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The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And Mered's wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
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(His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.
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The sons of Hodiah's wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
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And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
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The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea;
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also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the records are ancient.
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These were the potters and those who dwell at Netaim and Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.
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The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and Shaul,
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Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son.
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And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.
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Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many children, nor did any of their families multiply as much as the children of Judah.
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They dwelt at Beersheba, Moladah, Hazar Shual,
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Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
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Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
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Beth Marcaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim. These were their cities until the reign of David.
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And their villages were Etam, Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan--five cities--
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and all the villages that were around these cities as far as Baal. These were their dwelling places, and they maintained their genealogy:
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Meshobab, Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah;
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Joel, and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel;
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Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, and Benaiah;
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Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah--