1 Chronicles 4:11-21

11 And Chelub, the brother of Shuah, begat Mehir, that was the father of Eshton;
12 and Eshton begat Bethrapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of the city [of] Nahash (the founder of Irnahash). These be the sons of Rechah.
13 And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel, and Seraiah. And the sons of Othniel were Hathath,
14 and Meonothai, that begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab, the father of the valley of craftsmen; for they were craftsmen. (and Meonothai, who begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab, the founder of the Valley of Charashim, or the Ge-harashim Valley; for the people there were craftsmen.)
15 And the sons of Caleb, the son of Jephunneh, were Iru, and Elah, and Naam. And the sons of Elah were Kenaz (And the son of Elah was Kenaz).
16 Also the sons of Jehaleleel were Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel.
17 And the sons of Ezra were Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon; and he begat Marie, and Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Also Jehudijah, his wife, childed Jered, the father of Gedor; and Heber, the father of Socho; and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. And these were the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took to wife.
19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham, father of Keilah, were (the) Garmite, and Eshtemoa, that was of Maachathites. (And the sons of Hodiah and his wife, Naham's sister, were Daliah the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.)
20 Also the sons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah; the son of Hanan was Tilon (And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, and Rinnah, and Benhanan, and Tilon); and the sons of Ishi were Zoheth, and Benzoheth.
21 The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah, were Er, the father of Lecah, and Laadah, the father of Mareshah; and these were the kindreds of the house of men working bis, in the house of an oath (and these were the families of the house of those who made fine linen, of the house of Ashbea/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.

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