Konteks 2:55 and the clans of the scribes1 who lived in Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who descended2 from Hammath, the father of Beth-Rechab.3
[2:55]1tn Or perhaps “the Sopherim.” The NAB transliterates this term and treats it as a proper name.
[2:55]3tn 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.”