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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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  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 clans of scribes[a] who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites(A) who came from Hammath,(B) the father of the Rekabites.[b](C)

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  1. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or of the Sopherites
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or father of Beth Rekab

55 And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the (A)Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of (B)Rechab.

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