1 Chronicles 1–3

From Adam to Abraham

1Adam, ^aSeth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

⁴Noah, Noah’s sons: ^b

Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

⁵Japheth’s ^csons: Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶Gomer’s sons: Ashkenaz, Riphath, ^dand Togarmah.

⁷Javan’s sons: Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and Rodanim. ^e

⁸Ham’s sons: Cush, Mizraim, ^fPut, and Canaan.

⁹Cush’s sons: Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca.

Raama’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush fathered Nimrod, who was the first to become a great warrior on earth.

¹¹Mizraim ^gfathered Ludim, Anamim, Lehabim, Naphtuhim, ¹²Pathrusim, Casluhim (the Philistines came from them), and Caphtorim. ^h

¹³Canaan fathered Sidon as his firstborn, then Heth, ¹⁴the Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶Arvadites, Zemarites, and Hamathites.

¹⁷Shem’s ⁱsons: Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and Meshech.

¹⁸Arpachshad fathered Shelah, and Shelah fathered Eber. ¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber. One of them was named Peleg ^jbecause the earth was divided during his lifetime, and the name of his brother was Joktan. ²⁰Joktan fathered Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Ebal, Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab. All of these were Joktan’s sons.

²⁴Shem, ^kArpachshad, Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah,

²⁷and Abram (that is, Abraham).

Abraham’s Descendants

²⁸Abraham’s sons: Isaac and Ishmael.

²⁹These ^lare their family records: Nebaioth, Ishmael’s firstborn, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah.

These were Ishmael’s sons.

³²The sons ^mborn to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine: Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah.

Jokshan’s sons: Sheba and Dedan.

³³Midian’s sons: Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah.

All of these were Keturah’s sons.

³⁴Abraham ⁿfathered Isaac.

Isaac’s sons: Esau and Israel. ^o

³⁵Esau’s ^psons: Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

³⁶Eliphaz’s sons: Teman, Omar, Zephi, Gatam, and Kenaz; and by Timna, Amalek. ^q

³⁷Reuel’s sons: Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

The Edomites

³⁸Seir’s ^rsons: Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

³⁹Lotan’s sons: Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.

⁴⁰Shobal’s sons: Alian, Manahath, Ebal, Shephi, and Onam.

Zibeon’s sons: Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹Anah’s son: Dishon.

Dishon’s sons: Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²Ezer’s sons: Bilhan, Zaavan, and Jaakan.

Dishan’s sons: Uz and Aran.

⁴³These ^swere the kings who ruled in the land of Edom before any king ruled over the Israelites: Bela son of Beor. Bela’s town was named Dinhabah. ⁴⁴When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah ^truled in his place. ⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites ^uruled in his place. ⁴⁶When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, ruled in his place. Hadad’s town was named Avith. ⁴⁷When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah ruled in his place. ⁴⁸When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the Euphrates River ruled in his place. ⁴⁹When Shaul died, Baal-hanan son of Achbor ruled in his place. ⁵⁰When Baal-hanan died, Hadad ruled in his place. Hadad’s city was named Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, daughter of Me-zahab. ⁵¹Then Hadad died.

Edom’s ^vchiefs: Timna, Alvah, ^wJetheth, ⁵²Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴Magdiel, and Iram.

These were Edom’s chiefs.

Israel’s Sons

2These ^xwere Israel’s sons:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi,

Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin,

Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

Judah’s Descendants

³Judah’s ^ysons: Er, Onan, and Shelah. ^zThese three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the Lord’s sight, so He put him to death. ⁴Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to him. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵Perez’s sons: Hezron and Hamul.

⁶Zerah’s sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara ^ab—five in all.

⁷Carmi’s son: Achar, ^cdwho brought trouble on Israel when he was unfaithful by taking the things set apart for destruction.

⁸Ethan’s son: Azariah.

⁹Hezron’s sons, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ^e

¹⁰Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, a leader of Judah’s descendants.

