2. Shobal was the father of Reaiah, the grandfather of Jahath, and the great-grandfather of Ahumai and Lahad. These men all belonged to the Zorathite clan.
5. Ashhur, who settled the town of Tekoa, had two wives: Helah and Naarah.
6. Ashhur and Naarah were the parents of Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari.
7. Ashhur and Helah were the parents of Zereth, Izhar, and Ethnan.
8. Koz, the father of Anub and Zobebah, was also the ancestor of the clans of Aharhel, the son of Harum.
9. Jabez was a man who got his name because of the pain he caused his mother during birth. But he was still the most respected son in his family.
17-18. Ezrah was the father of Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered was married to Bithiah the daughter of the king of Egypt. They had a daughter named Miriam and two sons: Shammai and Ishbah. It was Ishbah who settled the town of Eshtemoa. Mered was also married to a woman from the tribe of Judah, and their sons were Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered settled the town of Gedor; Heber settled the town of Soco; and Jekuthiel settled the town of Zanoah.
19. A man named Hodiah was married to the sister of Naham. Hodiah's descendants included Keilah of the Garmite clan and Eshtemoa of the Maacathite clan.
20. Shimon was the father of Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon.Ishi was the father of Zoheth and Benzoheth.
21-22. Judah also had a son named Shelah, whose descendants included Jokim and the people of the town of Cozeba, as well as Er who settled the town of Lecah and Laadah who settled the town of Mareshah. The people who lived in Beth-Ashbea were also descendants of Shelah, and they were experts in weaving cloth. Shelah was the ancestor of Joash and Saraph, two men who married Moabite women and then settled near Bethlehem—but these family records are very old.
23. The members of these clans were the potters who lived in the towns of Netaim and Gederah and worked for the king.
24. Simeon had five sons: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul.