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1 Chronicles 2:40-55 World Messianic Bible (WMB)

40. and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

41. and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

42. The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

43. The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

44. Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

45. The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

46. Efah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

47. The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Efah, and Shaaph.

48. Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

49. She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

50. These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,

51. Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

52. Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

53. The families of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

54. The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

55. The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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