1 Chronicles 4:1-8·~1 min

The Descendants of Judah

Judah’s descendants are introduced through a chain of fathers, sons, clans, and place-linked families, with one sister named among the branches. The line spreads outward through Zorah, Etam, Gedor, and Hushah.

T¹he descendants of Judah: ²Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites. ³These were the sons of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. And their sister was named Hazzelelponi. ⁴Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

Ashhur of Tekoa is traced through his two wives and their children, and the list closes with further sons, clans, and family offshoots. The notices keep household divisions and descent lines in view.

⁵Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶Naarah bore to him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah. ⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, ⁸and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

Section summaryThe chapter opens with a compact cluster of Judahite names, tracing fathers, sons, clans, and one named sister across several family branches. The brief notices tie people to places and households, letting Judah’s line appear as a web of remembered origins.

Role in the chapterThis opening section keeps the genealogy moving after the previous chapter while narrowing attention to smaller Judahite branches. It establishes the chapter’s pattern of linking families, settlements, and clan identities through concise ancestral notes.