The Major Prophets of the Bible: In Metered Rhyme, Volume 4

By Warren Sherwood Bennett

This is a literary work in which special intensity is given to the expression of feelings and ideas by the use of distinctive style and rhythm in a metered manner. This is my personal collection of poems. The two books of Chronicles featured herein depicts only a brief history of God and his chosen, their union of kin, genealogy, linking each story.

By order of God, a complete counting and list of his people he chose must be made.
For historys sake and for his sake, insist it is thorough and true with his aid.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504914994

Warren Sherwood Bennett

As said in the prophecy, God is the source of all knowledge and life-giving breath. These matters of the fact lead the way to all forces on Earth and all unto death. This author has visualized and realized how his life has been blessed with the verse to feel with his zeal just how he could be prized with some wisdom of God’s universe. They recently had a great-grandchild, a boy, as their twenty-fifth one, and somehow, they also just had their first great-great-grandchild. This makes them great-great-grandparents now.

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Chapter I.

The following men from the line of ascent

From the very beginning of man,

From A`-dam came Seth, then came E`-noch’s ostent

To Ma-ha`-la-el, Je`-red & Ke`-nan.

Then He`-noch, Me-thu`-se-lah, No`-ah & Shem,

Then came Ja`-pheth & eight sons he had,

Were Go`-mer & Ma`-gog & Mas`-a-eI’s stem

Of son Je`-van, & Tu`-bal was bad.

Son Me`-shech & Ti`-ras, & Go`-mer’s three sons

Were born Ash`-chi-naz, Ra`-phath, To-gar`-mah.

The four sons of Ja`-van were Tar shish & sons

Being Kit`-tim, & Dad`-o-rim, ‘lisha.

The four sons of Ham were born Miz`-ra-um, Put,

And sons Ca`-naan & Cush from Me-de`-a.

The five sons of Cush were born fair & clean-cut:

They were Hav`-i-lah, Ra`-a-mah, Se`-ba.

He also had sons, name of Sab`-te-cha, Sab`-ta,

Of Re`-a-mah: De`-dan & She`-ba.

And Cush begat Nim`-rod, whose might over She`-ba

Grew great on the earth, e’en Me-de`-a.

And Miz`-ra-im’s seven sons, An`-a-nim, and,

The men Lu`-dim, & Le`-ha-bim, Naph`-tu-him,

Cas`-lu-him, (who came from Phi-lis`-tines’ lush land),

And Path - ru`-sim, & young Caph`-ro-him.

And Ca`-naan had Zi`-don, his first-born, & Heth,

Who’s a Jeb`-u-site also, & too,

The Am`-mon-ites, from the young Gir`-ga-shite, Seth, -

Hi`-vites, Ark`-ites, & Sin`-ites, a Jew.

The Ar`-vad-ites, Zem`-o-rites, Ha`-math-ites too,

And the nine sons of Shem would not stray.

They’re E`-lam & As`-shur, Ar-phax`ad, Lud too,

Uz & Ga`-ther & Me`-shech & Hai.

With A`-ram, Ar-phax`-ad begat Shi`-lah, and,

Shi`-lah sired only E`-ber, no more.

To E`-ber were born only two sons, but grand;

They were Pe`-lez & Tok`-tan of yore.

Now Jok`-tan begat son Al- mo`- dad, and so

His sons She`-leph & Je`-rah was born.

And too, Ha-zor-ma`-veth was born into woe, -

…U`-zal, Dik`-lah, Ha-da`-ram forsworn.

There’s U`-zal, Ha-da`-ram, & Dik`-lah, the sons

Stemmed from Jok`-tan. … And these came from She`-ba:

Ar-phaz`-ad, & She`-lah, & E`-ber & sons,

Pe`-leg, Ru`-u, & Se`-rug, the stem

Of Na`-hor, & Te`-rah, & A`-bram, the son

Of old A’ -bra-ham’s sons of his own:

There’s I`-saac & Ish`-ma-el, whom they’d begun;

These are their generation alone.

The first-born of Ish`-ma-el, he named Ne-ba`-joth,

Then was Ke`-dar & Ad`-be-el, Mib`-sam,

And Du`-mah & Mas`-sa & Ha`-dad & Te`-ma,

And Ked`-e-mah, Na`-phish & Je`-tom.

Now these are the sons of old A`-bra-ham, and

By Ke-tu`-rah, his concubine, black.

She bore his sons Zim`-ram, & Jok`-shan, & Me`-dam

And Mid`-i-an, Shu`-ah, & Ish`-bak.

The two sons of Jok`-shan were De`-dan & She`-ba.

The five sons if Mid`-i-an’s Ru`-ba,

Were E`-phan, A-bi`-da, & He`-noch & E`-phah,

And El`-da-ah by this Ke-tu`-ah.

Then I`-saac was sired by great A`-bra-ham, and,

This son I`-saac had Is`-ra-el, E`-sau.

The sons of this E`-sau were El`-i-phaz, and

Reu`-el, Je`-ush, Ja-a`-lam, & Ka`-rah.

The sev’n sons of El`-i-phaz were O`-mar, Te`-man,

Ze`-phi, Ke`-naz, & Tim`-na, too.

He had two more sons, who were Am`-a-lak, Go`-tam.

…Rue`-el, four sons that were true.

They’re Ne`-both & Ze`-rah, & Sham`-mah, & Miz`-zah.

… The sev’n sons of Se`-in were true.

They’re Sho`-bal & Zeb`-e-on, Lo`-tan & A`-nah,

And Di`-shon, & E`-zar, & Di`-shon there too.

The three sons of Lo`-tan were Ha`-man & Ho`-ri;

Lo`-tan’s sister was Tim`-na with them

The Sho`-bal sons, Man`-a-hath, E`-bal, & She`-phi,

And O`-nam, A-li`-am with them.

Of O`-nah’s son Di`-shon, & his sons of plan,

Am`-ram, Esh`-ban, & Ith`- ran, & Che`-ram,

And E`-zer’s three sons, Bil`-han, Za`-van, Ja`-kan;

…Of Di`-shon were Uz & A`-ram.

Now these are the kings who had reigned in the land

Of all E`-dom, before those of El`-dur-ah

Reigned o’er the children of Is`-ra-el, and,

Be`-or’s Be`-la… His city was Din`-ha-ba.

When Be`-la was dead, Ja`-bal, who was the offspring

Of Ze`-rah of Boz`-rah, had reigned

In his place. – But when he was proclaimed the king,

Ja`-bal died, & King Hu`-sham remained;

When Hu`-sham was dead, Ha`-dad, son of Be`-dad

Smote the Mid`-i-ans in Mo`-ab’s field.

He took o’er the kingship of Hu`-sham, he had.

… And his city was A`-vith, his shield.

When Ha`-dad was dead, Sam`-lah ruled in his stead;

When this Mas`-ra-kin died, Sha`-ul reigned

In Sam`-lah’s stead, down by the old river bed.

This son of Re-ho`-both sustained.

When Sha`-ul passed on, Ba-al-ho`-nan became

His successor, & ruled in his place.

And when Ba-al-ho`-nan died, Ha`-dad of fame

Ruled with mercy & splendor & grace.

The name of his city was Pe`-I, - his wife

Was Me-hat`-a-bel, daughter of Ma`-tred,

Who stemmed from the daughter of Mez`-a-dab’s wife.

… The king Ha`-dad died also in hatred.

The dukes of all E`-dom were Duke Tim`-nah, and,

Duke A-li`-ah, & Duke Je`-theth, too,

And Duke A-ho-lib`-mah, & brothers on hand

Were Duke E`-lah & Duke Pi`-non, true;

Duke Ke`-nag, Duke Te`-nan, Duke Mib`-zar & those

Dukes of E`-dom: Duke Mag`-di-el, -I`-ram they chose.

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Chapter II.

Now these are the twelve sons of Ja`-cob, renamed

By the Lord to be Is`-ra-el now:

In all they are Reu`-ben & Le`-vi, ordained,

Dan & Is`-a-char, Zeb`-u-lum’s vow.

There’s Jo`-seph & Ben`-ja-min, Naph`-ta-li, Gad,

And the last but not small, Ash`-er was.

The three sons of Ju`-dah were glad to be had:

She`-lah, O`-nan & Er, treacherous.

The daughter of Shu`-a, the Ca`-naan-i-tess,

Bore all three of them; - Er, the first-born,

Was evil in sight of the Lord, - a distress,

He was slain; none were grieved or forlorn.

And Ta`-mar, his daughter-in-law, bore him two:

Pha`-rez, Ze`-rah; - from Ju`-dah were five.

From Pha`-rez came Hez`-ron, & Ha`-mul came too,

And the five sons of Ze`-rah who thrive.

In all, there were Zim`-ri & E`-than & He`-man,

And Cal`-cal & Da`-ra to serve.

But of the son Carmi begat A`-char’s freeman.

A trouble of Is`-ra-el’s nerve.

He transgressed the Law, in the things God did curse.

…Az-a-ri`-ah was E`-than’s sole son.

