Jabez, a place associated with the families of scribes (1Ch.2.55).
Jabez is mentioned briefly in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah (1Ch.2.55). The passage states that the families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These families were associated with the Kenites, who were descendants of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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