¹¹Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.

¹²Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

¹³Jesse fathered Eliab, his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, ¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, ¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Amasa’s mother was Abigail, and his father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were Azubah’s sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, and she bore Hur to him. ²⁰Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel. ²¹After this, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. ^fHezron had married her when he was 60 years old, and she bore Segub to him. ²²Segub fathered Jair, who possessed 23 towns in the land of Gilead. ²³But Geshur and Aram captured ^gJair’s Villages ^halong with Kenath and its villages—60 towns. All these were the sons of Machir father of Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron’s death in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore Ashhur to him. He was the father of Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

²⁷The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸Onam’s sons: Shammai and Jada.

Shammai’s sons: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore Ahban and Molid to him.

³⁰Nadab’s sons: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³¹Appaim’s son: Ishi.

Ishi’s son: Sheshan.

Sheshan’s descendant: Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

³³Jonathan’s sons: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but he did have an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore Attai to him.

³⁶Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.

³⁷Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.

³⁸Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.

³⁹Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Elasah.

⁴⁰Elasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.

⁴¹Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha, his firstborn, fathered Ziph, and Mareshah, his second son, ⁱfathered Hebron.

⁴³Hebron’s sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴Shema fathered Raham, who fathered Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai.

⁴⁵Shammai’s son was Maon, and Maon fathered Beth-zur.

⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran fathered Gazez.

⁴⁷Jahdai’s sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph, Madmannah’s father, and of Sheva, the father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.

⁵⁰These were Caleb’s descendants.

The sons of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn:

Shobal fathered Kiriath-jearim;

⁵¹Salma fathered Bethlehem,

and Hareph fathered Beth-gader.

⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites, ^j53and the families of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. The Zorathites and Eshtaolites descended from these.

⁵⁴Salma’s sons: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵and the families of scribes who lived in Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of Rechab’s family.

David’s Descendants

3These ^kwere David’s sons who were born to him in Hebron:

Amnon was the firstborn, by Ahinoam of Jezreel;

Daniel was born second, by Abigail of Carmel;

²Absalom son of Maacah, daughter of King Talmai of Geshur, was third;

Adonijah son of Haggith was fourth;

³Shephatiah, by Abital, was fifth;

and Ithream, by David’s wife Eglah, was sixth.

⁴Six sons were born to David in Hebron, where he ruled seven years and six months, and he ruled in Jerusalem 33 years. ^l

⁵These ^msons were born to him in Jerusalem:

Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and Solomon. ⁿThese four were born to him by Bath-shua ^odaughter of Ammiel.

⁶David’s other sons: Ibhar, Elishua, ^pqEliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine sons.

⁹These were all David’s sons, with their sister Tamar, ^rin addition to the sons by his concubines.

Judah’s Kings

¹⁰Solomon’s son was Rehoboam;

his son was Abijah, his son Asa,

his son Jehoshaphat, ¹¹his son Jehoram, ^st

his son Ahaziah, his son Joash,

¹²his son Amaziah, his son Azariah,

his son Jotham, ¹³his son Ahaz,

his son Hezekiah, his son Manasseh,

¹⁴his son Amon, and his son Josiah.

¹⁵Josiah’s sons:

Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim second,

Zedekiah third, and Shallum fourth.

¹⁶Jehoiakim’s sons:

his sons Jeconiah and Zedekiah.

David’s Line After the Exile

¹⁷The sons of Jeconiah the captive:

his sons Shealtiel, ¹⁸Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.

¹⁹Pedaiah’s sons: Zerubbabel and Shimei.

Zerubbabel’s sons: Meshullam and Hananiah, with their sister Shelomith; ²⁰and five others—Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-hesed.

²¹Hananiah’s descendants: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah. ^u

²²The son ^vof Shecaniah: Shemaiah.

Shemaiah’s sons: Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six.

²³Neariah’s sons: Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three.

²⁴Elioenai’s sons: Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven.