I Chronicles 2

¹And these are the sons of Israel: Ruben, Simeon, Levi, Juda, Issachar, and Zabulon,

²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Nephtali, Gad, and Aser.

³The sons of Juda: Her, Onan and Sela. These three were born to him of the Chanaanitess the daughter of Sue. And Her the firstborn of Juda, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he slew him.

⁴And Thamar his daughter in law bore him Phares and Zara. So all the sons of Juda were five.

⁵And the sons of Phares, were Hesron and Hamul.

⁶And the sons also of Zare: Zamri, and Ethan, and Eman, and Chalchal, and Dara, five in all.

⁷And the sons of Charmi: Achar, who troubled Israel, and sinned by the theft of the anathema.

⁸The sons of Ethan: Azarias,

⁹And the sons of Hesron that were born to him: Jerameel, and Ram, and Calubi.

¹⁰And Ram begot Aminadab, and Aminadab begot Nahasson, prince of the children of Juda.

¹¹And Nahasson begot Salma, the father of Booz.

¹²And Booz begot Obed, and Obed begot Isai.

¹³And Isai begot Eliab his firstborn, the second Abinadab, the third Simmaa,

¹⁴The fourth, Nathanael, the fifth Raddai,

¹⁵The sixth Asom, the seventh David.

¹⁶And their sisters were Sarvia, and Abigail. The sons of Sarvia: Abisai, Joab, and Asael, three.

¹⁷And Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ismahelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hesron took a wife named Azuba, of whom he had Jerioth: and her sons were Jaser, and Sobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹And when Azuba was dead, Caleb took to wife Ephrata: who bore him Hur.

²⁰And Hur begot Uri: and Uri begot Bezeleel.

²¹And afterwards Hesron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Galaad, and took her to wife when he was threescore years old: and she bore him Segub.

²²And Segub begot Jair, and he had three and twenty cities in the land of Galaad.

²³And he took Gessur, and Aram the towns of Jair, and Canath, and the villages thereof, threescore cities. All these, the sons of Machir father of Galaad.

²⁴And when Hesron was dead, Caleb went in to Ephrata. Hesron also had to wife Abia who bore him Ashur the father of Thecua.

²⁵And the sons of Jerameel the firstborn of Hesron, were Ram his firstborn, and Buna, and Aram, and Asom, and Achia.

²⁶And Jerameel married another wife, named Atara, who was the mother of Onam.

²⁷And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerameel, were Moos, Jamin, and Achar.

²⁸And Onam had sons Semei, and Jada. And the sons of Semei: Nadab, and Abisur.

²⁹And the name of Abisur's wife was Abihail, who bore him Ahobban, and Molid.

³⁰And the sons of Nadab were Saled and Apphaim. And Saled died without children.

³¹But the son of Apphaim was Jesi: and Jesi begot Sesan. And Sesan begot Oholai.

³²And the sons of Jada the brother of Semei: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether also died without children.

³³But Jonathan begot Phaleth, and Ziza. These were the sons of Jerameel.

³⁴And Sesan had no sons, but daughters and a servant an Egyptian, named Jeraa.

³⁵And he gave him his daughter to wife: and she bore him Ethei.

³⁶And Ethei begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad.

³⁷And Zabad begot Ophlal, and Ophlal begot Obed.

³⁸Obed begot Jehu, Jehu begot Azarias.

³⁹Azarias begot Helles, and Helles begot Elasa.

⁴⁰Elasa begot Sisamoi, Sisamoi begot Sellum,

⁴¹Sellum begot Icamia, and Icamia begot Elisama.

⁴²Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerameel were Mesa his firstborn, who was the father of Siph: and the sons of Maresa father of Hebron.

⁴³And the sons of Hebron, Core, and Thaphua, and Recem, and Samma.

⁴⁴And Samma begot Raham, the father of Jercaam, and Recem begot Sammai.

⁴⁵The son of Sammai, Maon: and Maon the father of Bethsur.

⁴⁶And Epha the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, and Mosa, and Gezez. And Haran begot Gezez.

⁴⁷And the sons of Jahaddai, Rogom, and Joathan, and Gesan, and Phalet, and Epha, and Saaph.

⁴⁸And Maacha the concubine of Caleb bore Saber, and Tharana.

⁴⁹And Saaph the father of Madmena begot Sue the father of Machbena, and the father of Gabaa. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.

⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur the firstborn of Ephrata, Sobal the father of Cariathiarim.

⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hariph the father of Bethgader.

⁵²And Sobal the father of Cariathiarim had sons: he that saw half of the places of rest.

⁵³And of the kindred of Cariathiarim, the Jethrites, and Aphuthites, and Semathites, and Maserites. Of them came the Saraites, and Esthaolites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma, Bethlehem, and Netophathi, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half of the place of rest of Sarai.

⁵⁵And the families of the scribes that dwell in Jabes, singing and making melody, and abiding in tents. These are the Cinites, who came of Calor (Chamath) father of the house 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 unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.

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

⁵The sons of Pharez; 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 transgressed in the thing accursed.

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 firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

¹⁴Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

¹⁶Whose 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 Ishmeelite.

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

¹⁹And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

²¹And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when 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 he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–ephratah, then Abiah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

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

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

²⁷And the sons of Ram the firstborn 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 children 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 Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

⁴¹And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

⁴²Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which 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 Jorkoam: 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 Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

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

⁴⁹She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, 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 Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim,

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

⁵²And Shobal the father of Kirjath–jearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.

⁵³And the families of Kirjath–jearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma; Beth–lehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.