1 Chronicles 2

ISRAEL’S SONS

2These^d were Israel’s sons:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi,

Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin,

Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

JUDAH’S DESCENDANTS

³Judah’s^e sons: Er, Onan, and Shelah.^f These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so he put him to death. ⁴Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to him. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul.

⁶Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara^g—five in all.

⁷Carmi’s son: Achar,^h who brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.

⁸Ethan’s son: Azariah.

⁹Hezron’s sons, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.^C

¹⁰Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, a leader of Judah’s descendants.

¹¹Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.

¹²Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

¹³Jesse fathered Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, ¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, ¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Amasa’s mother was Abigail, and his father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were Azubah’s sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, and she bore Hur to him. ²⁰Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel. ²¹After this, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead.ⁱ Hezron had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore Segub to him. ²²Segub fathered Jair, who possessed twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead. ²³But Geshur and Aram captured^D Jair’s Villages^E along with Kenath and its surrounding villages—sixty towns. All these were the descendants of Machir father of Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron’s death in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore^F Ashhur to him. He was the father of Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

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

²⁸Onam’s sons: Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore Ahban and Molid to him.

³⁰Nadab’s sons: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³¹Appaim’s son: Ishi.

Ishi’s son: Sheshan.

Sheshan’s descendant: Ahlai.

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

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

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but he did have an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore Attai to him.

³⁶Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.

³⁷Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.

³⁸Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.

³⁹Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Elasah.

⁴⁰Elasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.

⁴¹Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha, his firstborn, fathered Ziph, and Mareshah, his second son,^A fathered Hebron.

⁴³Hebron’s sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴Shema fathered Raham, who fathered Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai.

⁴⁵Shammai’s son was Maon, and Maon fathered Beth-zur.

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

⁴⁷Jahdai’s sons: 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, Madmannah’s father, and of Sheva, the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.

⁵⁰These were Caleb’s descendants.

The sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn:

Shobal fathered Kiriath-jearim;

⁵¹Salma fathered Bethlehem,

and Hareph fathered Beth-gader.

⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,^{B 53}and the families of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these.

⁵⁴Salma’s descendants: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵and the families of scribes who lived in Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of Rechab’s family.