Of Hez`-ron were born his three sons, not perverse:

Ram, Che-bu`-bal, Je-rah`-me-el won.

And Ram had Am-min`-a-dab, who begat Na`-shon,

The prince of the children of Ju`-dah.

And Na`-shon had Sal`-man, & Sal`-man’s ablation

Was Bo`-az, - both grandsons of Ju`-dah.

And Bo`-az sired O`-bed, & Jes`-se he sired;

Jes`-se sired his first son, & the name,

E-li`-ab he gave him, his second acquired

Was A-bin`-a-dab, - Shim`-ma (third) came.

The fourth was Ne-than`-e-el; Rod`-da, the fifth,

And the sixth son was O`-zem, & last,

Was Da`-vid, the seventh, with sisters a gift,

Zer-u-i`-ah & Ab`-i-gail, classed.

The sons Zer-u-i`-ah had were mighty men,

A-bish`-a-i, A`-sa-bel, Jo`-ab.

And A`-bi-gail gave birth to Am`-a-sa then,

And the father of Am`-a-sah, - Je`-thab.

And Hez`-ron’s son Ca`-leb begot children of

Wife A-zu`-bah & Je`-e-oth too.

Here sons are these three: Je`-shen, Sho`-bah of love,

And son Ar`-don she bore overdue.

A-zu`-bah then died, & young Ca`-leb then wed

Eph`-rath, who bore a son she called Hur.

And Hur begot U`-ri, & U`-ri, high-bred

Had Be-zal`-e-el also from her.

And afterward, Hez`-ron went onto the maiden

Ma`-chir, who sired Gil`-e-ad,

Whom he married when he was old & o’er laden;

At sixty, she bore him, Se`-gad.

And Se`-gab sired Jo`-ir; and Gil`-e-ad had

Three & twenty small towns in the land.

But Ge`-shur & O`-`ram took towns Je`-ir had;

All of Ken`-nath were sixty full-manned.

These towns all belonged to the sons of Ma`-chir,

Who’s the father of Gil`-e-ad, and,

That Hez`-ron had afterward deceased by nature,

Ca-leb-Eph`-ra-tah, then took the hand

Of A-bi`-ah to wife, who bore Ash`-ur, & claimed

To have fathered Te-ko`-a, desired.

The sons of Je-rah`-me-el, Hez`-ron’s first named

To be Ram, & four others he sired.

Their names were A-bi`-jah, & Bu`-nah, & O`-ran,

And O`-zem, but had one more wife,

Named Ar`-a-rah, who was the mother of O`-nan.

…And the three sons of Ram, who had life,

Were Ma`-az & Ja`- min & El`-ker by line

Of Je-rah`-me-el, & sons of O`-nan

Were Sham`-ma-i, Ja`-da, - & from Sha`-ma’s line,

Had sired Na`-dab, & Ab`-i-shur, Jo`-nan.

The name of the first wife of Ab`-i-shur, bred

Ab-i-ha`-il, & had Mo`-lid, Ah`-ban.

The two sons of Na`-dab were Ap`-pa-im, Se`-led,

But Se`-led died childless in clan.

Now Ap`-pa-im sired only Ish`-I, a son,

And then Ish`-i had She`-sham, & new,

Was Ah`-lai of She`-sham; - & Ja`-da had sons

Je`-ther, Jo`-a-than, - Je`-ther died too.

And Jon`-a-than’s sons were named Pe`-leth & Za`-za,

Je-rah`-me-el’s kin & blood-line.

Now She`-shan had no sons, but daughters; - & Jar`-ha,

A servant from E`-gypt was fine.

So She`-shan gave his only daughter to Ja`-ha

His servant to wife. – She bore At`-tai.

And At`-tai sired Na`-than, & Na`-than had Za`-ba,

And Za`-ba sired Eph`-lel, then O`-bed.

And O`-bed had Je`-hu, & him, Az-a-ri`-ah;

And he begat He`-lez thereby

This He`-lez desired to sire only E-li`-a-sah;

E-li`-a-sah fathered Sim-sam`-e-i.

And Shal`-lum begat Jek-a-mi`-ah, & too,

Jek-a-mi`-ah begat son E-lish`-a-ma.

Je-rah`-me-el’s brother was Ca`-leb, who’s true, -

Begat Me`-sha, his first-born, E-lish`-a-ma.

Now Me`-sha was also the father of Zeph;

And the son of Ma-re`-shah sired He`-bron.

The sons He`-bron fathered were Tap`-pu- a-theth,

And his brothers, both She`-ma & Re`-kon.

