1 Chronicles 4:1-9

Descendants of Judah

1 ¹The sons of Judah: ²Perez, Hezron, ³Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.

2 ⁴Reaiah the son of Shobal fathered Jahath, and Jahath fathered Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the ⁵Zorathites.

3 These were the sons^[a] of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazzelelponi,

4 and ⁶Penuel fathered ⁷Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of ⁸Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

5 ⁹Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah;

6 Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah.

7 The sons of Helah: Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.

8 Koz fathered Anub, Zobebah, and the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.

9 Jabez was ¹⁰more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain. ” ^[b]

1 Chronicles 4:1-9 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.

Cross References

• 1. 4:1 [Gen. 46:12]
• 2. 4:1 Gen. 38:29
• 3. 4:1 ch. 2:7
• 4. 4:2 [ch. 2:52]
• 5. 4:2 ch. 2:53
• 6. 4:4 [ver. 18]
• 7. 4:4 ver. 18, 39
• 8. 4:4 [Gen. 35:19; ch. 2:50, 51]
• 9. 4:5 ch. 2:24
• 10. 4:9 [Gen. 34:19]

Footnotes

• [a] 4:3 Septuagint (compare Vulgate); Hebrew 'father'
• [b] 4:9 'Jabez' sounds like the Hebrew for 'pain'