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the fifth was Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth was Ithream, by his wife Eglah.

Now Solomon's son was Rehoboam, Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,

Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,

Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,

Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,

Amon his son, Josiah his son.

The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.

The sons of Jeconiah, the prisoner, were Shealtiel his son,

Now Jabez was more honorable than his brothers, and his mother named him Jabez saying, "Because I bore him with pain."

His Jewish wife bore Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.

These were the potters and the inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah; they lived there with the king for his work.

Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son.

The sons of Mishma were Hammuel his son, Zaccur his son, Shimei his son.

Now Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers did not have many sons, nor did all their family multiply like the sons of Judah.

Now the sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he profaned his father's bed, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel; so that he is not recorded in the genealogy according to the birthright.

Though Judah prevailed over his brothers, and from him came the ruler, yet the birthright belonged to Joseph),

The sons of Joel were Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, Shimei his son,

Micah his son, Reaiah his son, Baal his son,

Beerah his son, whom Tilgath-pilneser king of Assyria took away into exile; he was leader of the Reubenites.

His relatives by their families, in the genealogy of their generations, were Jeiel the chief, then Zechariah,