300. A. C. About 4 These six were born unto him in Hebron; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned thirty and three years. * Or, Sham Shi k 2 Sam. v. 14. 5 And these were born unto him in Jerusalem; mea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of + Bath-shua the daughter of ‡ Ammiel : v. 14. mua, 2 Sam. Or, Bath sheba, 2 Sam. xi. 3. + Or, Eliam, 2 Sam. xi. 3. Or, Elishua, 2 Sam. v. 15. Or, Beeliada, ch. xiv. 7. 6 Ibhar also, and § Elishama, and Eliphelet, 7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, 8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. 9 These were all the sons of David, beside the sons of the 12 Sam. xiii. concubines, and 'Tamar their sister. 10 And Solomon's son was 1. m 1 Kings xi. 43. & xv. 6. m Rehoboam, * Or, Abijam, son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, I Kings xv. 1. +Or, Azariah, 2 Chron. xxii. 6. or, Jehoahaz, 2 Chron. xxi. 17. + Or, Uzziah, 2 Kings xv. 30. Abia his 11 Joram his son, † Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, 15 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn § Johanan, haz, Kings the second || Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth 2 xxlii. 30. || Or, Eliakim, 2 Kings xxiii. 34. Shallum. 16 And the sons of " Jehoiakim: +Jeconiah his son, Ze*Or, Matta- dekiah • his son. niah, 2 Kings xxiv. 17, n Matt. i. 11. 17 +Or, Jehoia. Son, chin, 2 Kings xxiv. 6. or, And the sons of Jeconiah; Assir, Salathiel P his 18 Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jeca Coniah, Jer. miah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. xxii. 24. 02 Kings xxiv. 17, being his Uncle. + Heb. Shealfiel. p Matt. i. 12. Heb. Hiski jahu. 19 And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel; Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister: 20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-hesed, five. 21 And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Árnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. 22 And the sons of Shechaniah; Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah; Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. 23 And the sons of Neariah; Elioenai and § Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. 24 And the sons of Elioenai were, Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Dalaiah, and Anani, seven. 1 CHRONICLES IV. 1, 11 The posterity of Judah by Caleb the son of Hur. 5 Of Ashur the posthu mous son of Hezron. 2 Of Jabez, and his prayer. 21 The posterity of Shelah. 24 The posterity and cities of Simeon. 39 Their conquest of Gedor, &c. q 1 The sons of Judah; Pharez, Hezron, and *Carmi, and A. C. About Hur, and Shobal. 2 And + Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families of the Zorathites. 300. qGen.xxxviii. 20. & xlvi. 12. * Or, Chelubai, ch. ii. 9. or, Caleb, ch. 18. + Or, Haroch, 3 And these were of the father of Etam; Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Haze- th. i. 5. lelponi: 4 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 Beth-lehem. г 5¶And Ashur the father of Tekoa had two wives, rch. ii. 24. Helah and Naarah. 6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. 7 And the sons of Helah were, Zereth, and Jezoar, and Ethnan. 8 And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum. 9 ¶ And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren : and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because It That is, sorbare him with sorrow. rowful. Heb. If thou wilt, &c. 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! || Heb. do me. And God granted him that which he requested. 11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton. 12 And Eshton begat Beth-rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Or, the city Rechah. : 13 And the sons of Kenaz; Othniel, and Seraiah and the sons of Othniel; + Hathath. 14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah and Seraiah Joab, the father of the valley of § Charashim; for were craftsmen. of Nahash. + Or, Hathath, and Meo begat nothai, who Or, inhabi 15 And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh; Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, || even Kenaz. 16 And the sons of Jehaleleel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.' 17 And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and tants of the valley. That is, craftsmen. A.C. About Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. 300. * Or, the Jewess. + Or, Jehudi jah, mentioned before. Gen.xxxviii. 1, 5. Or, Jemuel, Gen. xlvi. 10. Ex. vi. 15. Num. xxvi. 12. Or, Jachin, Zohar. * 18 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. 19 And the sons of his wife + Hodiah the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. 20 And the sons of Shimon were, Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were, Zobeth, and Ben-zoheth. 21 ¶ 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, 22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who had the dominion in Moab, and Jashubi-lehem. And these are ancient things. 23 These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: where they dwelt with the king for his work. 24 The sons of Simeon were, ‡ Nemuel, and Jamin, § Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul: 25 Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. 