1 Chronicles 4 - Easy To Read Version

¹ This is a list of Judah’s sons. They were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

² Shobal’s son was Reaiah. Reaiah was Jahath’s father. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. The Zorathite people are descendants [36] of Ahumai and Lahad.

³ Etam’s sons were Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And they had a sister named Hazzelelponi.

⁴ Penuel was Gedor’s father. And Ezer was Hushah’s father.

⁵ Tekoa’s father was Ashhur. Ashhur had two wives. Their names were Helah and Naarah.

⁶ Naarah had Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons Naarah had with Ashhur.

⁷ The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, and Koz.

⁸ Koz was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah. Koz also was the father of the family groups of Aharhel. Aharhel was Harum’s son.

⁹ Jabez was a very good man. He was better than his brothers. His mother said, “I have named him Jabez [38] because I was in much pain when I had him.”

¹⁰ Jabez prayed to the God of Israel. Jabez said, “I wish you would truly bless me. I wish you would give me more land. Be near me and don’t let anyone hurt me. Then I won’t have any pain.” And God gave Jabez what he asked for.

¹¹ Kelub was Shuhah’s brother. Kelub was Mehir’s father. Mehir was Eshton’s father.

¹² Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah. Tehinnah was the father of Ir Nahash. [39] Those men were from Recah.

¹³ The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. Othniel’s sons were Hathath and Meonothai.

¹⁴ Meonothai was Ophrah’s father.

¹⁵ Caleb was Jephunneh’s son. Caleb’s sons were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz.

^16-18 Jehallelel’s sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

¹⁹ Mered’s wife was Naham’s sister. Mered’s wife was from Judah. [42] The sons of Mered’s wife were the father of Keilah and Eshtemoa. Keilah was from the Garmite people. And Eshtemoa was from the Maacathite people.

^20-22 Shimon’s sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon.

²³ Those sons of Shelah were workers that made things from clay. They lived in Netaim and Gederah. They lived in those towns and worked for the king.

²⁴ Simeon’s sons were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.

²⁵ Shaul’s son was Shallum. Shallum’s son was Mibsam. Mibsam’s son was Mishma.

²⁶ Mishma’s son was Hammuel. Hammuel’s son was Zaccur. Zaccur’s son was Shimei.

²⁷ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But Shimei’s brothers did not have many children. Shimei’s brothers did not have large families. Their families were not large like the other family groups in Judah.

²⁸ Shimei’s descendants lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,

²⁹ Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,

³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,

³¹ Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in those towns until David became king.

³² The five villages near these towns were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Token, and Ashan.

^33-38 There were also other villages as far away as Baalath. This is where they lived. And they also wrote the history about their family.

³⁹ They went to the area outside the town of Gedor to the east side of the valley. They went to that place to look for fields for their sheep and cattle.

⁴⁰ They found good fields with plenty of grass. They found plenty of good land there. The land was peaceful and quiet. Ham’s descendants [45] lived there in the past.

⁴¹ This happened during the time that Hezekiah was king of Judah. Those men came to Gedor and fought against the Hamite people. They destroyed the tents of the Hamite people. Those men also fought against the Meunite people that lived there. These men destroyed all the Meunite people. There are no Meunite people in this place even today. So those men began to live there. They lived there because the land had grass for their sheep.

⁴² Five hundred people from Simeon’s family group went to the hill country of Seir. Ishi’s sons led those men. Those sons were, Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel. The Simeonite men fought against the people living in that place.

⁴³ There were only a few Amalekite people still living. And these Simeonite people killed them. Since that time until now those Simeonite people have lived in Seir.