And She`-ma had Ra`-ham, the father of Jo`-ko-am:

Re`-kon had Shem`-e-i, and,

The son stemmed from Shem`-e-i had the name Ma`-am,

And Ma`-am had Beth`-zur as planned.

And E`-phah the concubine, Ca`-leb’s madam`,

Bore him Ha`-ran, & Ga`-zaz & Mo`-za.

The six sons of Jah`-da-a: Re`0gem & Jo`-tham,

And Ge`-sham, & Pe`-let, & E`-phah.

There’s Shi`-aph; & Ma`-a-chah, Ca`-leb’s madam`,

Bore two sons: She`-ba, & his Tir-ha`-nah.

She also bore She`-aph, who fathered Mad-man`-nah,

And She`-va, who fathered Mach-be`-nah,

This Mach`-be-nah also sired Gib`-e-a, and,

Ca`-leb’s daughter was Ach`-sa by name.

Now these were the sons of the son of Hur’s band,

And the first-born by Eph`-ra-tah’s claim.

There’s Sha`-bal, who sired Kir-jath-je`-a-rim, and,

Sal`-ma, father of Beth`-le-hem’s band,

Eth-ga`-der, the offspring of Ha`-reph, & grand

Kir-jath-je`-a-min’s She`-bal in hand.

This She`-bal had sons, - one was Har`-o-eh, and,

Half of all the Ma- na`-hath-ite’s men.

And families from Kir-jath-je`-a-rim, planned,

Were the four clans accounted for then:

The Ith`-rites, the Pu`-hites, the old Shu`-math-ites.

And the Mish`-ra-ites, & of them came

The Za`-re-ath-ites, & the Esh`-ta-ul-ites.

…Now the sons stemmed from Sal`-ma claimed fame.

Ne-taph`-a-thites, At`-a-raths, Beth`-le-hem-ites,

And the great house of Jo`-ab, & those

Of half of Ma-na`-thites, which are of Zo`-rites;

They’re the fam’lies of scribes who repose.

At Ja`-bez, are Ti`-rath-ites, Shim`-e-ath-ites,

And the Su`-chath-ites; - these are the Ken`-ites;

Thy came from their father, a He`-math-ite, Zo`-rite;

From Re`-chab, a house with insights.

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Chapter III.

Now Da`-vid’s own sons who were born unto him,

In the city of He`-bron were these:

The first-born named An`-non, A-hoi`-a-am’s prim,

And the second, Dan`-iel, whom he’d please.

Now Am`-mon was issued a Jez"-re-el-ite`-ess.

And Dan`-iel from Ab`-bi-gail, who

Had stemmed from a clan, so is called Car-mel-it`-ess;

The third, Ab`-so-lom, his son too.

From Ma`-a-chah, daughter of Tol`-mai the king

Of great Ge`-shur. … The fourth, Ad-o-ni`-jah

Was offspring of Hag`-gith. … The fifth one, dayspring,

Sheph-a-ti`-ah. Of Ab`-i-tal, Ni`-tah.

The sixth one was Ith`-re-am, by his wife Eg`-lah.

In He`-bron, all born without fears.

He reigned seven years & six months without Shah, -

In Je-ru`-sa-lem, thirty-three years.

Those born to him during Je-ru`-sa-lem’s reign,

Were four sons from Beth-she`-ba of E`-li-am:

Ib`-has, E-lish`-ma, E-leph`-e-let, vain,

No`-gah, Ne`-phaz, Jo-phi`-a, the lamb.

E-lish`-a ma & Be-el-i`-a-da, and,

Last, E-leph`-e-let, totaled all nine.

These were Da-vid’s sons beside concubines, and,

Son of Ta`-mar, their sister divine.

And Sol`-o-mon’s son, Re-ho-bo`-am, sired one,

Named A-bi`-jam & A`-sa his son,

Je-hosh`-a-phat, his son, & Jo`-ram, his son,

A-za-ri`-ah, his son, Jo`-ash – none.

His son, Am-a-zi`-ah, & his son Uz-zi`-ah,

Ma-na`-she was his son so great.

And A`-haz, his son, & his son Hez`-e-ki`-ah,

And his son, Ma-nas`-seh, irate.

The sons of Jo-si`-ah were first-born Jo-ha`-nan,

The second, Je-hoi`-a-kim, and,

The third, Zed-e-ki`-ah, the fourth was Shal`-lum,

And the sons of Je-hoi`-a-kim, grand,

Were both Jec-o-ni`-ah & son Zed-e-ki`-ah;

Jer-e-mi`-ah had O`-sai, Sa-la`-thi-el.

