Other genealogies of Juda and Simeon, and their victories.
4:1. The sons of Juda: Phares, Hesron, and Charmi and Hur, and Sobal.
4:2. And Raia the son of Sobal begot Jahath, of whom were born Ahumai,
and Laad. These are the families of Sarathi.
4:3. And this is the posterity of Etam: Jezrahel, and Jesema, And
Jedebos: and the name of their sister was Asalelphuni.
4:4. And Phanuel the father of Gedor, and Ezar the father of Hosa, these
are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephratha the father of Bethlehem.
4:5. And Assur the father of Thecua had two wives, Halaa and Naara:
4:6. And Naara bore him Ozam, and Hepher, and Themani, and Ahasthari:
these are the sons of Naara.
4:7. And the sons of Halaa, Sereth, Isaar, and Ethnan.
4:8. And Cos begot Anob, and Soboba, and the kindred of Aharehel the son
of Arum.
4:9. And Jabes was more honourable than any of his brethren, and his
mother called his name Jabes, saying: Because I bore him with sorrow.
Jabes... That is, sorrowful.
4:10. And Jabes called upon the God of Israel, saying: If blessing thou
wilt bless me, and wilt enlarge my borders, and thy hand be with me, and
thou save me from being oppressed by evil. And God granted him the
things he prayed for.
4:11. And Caleb the brother of Sua begot Mahir, who was the father of
Esthon.
4:12. And Esthon begot Bethrapha, and Phesse, and Tehinna father of the
city of Naas: these are the men of Recha.
4:13. And the sons of Cenez were Othoniel, and Saraia. And the sons of
Othoniel, Hathath, and Maonathi.
4:14. Maonathi begot Ophra, and Saraia begot Joab the father of the
Valley of artificers: for artificers were there.
4:15. And the sons of Caleb the son of Jephone, were Hir, and Ela, and
Naham. And the sons of Ela: Cenez.
4:16. The sons also of Jaleleel: Ziph, and Zipha, Thiria and Asrael.
4:17. And the sons of Esra, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and
he begot Mariam, and Sammai, and Jesba the father of Esthamo.
4:18. And his wife Judaia, bore Jared the father of Gedor, and Heber the
father of Socho, and Icuthiel the father of Zanoe. And these are the
sons of Bethia the daughter of Pharao, whom Mered took to wife.
4:19. And the sons of his wife Odaia the sister of Naham the father of
Celia, Garmi, and Esthamo, who was of Machathi.
4:20. The sons also of Simon, Amnon, and Rinna the son of Hanan, and
Thilon. And the sons of Jesi Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
4:21. The sons of Sela the son of Juda: Her the father of Lecha, and
Laada the father of Maresa, and the families of the house of them that
wrought fine linen in the House of oath.
4:22. And he that made the sun to stand, and the men of Lying, and
Secure, and Burning, who were princes in Moab, and who returned into
Lahem. Now these are things of old.
He that made, etc... Viz., Joazim, the meaning of whose name in Hebrew
is, he that made the sun to stand. In like manner the following names,
Lying (Chozeba), Secure (Joas), and Burning (Saraph), are substituted in
place of the Hebrew names of the same signification.
4:23. These are the potters, and they dwelt in Plantations, and Hedges,
with the king for his works, and they abode there.
Plantations and Hedges... These are the proper names of the places where
they dwelt. In Hebrew Atharim and Gadira.
4:24. The sons of Simeon: Namuel and Jamin, Jarib, Zara, Saul:
4:25. Sellum his son, Mapsam his son, Masma his son.
4:26. The sons of Masma: Hamuel his son, Zachur his son, Semei his son.
4:27. The sons of Semei were sixteen, and six daughters: but his
brethren had not many sons, and the whole kindred could not reach to the
sum of the children of Juda.
4:28. And they dwelt in Bersabee, and Molada, and Hasarsuhal,
4:29. And in Bala, and in Asom, and in Tholad,
4:30. And in Bathuel, and in Horma, and in Siceleg,
4:31. And in Bethmarchaboth, and in Hasarsusim, and in Bethberai, and in
Saarim. These were their cities unto the reign of David.
4:32. Their towns also were Etam, and Aen, Remmon, and Thochen, and
Asan, five cities.
4:33. And all their villages round about these cities as far as Baal.
This was their habitation, and the distribution of their dwellings.
4:34. And Mosabab and Jemlech, and Josaphat, the son of Amasias,
4:35. And Joel, and Jehu the son of Josabia the son of Saraia, the son
of Asiel,
4:36. And Elioenai, and Jacoba, and Isuhaia, and Asaia, and Adiel, and
Ismiel, and Banaia,
4:37. Ziza also the son of Sephei the son of Allon the son of Idaia the
son of Semri the son of Samaia.
4:38. These were named princes in their kindreds, and in the houses of
their families were multiplied exceedingly.
4:39. And they went forth to enter into Gador as far as to the east side
of the valley, to seek pastures for their flocks.
4:40. And they found fat pastures, and very good, and a country
spacious, and quiet, and fruitful, in which some of the race of Cham had
dwelt before.
4:41. And these whose names are written above, came in the days of
Ezechias king of Juda: and they beat down their tents, and slew the
inhabitants that were found there, and utterly destroyed them unto this
day: and they dwelt in their place, because they found there fat
pastures.
4:42. Some also of the children of Simeon, five hundred men, went into
mount Seir, having for their captains Phaltias and Naaria and Raphaia
and Oziel the sons of Jesi:
4:43. And they slew the remnant of the Amalecites, who had been able to
escape, and they dwelt there in their stead unto this day.