1 Chronicles 2:1–15

A Genealogy of David

2 These are the sons of tIsrael: uReuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, vIssachar, Zebulun, 2 wDan, xJoseph, yBenjamin, zNaphtali, aGad, and Asher. 3 bThe sons of Judah: cEr, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. 4 His daughter-in-law dTamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

5 The esons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. 7 The son1 of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who fbroke faith in the matter of the devoted thing; 8 and Ethan’s son was Azariah.

9 The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, gRam, and hChelubai. 10 gRam fathered Amminadab, and iAmminadab fathered jNahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11 Nahshon fathered kSalmon,2 Salmon fathered lBoaz, 12 Boaz fathered Obed, lObed fathered Jesse. 13 mJesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, nShimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, oDavid the seventh.

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t	1 Ch 1:34
u	Ge 29:32–35
v	Ge 30:18–20
w	Ge 30:6
x	Ge 30:22–24
y	Ge 35:18
z	Ge 30:8
a	Ge 30:10–13
b	Ge 38:2–5 Ge 46:12
c	Ge 38:7
d	Ge 38:11 Ge 38:14 Ge 38:29 Ge 38:30 Ru 4:12 Mt 1:3
e	Ge 46:12 Ru 4:18
1	Hebrew sons
f	Jos 6:18 Jos 7:1
g	Ru 4:19 Mt 1:3 Mt 1:4
h	1 Ch 2:13 1 Ch 2:42
g	1 Ch 2:9
i	Ru 4:19 Mt 1:4
j	Nu 1:7 Nu 2:3
k	Ru 4:20 Ru 4:21 Mt 1:4
2	Septuagint (compare Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma
l	Ru 4:21 Ru 4:22 Mt 1:5 Mt 1:6
l	1 Ch 2:11
m	1 Sa 16:6 1 Sa 16:8 1 Sa 17:13
n	1 Sa 16:9 1 Sa 17:13
o	1 Sa 16:10 1 Sa 17:12 1 Sa 17:14