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1 Chronicles 2:37-41-53 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

37-41. Zabad's descendants included Ephlal, Obed, Jehu, Azariah, Helez, Eleasah, Sismai, Shallum, Jekamiah, and Elishama.

42. Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, had the following descendants: Mesha, Ziph, Mareshah, Hebron,

43. and Hebron's four sons, Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

44. Shema was the father of Raham and the grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai,

45. the grandfather of Maon, and the great-grandfather of Bethzur.

46. Ephah was one of Caleb's wives, and their sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran named his son after his brother Gazez.

47. Ephah was the daughter of Jahdai, who was also the father of Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, and Shaaph.

48. Maacah was another of Caleb's wives, and their sons were Sheber and Tirhanah.

49. Later, they had two more sons: Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

50-51. All of these were Caleb's descendants.Hur, the eldest son of Caleb and Ephrath, had three sons: Shobal, Salma, and Hareph, who settled the town of Beth-Gader.

52. Shobal, who settled the town of Kiriath-Jearim, was the ancestor of Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth clan,

53. and the clans that lived near Kiriath-Jearim; they were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites were descendants of the Mishraites.

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