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-\v 9 There was another descendant of Judah whose name was Jabez. He was more respected than his brothers were. His mother named him Jabez which means 'pain' because she said, "I was enduring much pain when I gave birth to him."
+\v 9 There was another descendant of Judah whose name was Jabez. He was more respected than his brothers were. His mother named him Jabez, which means 'pain' because she said, "I was enduring much pain when I gave birth to him."
 \v 10 One day he prayed to God whom his fellow Israelites worshiped, saying, "Please greatly bless me and increase my land. Remain with me, and do not allow anyone to harm me. If you do that for me, I will not have any pain." And God did what Jabez requested him to do.
 
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-\v 17-18 Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah. Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Mered had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of Gedor; Heber was the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel was the father of Zanoah.
+\v 17-18 Another descendant of Judah was Ezrah. Ezrah's sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Mered married Bithiah, who was the daughter of the king of Egypt. The children of Mered and Bithiah were Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah. Ishbah was the father of Eshtemoa. Mered had a wife from Judah. She gave birth to Jered, Heber, and Jekuthiel. Jered was the father of Gedor, Heber was the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel was the father of Zanoah.
 
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-\v 19 Hodiah's wife was Naham's sister. Hodiah's wife was the mother of two sons. One of them was the father of Keilah, the ancestor of the Gar people, and the other one was the father of Eshtemoa, the ancestor of the Maacath people.
+\v 19 Hodiah's wife was Naham's sister. Hodiah's wife was the mother of two sons. One of them was the father of Keilah, the ancestor of the Gar people, and the other one was the father of Eshtemoa, the ancestor of the Maakath people.
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 \v 20 Another descendant of Judah was Shimon. Shimon's sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon.
 \q Another descendant of Judah was Ishi. His descendants were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.
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 \v 21 One of Judah's sons was Shelah. Shelah's descendants were Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the families of those who made things from linen at Beth Ashbea,
-\v 22 Jokim, and the men of the city of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, two men who married women from the region of Moab and ruled in Jashubi Lehem. All their names and a record of what they did are written in scrolls.
-\v 23 Some of these descendants of Shelah made pottery for the king. Some of them lived in the city of Netaim, and some lived in the city of Gederah.
+\v 22 Jokim, the men of the city of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph—two men who married women from the region of Moab and ruled in Jashubi Lehem. All their names and a record of what they did are written in scrolls.
+\v 23 Some of these descendants of Shelah made pottery for the king. Some of them lived in the city of Netaim, and some of them lived in the city of Gederah.
 
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 \v 28 The descendants of Simeon lived in these cities and towns: Beersheba, Moladah, and Hazar Shual.
 
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-\v 29 Other descendants of Simeon were: Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
+\v 29 They also lived in Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad,
 \v 30 Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag,
 \v 31 Beth Markaboth, Hazar Susim, Beth Biri, and Shaaraim. They lived in those places until David became king.
 
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-\v 34-38 The men in the following list were the leaders of their clans: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, and Jehu son of Joshibiah. Joshibiah was son of Seraiah and grandson of Asiel. Other clan leaders were Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza. Ziza was son of Shiphi and grandson of Allon son of Jedaiah, who was the son of Shimri, who was son of Shemaiah.
+\v 34-38 The men in the following list were the leaders of their clans: Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah son of Amaziah, Joel, and Jehu son of Joshibiah. Joshibiah was the son of Seraiah and grandson of Asiel. Other clan leaders were Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, and Ziza. Ziza was the son of Shiphi and grandson of Allon son of Jedaiah, who was the son of Shimri, who was the son of Shemaiah.
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 \v 39 They went near the city of Gedor on the east side of the valley to look for pastureland for their flocks of sheep.
 \v 40 They found good pastureland with plenty of grass. The place was peaceful and quiet.
-\p Previously the descendants of Noah's son Ham had lived there.
-\v 41 But while Hezekiah was the king of Judah, those leaders of the tribe of Simeon came to Gedor and fought against the descendants of Ham and destroyed their tents. They also fought against the descendants of Meun who were living there and they killed all of them. So now there are no descendants of Meun living there. The descendants of Simeon started to live there, because there was good pastureland there for their sheep.
+\p Previously, the descendants of Noah's son Ham had lived there.
+\v 41 But while Hezekiah was the king of Judah, those leaders of the tribe of Simeon came to Gedor and fought against the descendants of Ham and destroyed their tents. They also fought against the descendants of Meun who were living there and they killed all of them. So now there are no descendants of Meun living there. The descendants of Simeon started to live there because there was good pastureland there for their sheep.
 
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-\v 42 Ishi's four sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah and Uzziel led five hundred other descendants of Simeon and attacked the people who were living in the hill country of Edom.
+\v 42 Ishi's four sons Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel led five hundred other descendants of Simeon and attacked the people who were living in the hill country of Edom.
 \v 43 They killed the few descendants of Amalek who were still alive. From that time until now, the descendants of Simeon have lived in the region of Edom.
 
