Thematic Bible




1 Chronicles 4:1 (show verse)

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

1 Chronicles 4:2 (show verse)

Reaiah the son of Shobal became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites.

1 Chronicles 4:3 (show verse)

These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi.

1 Chronicles 4:4 (show verse)

Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the eldest of Ephrathah (Ephrath), the father of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 4:5 (show verse)

Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

1 Chronicles 4:6 (show verse)

Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were Naarah’s sons.

1 Chronicles 4:7 (show verse)

The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

1 Chronicles 4:8 (show verse)

Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

1 Chronicles 4:9 (show verse)

Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; but his mother named him Jabez, saying, “Because I gave birth to him in pain.”

1 Chronicles 4:10 (show verse)

Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that You would indeed bless me and enlarge my border [property], and that Your hand would be with me, and You would keep me from evil so that it does not hurt me!” And God granted his request.

1 Chronicles 4:11 (show verse)

Chelub the brother of Shuhah became the father of Mehir, the father of Eshton.

1 Chronicles 4:12 (show verse)

Eshton became the father of Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

1 Chronicles 4:13 (show verse)

The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.

1 Chronicles 4:14 (show verse)

Meonothai became the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah became the father of Joab the father of Ge-harashim [the Valley of Craftsmen, so named] because they were craftsmen.

1 Chronicles 4:15 (show verse)

The sons of Caleb [Joshua’s companion] the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

1 Chronicles 4:16 (show verse)

The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

1 Chronicles 4:17 (show verse)

The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithia daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took: she conceived and gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

1 Chronicles 4:18 (show verse)

Mered’s Jewish wife gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

1 Chronicles 4:19 (show verse)

The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were: the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

1 Chronicles 4:20 (show verse)

The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

1 Chronicles 4:21 (show verse)

The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

1 Chronicles 4:22 (show verse)

and Jokim, the men of Cozeba, Joash, and Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. These are ancient words (genealogical records).

1 Chronicles 4:23 (show verse)

These were the potters and those who lived [among plantations and hedges] at Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

1 Chronicles 4:24 (show verse)

The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul;

1 Chronicles 4:25 (show verse)

Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

1 Chronicles 4:26 (show verse)

The sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

1 Chronicles 4:27 (show verse)

Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, neither did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

1 Chronicles 4:28 (show verse)

They lived at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual,

1 Chronicles 4:29 (show verse)

Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

1 Chronicles 4:30 (show verse)

Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

1 Chronicles 4:31 (show verse)

Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.

1 Chronicles 4:32 (show verse)

These were their villages: Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities—

1 Chronicles 4:33 (show verse)

and all their villages that were around these towns as far as Baal. These were their settlements, and they have their genealogical record.

1 Chronicles 4:34 (show verse)

Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah the son of Amaziah,

1 Chronicles 4:35 (show verse)

Joel, Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,

1 Chronicles 4:36 (show verse)

also Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah,

1 Chronicles 4:37 (show verse)

Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah;

1 Chronicles 4:38 (show verse)

these mentioned by name were leaders in their families; and their fathers’ houses increased greatly [so they needed more land].

1 Chronicles 4:39 (show verse)

So they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 4:40 (show verse)

They found rich, good pasture, and the [cleared] land was wide, quiet, and peaceful; for those who had lived there previously came from Ham [and had left it a better place for those who came after them].

1 Chronicles 4:41 (show verse)

These, registered by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and they attacked their tents and the Meunites (foreigners) who were found there, and utterly destroyed them to this day; and they settled in their place, because there was pasture there for their flocks.

1 Chronicles 4:42 (show verse)

From them, from the sons of Simeon, five hundred men went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, as their leaders.

1 Chronicles 4:43 (show verse)

They destroyed the remnant of the Amalekites who escaped, and they have lived there to this day (the date of this writing).