1 Chronicles 2–8

2ND CHAPTER

Israel’s Twelve Sons—Genesis 35:16–26

¹These were Israel’s sons: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 

Judah’s Descendants—Genesis 46:12

³Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. The Lord considered Er, Judah’s firstborn, evil, so the Lord killed Er. ⁴Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Judah’s sons Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. 

⁵Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶Zerah’s sons were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara^a—five in all. ⁷Carmi’s son was Achar, who caused trouble for Israel by taking goods that were claimed by God. ⁸Ethan’s son was Azariah. 

⁹The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, leader of Judah’s people. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. ¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab (his firstborn), Abinadab (his second son), Shimea (his third son), ¹⁴Nethanel (his fourth son), Raddai (his fifth son), ¹⁵Ozem (his sixth son), and David (his seventh son). ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael. 

¹⁸Hezron’s son was Caleb. Caleb and his wife Azubah had a son named Jerioth. Her other sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. She gave birth to Hur. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. 

²¹Afterwards, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir, the man who first settled Gilead. Hezron had married her when he was 60 years old. She gave birth to Segub. ²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had 23 towns in Gilead. ²³Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair with Kenath and its villages (60 cities in all). All of these people were descendants of Machir, the man who first settled Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah gave birth to Ashhur, who first settled Tekoa. 

²⁵Jerahmeel (the firstborn son of Hezron) fathered Ram (his firstborn), then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife. Her name was Atarah, and she was the mother of Onam. 

²⁷The sons of Ram (the firstborn son of Jerahmeel) were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail. She gave birth to Ahban and Molid. ³⁰Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without children. ³¹Appaim’s son was Ishi, and Ishi’s son was Sheshan, and Sheshan’s son was Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada (Shammai’s brother) were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children. ³³Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. 

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but he had daughters. He had an Egyptian slave named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan let Jarha marry one of his daughters. She gave birth to Attai. ³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad. ³⁷Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed. ³⁸Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah. ³⁹Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah. ⁴⁰Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum. ⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. 

⁴²The descendants of Caleb (Jerahmeel’s brother) were his firstborn son Mesha, who first settled Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, who first settled Hebron. ⁴³Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham, who first settled Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵Shammai’s son was Maon, who first settled Beth Zur. ⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb’s concubine,^bwas the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. ⁴⁷Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹Also, she was the mother of Shaaph, who first settled Madmannah, and of Sheva, who first settled Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah. ⁵⁰These people were the descendants of Caleb. 

The sons of Hur, the firstborn son of Ephrath, were Shobal, who first settled Kiriath Jearim, ⁵¹Salma, who first settled Bethlehem, and Hareph, who first settled Beth Gadar. ⁵²Shobal, who first settled Kiriath Jearim, had these descendants: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, ⁵³the families of Kiriath Jearim, the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these people came the Zorahites and Eshtaolites. 

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma, ⸤who first settled⸥ Bethlehem, were the Netophathites, Atroth, ⸤who first settled⸥ Beth Joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵and the families of scribes who lived at Jabez. These families were the people of Tira, Shimea, and Sucah. These people are the Kenites who came from Hammath. They first settled Beth Rechab. 

3RD CHAPTER

Judah’s Descendants: The Royal Family—2 Samuel 3:2–5; 5:5, 13–16

¹These were David’s sons who were born to him while he was in Hebron: His first son was Amnon, ⸤born⸥ to Ahinoam from Jezreel. The second was Daniel, ⸤born⸥ to Abigail from Carmel. ²The third was Absalom, ⸤born⸥ to Maacah (the daughter of King Talmai) from Geshur. The fourth was Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith. ³The fifth was Shephatiah, ⸤born⸥ to Abital. The sixth was Ithream, ⸤born⸥ to David’s wife Eglah. ⁴Six sons were born to him in Hebron, where he ruled for seven years and six months. He ruled for 33 years in Jerusalem. 

⁵These ⸤children⸥ were born to David in Jerusalem: Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon (the mother of these four was Ammiel’s daughter Bathshua) and ⁶Ibhar, Elishama, Eliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet (nine ⸤by other wives⸥). ⁹All of these were David’s sons. Besides these, there were the sons of the concubines.^aTamar was their sister. 

¹⁰Solomon’s son was Rehoboam. Rehoboam’s son was Abijah. Abijah’s son was Asa. Asa’s son was Jehoshaphat. ¹¹Jehoshaphat’s son was Joram. Joram’s son was Ahaziah. Ahaziah’s son was Joash. ¹²Joash’s son was Amaziah. Amaziah’s son was Azariah. Azariah’s son was Jotham. ¹³Jotham’s son was Ahaz. Ahaz’s son was Hezekiah. Hezekiah’s son was Manasseh. ¹⁴Manasseh’s son was Amon. Amon’s son was Josiah. ¹⁵Josiah’s firstborn son was Johanan, the second was Jehoiakim, the third was Zedekiah, and the fourth was Shallum. ¹⁶Jehoiakim’s son was Jeconiah, whose son was Zedekiah. 

¹⁷The descendants of the prisoner Jeconiah were his son Shealtiel, ¹⁸then Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹Pedaiah’s sons were Zerubbabel and Shimei. Zerubbabel’s sons were Meshullam and Hananiah, and Shelomith was their sister. ²⁰There were also five other sons: Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab Hesed. ²¹Hananiah’s sons were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. Jeshaiah’s son was Rephaiah.^bRephaiah’s son was Arnan. Arnan’s son was Obadiah. Obadiah’s son was Shecaniah.^c22Shecaniah’s son was Shemaiah. Shemaiah’s six sons were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat. ²³Neariah’s three sons were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam. ²⁴Elioenai’s seven sons were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani. 

4TH CHAPTER

More of Judah’s Descendants

¹Judah’s descendants were Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ²Reaiah, son of Shobal, was the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. 

³These were the first settlers in Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash. Their sister’s name was Hazelelponi. ⁴Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, who first settled Bethlehem. 

⁵Ashhur, who first settled Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶Naarah gave birth to Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were Naarah’s sons. ⁷Helah’s sons were Zereth, Izohar, and Ethnan. ⁸Koz was the father of Anub and Zobebah, and he was the ancestor of the families of Aharhel, son of Harum. 

⁹Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez ^[Painful^[, because she said that his birth was painful. ¹⁰Jabez prayed to the God of Israel, “Please bless me and give me more territory. May your power be with me and free me from evil so that I will not be in pain.” God gave him what he prayed for. 

¹¹Chelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²Eshton was the first to settle Beth Rapha. He was the father of Paseah and Tehinnah, who first settled the city of Nahash. These were the men from Recah. 

¹³Kenaz’s sons were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai.^a14Meonothai was the father of Ophrah. Seraiah was the father of Joab, who first settled the valley of Craftsmen. (It was named this because they were craftsmen.) ¹⁵The sons of Caleb, son of Jephunneh, were Iru, Elah, and Naam. Elah’s son was Kenaz. 

¹⁶Jehallelel’s sons were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷Ezrah’s sons were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. His wife gave birth to Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, who first settled Eshtemoa. ¹⁸His Judean wife was the mother of Jered, who first settled Gedor, Heber, who first settled Soco, and Jekuthiel, who first settled Zanoah. 

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, first settled Keilah of the Garmites and Eshtemoa of the Maacathites. ²⁰Shimon’s sons were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben Hanan, and Tilon. Ishi’s sons were Zoheth and Ben Zoheth. 

²¹The descendants of Shelah, son of Judah, were Er, who first settled Lecah, Laadah, who first settled Mareshah, families of the guild of linen workers at Beth Ashbea, ²²Jokim, Joash, Saraph, and the men of Cozeba. Saraph ruled Moab and Jashubi Lehem (according to ancient records). ²³…