1 Chronicles 4:11-21

11 Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, fathered Mehir, who fathered Eshton.

12 Eshton fathered Beth-rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of Ir-nahash. These are the men of Recah.

13 The sons of ¹Kenaz: ²Othniel and Seraiah; and the sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai. ^[a]

14 Meonothai fathered Ophrah; and Seraiah fathered Joab, the father of Ge-harashim, ^[b] so-called because they were craftsmen.

15 The sons of ³Caleb the son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and the son^[c] of Elah: Kenaz.

16 The sons of Jehallelel: Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.

17 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. These are the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married; ^[d] and she conceived and bore^[e] Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.

18 And his Judahite wife bore ⁴Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

19 The sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and Eshtemoa the Maacathite.

20 The sons of Shimon: Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon. The sons of Ishi: Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.

21 The sons of ⁵Shelah the son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the clans of the house of linen workers at Beth-ashbea;

1 Chronicles 4:11-21 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. 4:13 Josh. 15:17
• 2. 4:13 Judg. 1:13; 3:9, 11
• 3. 4:15 Num. 13:6
• 4. 4:18 [ver. 4]
• 5. 4:21 ch. 2:3; Gen. 38:1, 5; 46:12; Num. 26:20

Footnotes

• [a] 4:13 Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew lacks 'Meonothai'
• [b] 4:14 'Ge-harashim' means 'valley of craftsmen'
• [c] 4:15 Hebrew 'sons'
• [d] 4:17 The clause 'These are . . . married' is transposed from verse 18
• [e] 4:17 Hebrew lacks 'and bore'