And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
The families of the scribes - either civil or ecclesiastical officers of a Kenite origin, who are here classed with the tribe of Judah, not as being descended from it, but as dwelling within its territory, and in a measure incorporated with its people.
Jabez - A place in Judah (1 Chronicles 4:9).
Kenites that came of Hemath - who settled in Judah; and were thus distinguished from another division of the Kenite clan which dwelt in Mannasseh (Judges 4:11).