1 Chronicles
1 Chronicles 4
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1 Chronicles 4 — Scripture text (King James Version)
The sons of ; Pharez, Hezron, and , and , and . And the son of begat ; and begat and . These are the families of the . And these were of the father of ; , and , and : and the name of their sister was : And the father of and the father of . These are the sons of , the firstborn of , the father of . And the father of had two wives, Helah and . And bare him , and , and , and . These were the sons of . And the sons of were, Zereth, and , and . And begat , and , and the families of the son of . And was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name , saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And called the God of , 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. And the brother of begat , which was the father of . And begat -rapha, and , and the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of . And the sons of ; Othniel, and : and the sons of ; Hathath. And begat : and begat , the father of the valley of ; for they were craftsmen. And the sons of the son of ; Iru, Elah, and : and the sons of , even . And the sons of ; Ziph, and , Tiria, and . And the sons of were, Jether, and , and , and : and she bare , and , and the father of . And his wife bare the father of , and the father of , and the father of . And these are the sons of the daughter of , which took. And the sons of his wife the sister of , the father of the , and the . And the sons of were, Amnon, and , Ben-hanan, and . And the sons of were, Zoheth, and -zoheth. The sons of the son of were, Er the father of , and the father of , and the families of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of , And , and the men of , and , and , who had the dominion in , and -lehem. And these are ancient things. These were the potters, and those that dwelt among plants and hedges: there they dwelt with the king for his work. The sons of were, Nemuel, and , Jarib, Zerah, and : Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. And the sons of ; Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. And had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family multiply, like to the children of . And they dwelt at -, and , and -shual, And at , and at , and at , And at , and at , and at , And at -marcaboth, and -susim, and at -birei, and at . These were their cities unto the reign of . And their villages were, Etam, and , Rimmon, and , and , five cities: And all their villages that were round about the same cities, unto . These were their habitations, and their genealogy. And , and , and the son of , And , and the son of , the son of , the son of , And , and , and , and , and , and , and , And the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of , the son of ; These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: and the house of their fathers increased greatly. And they went to the entrance of , even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable; for they of had dwelt there of old. And these written by name came in the days of king of , 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. And some of them, even of the sons of , five hundred men, went to mount , having for their captains , and , and , and , the sons of . And they smote the rest of the that were escaped, and dwelt there unto this day.