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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; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.

⁴And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. 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.

⁷And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.

⁸And the son of Ethan: Azariah.

⁹And the sons of Hezron, the offspring of his body: Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.

¹⁰And Ram was the father of Amminadab; and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, chief of the children of Judah;

¹¹And Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz,

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

¹³And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, 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 Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.

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

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

¹⁹And after the death of Azubah, Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, who was the mother of Hur.

²⁰And Hur was the father of Uri; and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹And after that, Hezron had connection with the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he took as his wife when he was sixty years old; and she had Segub by him.

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

²³And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴And after the death of Hezron, Caleb had connection with Ephrath, his father Hezron's wife, and she gave birth to his son Asshur, the father of Tekoa.

²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram, the oldest, and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.

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

²⁷And the sons of Ram, the oldest son 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 Abishur's wife was Abihail; and she had Ahban and Molid by him.

³⁰And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled came to his end without sons.

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 came to his end without sons.

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

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

³⁵And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, as a wife; and she had Attai by him.

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

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

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

³⁹And Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah,

⁴⁰And Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum,

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

⁴²And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.

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

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

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

⁴⁶And Ephah, Caleb's servant-wife, had Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.

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

⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah,

⁴⁹And Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and Caleb's daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb.

⁵⁰The sons of Hur, the oldest son 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 Manahathites.

⁵³And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from 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 who were living at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites, the offspring of Hammath, the father of the family of Rechab.

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 to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; and he killed him.

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

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron, and Hamul.

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

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

⁸The sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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

¹⁰Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

¹¹and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,

¹²and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

¹³and Jesse became the father of his firstborn 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. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

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

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

¹⁹Azubah died, and Caleb took to him Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

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

²¹Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.

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

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

²⁴After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.

³⁶Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,

³⁷and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,

³⁸and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,

³⁹and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

⁴⁰and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

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

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

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

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

⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

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

⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She bore 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 firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,

⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

⁵³The 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: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.