1 Chronicles 2 ⓘ

2:1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

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

2:3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua’s daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the LORD’s sight; and he killed him.

2:4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

2:5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

2:6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five of them in all.

2:7 The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.

2:8 The son of Ethan: Azariah.

2:9 The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

2:10 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

2:11 and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,

2:12 and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

2:13 and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

2:14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

2:15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh;

2:16 and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

2:17 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

2:18 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

2:19 Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

2:20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

2:21 Afterward 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.

2:22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

2:23 Geshur 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.

2:24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

2:25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

2:26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

2:27 The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

2:28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

2:29 The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

2:30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children.

2:31 The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

2:32 The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children.

2:33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

2:34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.

2:35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.

2:36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,

2:37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,

2:38 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,

2:39 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

2:40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

2:41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

2:42 The 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.

2:43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

2:44 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

2:45 The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

2:46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

2:47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

2:48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

2:49 She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

2:50 These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,

2:51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

2:52 Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

2:53 The families of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

2:54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

2:55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.