Brixham Community Church Podcast

1 Chronicles 4: 1 The descendants of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Karmi, Hur and Shobal… 7 The sons of Helah: Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, 8 and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum. 9 Jabez was more honourable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez saying, ‘I gave birth to him in pain.’ 10 Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, ‘Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.’ And God granted his request. 11 Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. 12 Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash. These were the men of Rekah…   Buried in the list Our main text here is verses 9 and 10, but I’ve shown a few others above to give you a feel of what the rest of the chapter is like. You know what it’s like when you’re diligently disciplining yourself to read the whole bible through and you get to one of