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55 and the clans of the scribes[a] who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended[b] from Hammath, the father of Beth Rechab.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:55 tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:55 tn Heb “came.”
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:55 tn Or (if בֵּית [beth] is translated as “house” rather than considered to be part of the name) “the father of the house [i.e., family] of Rechab.”

55 And the families of the scribes that dwell in Jabes, singing and making melody, and abiding in tents. These are the Cinites, who came of Calor (Chamath) father of the house of Rechab,

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55 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.

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