The Descendants of Judah
The descendants of Judah: Gen 46:12Gen 38:291Ch 2:181Ch 2:31Ch 2:51Ch 2:9Luk 3:33Mat 1:3
Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. 1Ch 2:52-54Jdg 13:25Jos 15:33
These were the sons 1of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi. 2Ch 11:6Jdg 15:11 Penuel was the father 2of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. 1Ch 2:501Ch 4:181Ch 4:391Ch 2:19Jos 15:36
These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.
Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. 1Ch 2:24
Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.
The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, 3 Ethnan, and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.
The Prayer of Jabez
Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, 4 saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” 1Sa 4:21Gen 35:181Ch 7:23Act 17:11Gen 3:16Gen 34:19Isa 43:4
And Jabez called out to the God of Israel, “If only You would bless me and enlarge my territory! May Your hand be with me and keep me from harm, so that I will be free from pain.” Mat 7:7-11Psa 116:1-4Pro 10:22Jer 33:3Isa 41:10Eph 3:202Ti 4:18Psa 119:173
And God granted the request of Jabez.
More Descendants of Judah
Chelub the brother of Shuhah was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. Eshton was the father of Beth-rapha, of Paseah, and of Tehinnah the father of Ir-nahash. These were the men of Recah.
The sons of Kenaz: Jos 15:17Jdg 1:13Jdg 3:9-11
Othniel and Seraiah.
The sons of Othniel:
Hathath and Meonothai. 5
Meonothai was the father of Ophrah, and Seraiah was the father of Joab, the father of those living in Ge-harashim, which was given this name because its people were craftsmen. 6 2Ki 24:14Neh 11:35
The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Num 13:6Jos 14:6-14Jos 15:13-20Num 13:30Num 14:24Num 14:30Num 14:6-10Jdg 1:12-14
Iru, Elah, and Naam.
The son 7of Elah:
Kenaz.
The sons of Jehallelel:
Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
The sons of Ezrah: 1Ch 4:191Ch 21:241Ch 6:571Sa 30:28Jos 15:50
Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon.
And Mered’s wife Bithiah gave birth 8to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah. 9 1Ch 4:391Ch 4:41Ch 2:42Jos 15:58Jos 15:34-35Jos 15:48
Mered also took a Judean 10wife, who gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.
The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maacathite. 11 Jos 15:441Sa 23:1-13
The sons of Shimon:
Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-hanan, and Tilon.
The descendants of Ishi:
Zoheth and Ben-zoheth.
The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Gen 38:51Ch 2:3Gen 46:12Num 26:201Ch 9:5Neh 11:5
Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea, Jokim, the men of Cozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi-lehem. (These names are from ancient records.) These were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah. They lived there in the service of the king. Psa 81:61Ch 4:14
The Descendants of Simeon
The descendants of Simeon: Gen 46:10Exo 6:15Num 26:12-14
Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, 12 and Shaul.
The sons of Shaul:
Shallum, Mibsam, and Mishma.
The sons of Mishma:
Hammuel, Zaccur, and Shimei.
Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah. Num 26:14Num 2:13Num 26:22Num 2:4 They lived in Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, Jos 19:2-3Jos 19:9Jos 15:28-29 Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, Jos 19:3-4 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, 1Sa 27:61Sa 30:1Neh 11:281Ch 12:1Jos 15:31Jos 19:4-5 Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Beth-biri, and Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David. Jos 19:5-6 And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five towns— Jos 19:7 and all their surrounding villages as far as Baal. 13 These were their settlements, and they kept a genealogical record: Jos 19:8
Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, Jehu son of Joshibiah (son of Seraiah, son of Asiel), Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza son of Shiphi (son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah).
These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly, 1Ch 5:24Gen 6:4 and they journeyed to the entrance of Gedor, to the east side of the valley, in search of pasture for their flocks. 1Ch 4:181Ch 4:4Jos 15:58Jos 12:13 There they found rich, good pasture, and the land was spacious, peaceful, and quiet; for some Hamites had lived there formerly. Jdg 18:7-10Gen 10:6Gen 9:22-29Psa 105:23Psa 78:51
These who were noted by name came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah. They attacked the Hamites and Meunites there in their dwellings, devoting them to destruction 14even to this day. Then they settled in their place, because there was pasture for their flocks. 2Ki 18:8-12Act 17:261Ch 4:34-38Isa 14:28-32Jdg 10:12Jer 49:20Num 32:1-4 And five hundred of these Simeonites led by Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, the sons of Ishi, went to Mount Seir Gen 36:8-9Deu 1:2 and struck down the remnant of the Amalekites who had escaped. And they have lived there to this day. 1Sa 30:171Sa 15:7-82Sa 8:12Deu 25:17-19Exo 17:14-162Ch 5:9Deu 34:6Jdg 1:26