The Scriptures 1998

1 Chronicles 4:14-27 The Scriptures 1998 (ISR98)

14. and Me‛onothai, who brought forth Ophrah. And Serayah brought forth Yo’aḇ the father of Gĕ-Ḥarashim, for they were craftsmen.

15. And the sons of Kalĕḇ the son of Yephunneh: Iru, Ělah, and Na‛am. And the son of Ělah was Qenaz.

16. And the sons of Yehallel’ĕl: Ziph, and Ziphah, Tireya, and Asar’ĕl.

17. And the sons of Ezrah: Yether, and Mereḏ, and Ěpher, and Yalon. And she bore Miryam, and Shammai, and Yishbaḥ the father of Eshtemoa.

18. And his wife Yehuḏiyah bore Yereḏ the father of Geḏor, and Ḥeḇer the father of Soḵo, and Yequthi’ĕl the father of Zanowaḥ. And these were the sons of Bithyah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mereḏ took.

19. And the sons of Hoḏiyah’s wife, the sister of Naḥam, were the fathers of Qe‛ilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Ma‛aḵathite.

20. And the sons of Shimon: Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Ḥanan, and Tulon. And the sons of Yishi: Zoḥĕth and Ben-Zoḥĕth.

21. The sons of Shĕlah the son of Yehuḏah: Ěr the father of Lĕḵah, and La‛dah the father of Marĕshah, and the clans of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbĕa;

22. and Yoqim, and the men of Kozĕḇa, and Yo’ash, and Saraph who ruled in Mo’aḇ, and Yashuḇi-Leḥem. But the records were ancient.

23. These were the potters and those who dwell at Neta‛im and Geḏĕrah; there they dwelt with the sovereign for his work.

24. The sons of Shim‛on: Nemu’ĕl, and Yamin, Yariḇ, Zeraḥ, Sha’ul,

25. Shallum his son, Miḇsam his son, Mishma his son.

26. And the sons of Mishma: Ḥammu’ĕl his son, Zakkur his son, Shim‛i his son.

27. And Shim‛i had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their clans increase as much as the children of Yehuḏah.