1 Chronicles 4:1-6

1 The descendants of Y'hudah: Peretz, Hetzron, Karmi, Hur and Shoval.
2 Re'ayah the son of Shoval fathered Yachat; Yachat fathered Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor'ati.
3 These are [the sons] of the father of 'Eitam: Yizre'el, Yishma and Yidbash; their sister's name was Hatzlelponi.
4 P'nu'el fathered Geder, and 'Ezer fathered Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.
5 Ashur the father of T'koa had two wives, Hel'ah and Na'arah.
6 Na'arah bore him Achuzam, Hefer, Teimni and Achashtari; these were the sons of Na'arah.

1 Chronicles 4:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 1 CHRONICLES 4

In this chapter is a further account of the tribe of Judah, and of some principal families in it, 1Ch 4:1-23 and of the tribe of Simeon, their families, cities, and villages, 1Ch 4:24-38 and of the enlargement of their borders, and conquest of the Amalekites, 1Ch 4:39-43.

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