And also, Mal-chi`-ram, & too was Pe-da`-jah,

She-na`-zar, & Hash`-a-ma, Ki`-el.

There’s old Jer`-e-mi`-ah, & sons of Pe-da`-jah,

And his sons were Shim`-e-i, and,

Ze-rub`-ba-bel, Shim`-e-i, & Han-nan- i`-ah,

Me-shul`- lam, & Shel-o-nith, grand.

Ha-sha`- bah, & O`-bel, & too, Has-a-di`-ah,

And last, Ju-shab-he`-sed were five.

The sons Han-a-ni`-ah had sure Pel-a-ti `-ah,

And also Je-sa`-jah to thrive.

Sons of Reph-a-i`-ah, of Ar`-nan, & those

O-ba-di`-ah’s sons, & Sheck-a-ni`-ah,

Of sons Sheck-a-ni`-ah, & of those God chose,

Were the six sons of strong Shem-a-ni`-ah.

There’s Hat`-tush, & Ig`-e-al, Sha`-phat, Ba-ri`-ah,

And too, Ne-a-ri`-ah, - one more.

And of Ne-a-ri`-ah came forth Hez-e-ki`-ah,

Az-ti`-kam &El`-e-a-kor.

The large sons of El`-i-a-kor were these seven:

E-li`-a-shib, Ak`-kub, Pel-a-i`-ah,

Jo-ha`-nan, An-na`-ni, who live without leaven,

Had-a-i`-ah, & young Dal-a-i`-ah.

The five sons of Ju`-dah were Pha`-rez & Hur;

Hez`-ron, Car`-mi & Sho`-bal, not bad.

And Ha`-roch of Sho`-ba had Ja`-hath secure;

Ja`-hath fathered A-hu`-ma-i, sad.

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Chapter IV.

These families stemmed from the Zo`-rath-ite tribe.

… Was the father of E`-tam, who sired

Three sons & a daughter & one was a scribe.

She was Haz"-e –lel-po`-ni-, desired.

The names of her brothers were Jez-`-re-el, and,

Ish`-ma also, with Id`-bach, strong men.

Pe-nu`-el, the father of Ge`-dor was grand;

Hu`-shah’s father was E`-zer, of ten.

Now these are Hur’s sons, first was Eph`-ra-tah, bad,

Who was Beth`-le-hem’s father, a Shah.

There’s Ash`-ur who issued Te-ko`-a who had

Two fine wives, He`-lah, &, Na`-o-rah.

And Na`-o-rah bore him four sons of good stock:

He`-pher, Tem`-e-ni, &, Ho-as-hash`-te-ri.

A`-shur was first-born & strong as a rock.

… He`-lah’s three sons were brash & awry.

So Ze`-reth, & Jez`-a-am, Eth`-rem were named.

… Coz begot A`-nub, &, begot too,

Za-be`-bah, with families proclaimed & famed,

Of A-ha`-hel of Ha`-rum they knew.

Now Ja`-bez drew honor much higher than that

Of his brethren, because of his birth.

His mother said Ja`-bez was aristocrat,

For she bore him in sorrow, not mirth.

And Ja`-bez called out to the Is`-ra-el God,

Saying, "O, if You’ll bless me indeed,

Enlarging my coast, & You’ll touch with Your rod

To keep evil from me & my seed,

That it may not grieve me!… So God granted his plea.

… Che`-lub, brother of Shu`-ah, begot

Son Me`-hir, the father of Esh`-ton, then he

Sired Beth-ra`-pha, Pa-se`-ah by plot.

Te-him`-neh had fathered Ir- na`-bash, & so

They comprise all of Re`-chah’s fine men.

The offspring of Ke`-naz were Oth`-ne-el, low;

Ser-a-i`-ah & Ha`-thath born then.

Me-on`-o-thai then begot Oph`-ra, & too,

Ser-a-i`-ah sired Jo`-ab who sired

The people of Char`-a-shin, craftsmen anew;

… And Je-phun`-neh’s son Ca`-leb desired.

There’s I`-ru, & E `-lah, & Na`-ham & those

Sons of E`-lah for Ke`-naz & more.

Of sons Je-ha-le`-el were four whom God chose:

Zi`-phah, Tir`-i-a, Ziph, & for four,

A-sa`-re-el, with sons of Ez`-ra had, - his four:

Je`-ther, Me`-rod, & E`-pher, & Jo`-lon.

And she bore him Mir`-i-am, Sham`-ma-i, more;

Esh-te-mo`-a, his son Ish`-bah, Bo`-hon.

His