26 And the sons of Mishma; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. 27 And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their faHeb. unto. mily multiply, I like to the children of Judah. t Josh. xix. 2. * Or. Balak, Josh. xix. 3. + Or, Eltolad, Josh. xix. 4. + Or, Hazarsusah, Josh. xix. 5. jor, Ether, xix. 7. t 28 And they dwelt at Beersheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-shual, 29 And at * Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at + Tolad, 31 And at Beth-marcaboth, and Hazar-susim, and at Beth-birei, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities unto the reign of David. 32 And their villages were, § Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities: 33 And all their villages that were round about the same Or, Baalath- cities, unto || Baal. These were their habitations, and * their genealogy. beer, Josh. xix. 8. * Or, as they divided them 34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of selves by na- Amaziah. tions among them. 35 And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel, 36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and A. C. About Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah, 37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah; ing. 300. 38 These mentioned by their names were princes in Heb. com 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 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 for their flocks. 42 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. 43 And they smote the rest of the Amalekites that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day. 1 CHRONICLES V. 1 The line of Reuben (who lost his birthright) unto the captivity. 9 Their habitation and conquest of the Hagarites. 11 The chief men, and habitations of Gad. 18 The number and conquest of Reuben, Gad, and the half of Manasseh. 23 The habitations and chief men of that half tribe. 25 Their captivity for their sin. 22. & xlix. 4. 1 Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel, (for he was the firstborn; but, forasmuch as he "defiled his father's u Gen. xxxv bed, his birthright was given unto the sons of Joseph the son of Israel: and the genealogy is not to be reckoned after the birthright. X 2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came the chief + ruler; but the birthright was Joseph's :) 3 The sons, I say, of Reuben the firstborn of Israel were, Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi. 4 The sons of Joel; Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son, x Gen. xlix. 8, 10. y Mic. v. 2. Matt ii. 6. +Or, prince. z Gen. xlvi. 9. Ex. vi. 14. Num. xxvi. 5. 2 pileser, Kin. 5 Micah his son, Reaia his son, Baal his son, 6 Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of As- Or, Tiglath syria carried away captive: he was prince of the Reubenites. xv. 29. & xvi. 7. And his brethren by their families, when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah, 7. A. C. About 300. * Or, She maiah, ver. 4. a Josh. xiii. 15, 16. 8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of* Shema the son of Joel, who dwelt in a Aroer, even unto Nebo and Baal meon: 9 And eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river Euphrates: because their cattle were multiplied in the land of Gilead. 10 And in the days of Saul they made war with the Hagarites, who fell by their hand: and they dwelt in their + Heb. upon tents + throughout all the east land of Gilead. all the face of the east. 11 And the children of Gad dwelt over against them, b Josh. xiil. in the land of b Bashan unto Salcah : 11, 24. 12 Joel the chief, and Shapham the next, and Jaanai, and Shaphat in Bashan. 13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were, Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia, and Heber, seven. 14 These are the children of Abihail the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz; 15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni, chief of the house of their fathers. с 16 And they dwelt in Gilead in Bashan, and in her towns, and in all the suburbs of Sharon, upon ‡ their borders. 17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. 18 The sons of Reuben, and the Gadites, and half the tribe of Manasseh, § of valiant men, men able to bear buckler and sword, and to shoot with bow, and skilful in war, were four and forty thousand seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war. 19 And they made war with the Hagarites, with Jetur, and Nephish, and Nodab. 20 And they were helped against them, and the Hagarites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them for they cried to God in the battle, and he was intreated of them; because they put their trust in him. 21 And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of * men an hundred thousand. 22 For there fell down many slain, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the captivity. 23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land: they increased from Bashan unto Baalhermon and Senir, and unto Mount Hermon. |