These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king of his work.
24. The sons of Simeon were, Nem-u-el, and Jamin, Jarib, Ze-rah, and Sha-ul:
25. Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.
26. And the sons of Mishma; Ham-u-el his son, Zac-chur his son, Shim-e-i his son.
27. And Shim-e-i 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.
28. And they dwelt at Beer-sheba, and Mo-la-dah, and Ha-zar-shu-al,
29. And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30. And at Be-thu-el, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag.
31. And at Beth-mar-ca-both, and Ha-zar-su-sim, and at Beth-bir-e-i, and at Sha-a-ra-im.  These were their cities unto the reign of David.
32. And their villages were, Etam, and A-in, Rimmon, and To-chen, and Ashan, five cities:
33. And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto Ba-al.  These were their habitations, and their genealogy.  
34. And Me-sho-bab, and Jam-lech, and Jo-shah, the son of Am-a-zi-ah,
35. And Joel, and Jehu the son of Jos-i-bi-ah, the son of Se-rai-ah, the son of As-i-el,
36. And El-i-o-e-nai, and Ja-a-ko-bah, and Jesh-o-hai-ah, and A-sai-ah, and Ad-i-el, and Je-sim-i-el, and Be-nai-ah,
37. And Ziza the son of Shi-phi, the son of Allon, the son of Je-dai-ah, the son of Shim-ri. the son of Shem-ai-ah;
38. These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly.
39. And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.
40. 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.
41. And these written by name came in the days of Hez-e-ki-ah 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.
42. And some of them, even the sons of Simeon, five hundred men, went to mount Seir, having for their captains Pel-a-ti-ah, and Ne-a-ri-ah, and Re-phai-ah, and Uz-zi-el, the sons of Ish-i.
43. And they smote the rest of the A-mal-ek-ites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.

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