1 Chronicles 4:12-21

12 Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.^[a] These were the men of Rekah.

13 The sons of Kenaz: Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel: Hathath and Meonothai.^[b]

14 Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of Ge Harashim.^[c] It was called this because its people were skilled workers.

15 The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah and Naam. The son of Elah: Kenaz.

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

17 The sons of Ezrah: Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives gave birth to Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.

18 (His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

19 The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham: the father of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.

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

21 The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea,

1 Chronicles 4:12-21 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. S Joshua 15:17
• 2. S Exodus 15:20
• 3. S Joshua 15:34
• 4. S Joshua 15:44
• 5. S Deuteronomy 3:14
• 6. S Genesis 38:5

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "of the city of Nahash"
• [b]. Some Septuagint manuscripts and Vulgate; Hebrew does not have "and Meonothai."
• [c]. "Ge Harashim" means "valley of skilled workers."