1 Chronicles 2–3

Chapter 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 the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵The sons of Pherez: 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 accursed thing. ⁸And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz, ¹²and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; ¹³and Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; ¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸And Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth: her sons are these: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And Azubah died, and Caleb took him Ephrath, and she bore him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezaleel. ²¹And afterwards Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. ²²And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead; ²³and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. ²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, of Ahijah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel had 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 bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without sons. ³¹And the sons of Appaim: Jishi; and the sons of Jishi: Sheshan; and the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons. ³³And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha; ³⁵and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. ³⁶And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed, ³⁸and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah, ³⁹and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Elasah, ⁴⁰and Elasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. ⁴²And 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. ⁴³And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem begot Shammai; ⁴⁵and the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jehdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah; ⁴⁹and she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵²And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth. ⁵³And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites. Atroth-Beth-Joab, and the Hazi-Hammana-hethites, the Zorites; ⁵⁵and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

Chapter 3

¹And these are the sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jizreelitess; the second, Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third, Absalom the son of Maachah, daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³the fifth, Shephatiah of Abital; the sixth, Ithream, of Eglah his wife: ⁴six were born to him in Hebron. And there he reigned seven years and six months. And in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. ⁵And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon, four, of Bath-shua the daughter of Ammiel; ⁶and Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine: ⁹all were sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines; and Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam; Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, ¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵And the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. ¹⁷And the sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son, ¹⁸Malchiram also, and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹And the sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. And the sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, ²⁰and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed, five. ²¹And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah and Isaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah. ²²And the sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and the sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Jigeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. ²³And the sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴And the sons of Elioenai: Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.