He was of the tribe of Judah.
1 Chr 4:17The sons of Ezra) were Jether), Mered, Epher), and Jalon. Mered was the father of Miriam), Shammai), and Ishbah), the father of Eshtemoa).1 Chr 4:18These were the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married. And his wife Jehudijah bore Jered, the father of Gedor), Heber), the father of Soco), and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah).