I Chronicles 2

¹Forsothe the sones of Israel weren Ruben, Symeon, Leuy, Juda, Isachar, and Zabulon,

²Dan, Joseph, Beniamyn, Neptalym, Gad, Aser.

³The sones of Juda weren Her, Onam, Sela; these thre weren borun to hym of Sue, a douyter of Canaan. Sotheli Her, the first gendrid sone of Juda, was yuel bifor the Lord, and he killide hym.

⁴Forsothe Thamar, wijf of the sone of Judas, childide to hym Phares, and Zaram; therfor alle the sones of Judas weren fyue.

⁵Sotheli the sones of Phares weren Esrom, and Chamul.

⁶And the sones of Zare weren Zamry, and Ethen, and Eman, and Calchab, and Dardan; fyue togidere.

⁷The sone of Charmy was Achar, that disturblide Israel, and synnede in the theft of thing halewid to the Lord.

⁸The sone of Ethan was Azarie.

⁹Sotheli the sones of Esrom, that weren borun to hym, weren Jeramael, and Aram, and Calubi.

¹⁰Forsothe Aram gendryde Amynadab. Sotheli Amynadab gendride Naason, the prince of the sones of Juda.

¹¹And Naason gendride Salmon; of which Salmon Booz was borun.

¹²Sotheli Booz gendride Obeth; which hym silf gendride Ysay.

¹³Forsothe Ysai gendride the firste gendride sone, Elyab, the secounde, Amynadab; the thridde, Samaa;

¹⁴the fourthe, Nathanael;

¹⁵the fyuethe, Sadai; the sixte, Asom;

¹⁶the seuenthe, Dauyd; whose sistris weren Saruya, and Abigail. The sones of Saruye weren thre, Abisai, Joab, and Asahel.

¹⁷Forsothe Abigail childide Amasa, whos fadir was Gether Hismaelite.

¹⁸Sotheli Caleph, sone of Esrom, took a wijf, Azuba bi name, of whom he gendride Jerioth; and hise sones weren Jesar, and Sobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹And whanne Azuba was deed, Caleph took a wijf Effrata, whiche childide Hur to hym.

²⁰Forsothe Hur gendride Hury; Hury gendride Beseleel.

²¹After these thingis Esrom entride to the douytir of Machir, fadir of Galaad, and he took hir, whanne he was of sixti yeer; and sche childide Segub to hym.

²²But also Segub gendride Jair; and he hadde in possessioun thre and twenti citees in the lond of Galaad;

²³and he took Gessur, and Aran, the citees of Jair, and Chanath, and the townes therof of seuenti citees. Alle these weren the sones of Machir, fadir of Galaad.

²⁴Sotheli whanne Esrom was deed, Caleph entride in to Effrata. And Esrom hadde a wijf Abia, which childide to hym Assir, fadir of Thecue.

²⁵Forsothe sones weren borun of Jezrameel, the firste gendrid of Esrom; Ram, the first gendrid of hym, and Aran, and Ason, and Achia.

²⁶Also Jezrameel weddide anothir wijf, Athara bi name, that was the modir of Onam.

²⁷But and the sones of Ram, the firste gendrid of Jezrameel, weren Mohas, and Jamyn, and Achaz.

²⁸Forsothe Onam gendride sones, Semey, and Juda. Sotheli the sones of Semei weren Nadab, and Abisur;

²⁹forsothe the name of the wijf of Abisur was Abigail, that childide to hym Haaobban, and Molid.

³⁰Sotheli the sones of Nadab weren Saled and Apphaym; forsothe Saled diede without children.

³¹Sotheli the sone of Apphaym was Jesi, which Jesi gendride Sesan; sotheli Sesan gendride Oholi.

³²Forsothe the sones of Jada, brother of Semei, weren Jether and Jonathan; but Jether diede with out sones; treuli Jonathan gendride Phalech,

³³and Ziza. These ben the sones of Jerameel.

³⁴Forsothe Sesan hadde not sones, but douytris, and a seruaunt of Egipt, Jeraa bi name;

³⁵and he yaf his douyter to wijf to Jeraa, whiche childide Ethei to hym.

³⁶Forsothe Ethei gendride Nathan, and Nathan gendride Zadab.

³⁷Also Zadab gendride Ophial, and Ophial gendride Obed.

³⁸Obed gendride Yeu, Yeu gendride Azarie,

³⁹Azarie gendride Helles, Helles gendride Elasa,

⁴⁰Elasa gendride Sesamoy, Sesamoy gendride Sellum,

⁴¹Sellum gendride Jecamya, Jecamia gendride Elisama.

⁴²Forsothe the sones of Caleph, brothir of Jerameel, weren Mosa, the firste gendrid sone of hym; thilke is the fadir of Ziph; and the sones of Maresa, the fadir of Hebron.

⁴³Certis the sones of Ebron weren Chore, and Raphu, Recem, and Samma.

⁴⁴Forsothe Samma gendride Raam, the fadir of Jerechaam; and Recem gendride Semei.

⁴⁵The sone of Semei was Maon; and Maon was the fadir of Bethsur.

⁴⁶Sotheli Epha, the secundarie wijf of Caleph, childide Aram, and Musa, and Theser; forsothe Aram gendride Jezen.

⁴⁷The sones of Jadai weren Regon, and Jethon, and Zesum, Phalez, and Epha, and Saaph.

⁴⁸Matha, the secoundarie wijf of Caleph, childide Zaber, and Tharana.

⁴⁹Forsothe Saaph, the fadir of Madmenas, gendride Sue, the fadir of Magbena, and the fader of Gabaa; sotheli the douyter of Caleph was Axa.

⁵⁰These weren the sones of Caleph. The sones of Hur, the firste gendrid sone of Effrata, weren Sobal, the fader of Cariathiarim;

⁵¹Salma, the fader of Bethleem; Ariph, the fader of Bethgader.

⁵²Sotheli the sones of Sobal, fader of Cariatiarim, that siy the myddil of restingis,

⁵³and was of the kynrede of Caryathiarym, weren Jethrey, and Aphutei, and Samathei, and Maserathei. Of these weren borun Sarytis, and Eschaolitis.

⁵⁴The sones of Salma, fadir of Bethleem, and of Netophati, weren the corouns of the hows of Joab, and the half of restyng of Sarai.

⁵⁵And the kynredis of scryuens, dwellynge in Jabes, syngynge, and sownynge, and dwellynge in tabernaclis. These ben Cyneis, that camen of the heete of the fadir of the hows 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.