1 Chronicles 2:55

2:55 and the clans of the scribes ¹  who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended ²  from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab. ³ 

1 Chronicles 4:4

4:4 Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the descendants of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

1 Chronicles 11:17

11:17 David was thirsty and said, “How I wish someone would give me some water to drink ⁴  from the cistern in Bethlehem near the city gate!”

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¹ tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.

² tn Heb “came.”

³ 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.”

⁴ tn Heb “Who will give me water to drink?” On the rhetorical use of מִי (mi) here, see BDB 566 s.v. f.