1 Chronicles 2:12–24

¹²Obed, and Jesse.

¹³Jesse had seven sons. In order of age they were: Eliab, Abinadab, Shammah, ¹⁴Nethanel, Raddai, ¹⁵Ozem, and David. ¹⁶He also had two daughters, Zeruiah and Abigail.

Jesse’s daughter Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷His other daughter Abigail married Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and they had a son named Amasa.

The Descendants of Hezron

¹⁸Hezron’s son Caleb married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. She had^c three sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹After the death of Azubah, Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur. ²⁰Hur’s son was Uri, and his grandson was Bezalel.

²¹When Hezron was 60 years old, he married Machir’s daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub, ²²and Segub had a son named Jair. Jair ruled^d 23 cities in the territory of Gilead. ²³But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram conquered 60 towns there, including the villages of Jair and Kenath, and the towns near by. All the people who lived there were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron died, his son Caleb married Ephrath, his father’s widow.^e They had a son named Ashhur, who founded the town of Tekoa.