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1 Chronicles 2:55

HemathHammathJabez

53 and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

54 The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,

and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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BSB
and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
KJV
And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
WEB
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.
ASV
And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
DARBY
and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
BLB
and the clans of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez—the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] the Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
ÅB
Og de skriftlærdes slekter, deres som bodde i Jabes, var tiratittene, simatittene, sukatittene; dette er de kinnitter som nedstammer fra Hammat, far til Rekabs hus.
[^1]: kalles Sabdi, JOS 7, 1.
[^2]: Karmi var sønn av Sabdi, 1KR 2, 7. JOS 7, 1.
[^3]: kalles ellers Akan.
[^4]: kalles Kaleb.
[^5]: Asubas.
[^6]: Segub, Ja'ir og deres slekt, 1KR 2, 21. 22.
[^7]: De regnes for sønner av Makir, altså til Manasse stamme, 4MO 32, 40, fordi de nedstammet fra Makirs datter, 1KR 2, 21. Deres stamfar Hesron var av Juda stamme, 1KR 2, 5.
[^8]: d.e. Tekoas innbyggeres. Slik er og navnene på de byer som forekommer i det følgende, å forstå om disse byers innbyggere.
[^9]: d.e. datter, 1KR 2, 34.
[^10]: d.s.s. Reaja 1KR 4, 2.
OTB
Familiene av skrivere som bodde i Jabez var:
Tiratittene, Sjimatittene og Sukatittene.
Disse var kenittene som kom fra Hammat,
far til Rechabs hus.
B1930
Og de skriftlærdes ætter, deres som bodde i Jabes, var tiratittene, simatittene, sukatittene; dette er de kinnitter som nedstammer fra Hammat, far til Rekabs hus.

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  • Judges 1:16

    Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.

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  • 2 Kings 10:15

    When he left there, he found Jehonadab son of Rechab, who was coming to meet him. Jehu greeted him and asked, “Is your heart as true to mine as my heart is to yours?” “It is!” Jehonadab replied. “If it is,” said Jehu, “give me your hand.” So he gave him his hand, and Jehu helped him into his chariot,

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  • Jeremiah 35:2–8

    “Go to the house of the Rechabites, speak to them, and bring them to one of the chambers of the house of the LORD to offer them a drink of wine.”

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  • Judges 4:11

    Now Heber the Kenite had moved away from the Kenites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent by the great tree of Zaanannim, which was near Kedesh.

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  • Jeremiah 35:19

    this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Jonadab son of Rechab will never fail to have a man to stand before Me.’”

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  • 1 Samuel 15:6

    And he warned the Kenites, “Since you showed kindness to all the Israelites when they came up out of Egypt, go on and get away from the Amalekites. Otherwise I will sweep you away with them.” So the Kenites moved away from the Amalekites.

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  • Ezra 7:6

    this Ezra came up from Babylon. He was a scribe skilled in the Law of Moses, which the LORD, the God of Israel, had given. The king had granted Ezra all his requests, for the hand of the LORD his God was upon him.

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  • Jeremiah 8:8

    How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

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