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 \v 7 The names of these clans are listed here according to what is written in their family records.
 \q The names written were: Jeiel (the leader), then Zechariah,
 \v 8 and then Bela son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. Reuben's clan was very large. Some of them lived near the city of Aroer as far north as the city of Nebo and the city of Baal Meon.
-\v 9 Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert south of the Euphrates River. They went there because they had a huge amount of cattle, with the result that there was not enough pastureland for them in the region of Gilead.
+\v 9 Some of them lived further east, as far as the edge of the desert south of the Euphrates River. They went there because they had a great number of cattle, with the result that there was not enough pastureland for them in the region of Gilead.
 
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 \v 11 The tribe of Gad lived near the tribe of Reuben; they lived in the region of Bashan, all the way east to the city of Salekah.
 \v 12 Joel was their leader; Shapham was his assistant; other leaders were Janai and Shaphat in Bashan.
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-\v 13 Other members of the tribe belonged to seven clans, whose leaders were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber.
+\v 13 Other members of the tribe belonged to seven clans whose leaders were Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jakan, Zia, and Eber.
 
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-\v 14 They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was son of Huri, Huri was the son of Jaroah, Jaroah was the son of Gilead, Gilead was son of Michael, Michael was the son of Jeshishai, Jeshishai was the son of Jahdo, and Jahdo was the son of Buz.
+\v 14 They were descendants of Abihail. Abihail was the son of Huri, Huri was the son of Jaroah, Jaroah was the son of Gilead, Gilead was the son of Michael, Michael was the son of Jeshishai, Jeshishai was the son of Jahdo, and Jahdo was the son of Buz.
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 \v 15 Ahi was Abdiel's son. Abdiel was Guni's son. Ahi was the leader of their clan.
 
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-\v 16 The descendants of Gad lived in the towns in the regions of Gilead and Bashan, and on all the pastureland on the Plain of Sharon.
+\v 16 The descendants of Gad lived in the towns in the regions of Gilead and Bashan and on all the pastureland on the Plain of Sharon.
 \v 17 All of those names were written in the records of the clans of Gad during the time that Jotham was the king of Judah and Jeroboam was the king of Israel.
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 \v 19 They attacked the descendants of Hagar and the people in the cities of Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab.
 
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-\v 20 The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them, because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them.
+\v 20 The men from those three tribes prayed to God during the battles, requesting him to help them. So he helped them because they trusted in him. He enabled them to defeat the descendants of Hagar and all those who were helping them.
 \v 21 They took the animals that belonged to the descendants of Hagar: They took fifty thousand camels, 250,000 sheep, and two thousand donkeys. They also captured 100,000 people.
 \v 22 But many descendants of Hagar were killed because God helped the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh. After that, those three tribes lived in that area until the army of Babylonia captured them and took them away to Babylon.
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 \v 25 But they sinned against God, the one whom their ancestors had worshiped. They began to worship the gods that the people of that region had worshiped, the people whom God had enabled them to destroy.
-\v 26 So the God whom the Israelites worshiped incited Pul, the king of Assyria, to want to conquer those tribes. Pul's other name was Tiglath-Pileser. His army captured the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh, and took them to various places in Assyria: Halah, Habor, Hara and near the Gozan River. They have lived in those places from that time to the present time.
+\v 26 So the God whom the Israelites worshiped incited Pul, the king of Assyria, to want to conquer those tribes. Pul's other name was Tiglath-Pileser. His army captured the people of the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and the eastern half of the tribe of Manasseh and took them to various places in Assyria: Halah, Habor, Hara, and near the Gozan River. They have lived in those places from that time to the present time.
 
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 \v 20 Gershon's oldest son was Libni.
 \q2 Libni's son was Jahath.
-\q2 Jehath's son was Zimmah.
+\q2 Jahath's son was Zimmah.
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 \v 21 Zimmah's son was Joah.
 \q2 Joah's son was Iddo.
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 \v 25 Elkanah's sons were Amasai, Ahimoth,
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-\v 26 and a son also named Elkana.
+\v 26 and a son also named Elkanah.
 \q2 Elkanah's son was Zophai.
 \q2 Zophai's son was Nahath.
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-\v 44 A group of singers from Merari's family helped Heman and Asaph. They stood at the left of Heman. The leader of this group was Ethan son of Kishi.
+\v 44 A group of singers from Merari's family helped Heman and Asaph. They stood to the left of Heman. The leader of this group was Ethan son of Kishi.
 \q2 Kishi was the son of Abdi.
 \q2 Abdi was the son of Malluk.
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 \v 54 Here is a list of the places where Aaron's descendants lived. Those who were descendants of Kohath were the first group to be allotted cities to live in.
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 \v 55 They were allotted the city of Hebron in Judah and the pastureland around the city,
-\v 56 but the fields farther from the city and the villages near the city were given to Caleb's son of Jephunneh.
+\v 56 but the fields farther from the city and the villages near the city were given to Caleb, the son of Jephunneh.
 
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 \v 80 From the tribe of Gad, they were allotted cities and towns and pastureland near Ramoth in the region of Gilead, Mahanaim,
 \v 81 Heshbon, and Jazer.
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