Overview
Ir-Nahash (meaning "City of the Serpent") appears in 1 Chronicles 4:12 as a place associated with the descendants of Judah. The city's precise location in ancient Judah is debated among scholars, though it likely lay within the territorial allotment of the tribe of Judah during the period of settlement and the united monarchy.
Key Scriptures
"Othniel begat Seraiah, and Seraiah begat Joab the father of Ge-harashim; for they were craftsmen. The sons of Caleb the son of Jephunneh were, Iru, Elah, and Naam: and the sons of Elah, even Kenaz. And the sons of Jehallelel; Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. And the sons of Ezra were, Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she bare Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Socho, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah. And the sons of the wife of Hodiah the sister of Naham, were, the fathers of Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite." (1 Chronicles 4:13-19, KJV)
Application
Study biblical geography and genealogies to better understand God's covenant promises to Israel regarding their inheritance and territorial boundaries.