I Chronicles 2

¹These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born unto him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him.

⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.

⁶And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

⁷And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

⁸And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

⁹The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

¹⁰And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹¹and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

¹²and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse;

¹³and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

¹⁷And Abigail bare Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹And Azubah died, and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur.

²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

²¹And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he tookto wifewhen he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

²²And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

²³And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and the villages thereof, even threescore cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

²⁶And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

²⁷And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸And the sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab, and Abishur.

²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

³⁰And the sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children.

³¹And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.

³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

³³And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

³⁵And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

³⁶And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

³⁷and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

³⁸and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

³⁹and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

⁴⁰and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum,

⁴¹and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

⁴²And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

⁴³And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem begat Shammai.

⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

⁴⁶And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez.

⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

⁵¹Salma the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

⁵²And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

⁵³And the families of Kiriath-jearim: The Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

I Chronicles 2

¹These were the sons of Israel:

²Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, who put him to death.

⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.

⁷The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

⁸The son of Ethan: Azariah.

⁹The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,

¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.

¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.

²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

²⁶Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai:

²⁹Nadab and Abishur. Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³¹The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

³³The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,

³⁷Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

³⁸Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,

³⁹Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah,

⁴⁰Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum,

⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron:

⁴⁴Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.

⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:

⁵¹Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:

⁵³Haroeh, half the Manahathites, and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma:

⁵⁵Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.