1 Chronicles 2:3

Judah’s Descendants

2:3 The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bathshua,2 a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, displeased the Lord, so the Lord killed him.3

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2	tn The name means “daughter of Shua.” Shua is identified in Gen 38:2 as a “Canaanite man.”
3	tn Heb “was evil in the eyes of the Lord, so he [i.e., the Lord] killed him [i.e., Er].”