Discovery Box1 Chronicles 1:19 
Context1:19 Two sons were born to Eber: the first was named Peleg, for during his lifetime the earth was divided; 1 his brother’s name was Joktan.
1 Chronicles 4:9
Context4:9 Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, for she said, “I experienced pain when I gave birth to him.” 2
1 Chronicles 4:27
Context4:27 Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. But his brothers did not have many sons, so their whole clan was not as numerous as the sons of Judah.
1 Chronicles 5:2
Context5:2 Though Judah was the strongest among his brothers and a leader descended from him, 3 the right of the firstborn belonged to Joseph.)
1 sn Perhaps this refers to the scattering of the people at Babel (Gen 11:1-9).
2 tn In Hebrew the name יַעְבֵּץ (ya’bets, “Jabez”) sounds like the noun עֹצֶב (’otsev) which means “pain.”
3 tn Heb “and [one] for a leader [was] from him.” This probably refers to the Davidic king.
