1 Chronicles 1–2

CHAPTER 1

Generations from Adam to Abraham

^1aAdam, Seth, Enosh,

²Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

³Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech,

⁴Noah, Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

^5aThe sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.

⁶The sons of Gomer were Ashkenaz, ¹Diphath, and Togarmah.

⁷The sons of Javan were Elishah, Tarshish, Kittim, and ¹Rodanim.

⁸The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan.

⁹The sons of Cush were Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raama, and Sabteca; and the sons of Raama were Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush ¹was the father of Nimrod; he began to be a mighty one on the earth.

^11aMizraim was the father of the people of ¹Lud, Anam, Lehab, Naphtuh,

¹²Pathrus, Casluh (from which came the ¹Philistines), and Caphtor.

¹³Canaan was the father of Sidon, his firstborn, Heth,

¹⁴and the ^1aJebusites, the Amorites, the Girgashites,

¹⁵the Hivites, the Arkites, the Sinites,

¹⁶the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites.

^17aThe sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arpachshad, Lud, Aram, Uz, Hul, Gether, and ¹Meshech.

¹⁸Arpachshad was the father of Shelah, and Shelah was the father of Eber.

¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber, the name of the one was Peleg, for in his days the earth was divided, and his brother’s name was Joktan.

²⁰Joktan was the father of Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah,

²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah,

²²¹Ebal, Abimael, Sheba,

²³Ophir, Havilah, and Jobab; all these were the sons of Joktan.

^24aShem, Arpachshad, Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah,

²⁷Abram, that is Abraham.

From Abraham to Jacob

²⁸The sons of Abraham were Isaac and Ishmael.

^29aThese are their generations: the firstborn of Ishmael was Nebaioth, then Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema,

³¹Jetur, Naphish, and Kedemah; these were the sons of Ishmael.

^32aThe sons of Keturah, Abraham’s concubine, whom she bore, were Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak, and Shuah. And the sons of Jokshan were Sheba and Dedan.

³³The sons of Midian were Ephah, Epher, Hanoch, Abida, and Eldaah. All these were the sons of Keturah.

^34aAbraham became the father of Isaac. The sons of Isaac were ^bEsau and Israel.

^35aThe sons of Esau were Eliphaz, Reuel, Jeush, Jalam, and Korah.

³⁶The sons of Eliphaz were Teman, Omar, ¹Zephi, Gatam, Kenaz, Timna, and Amalek.

³⁷The sons of Reuel were Nahath, Zerah, Shammah, and Mizzah.

^38aThe sons of Seir were Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer, and Dishan.

³⁹The sons of Lotan were Hori and ¹Homam; and Lotan’s sister was Timna.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal were ¹Alian, Manahath, Ebal, ²Shephi, and Onam. And the sons of Zibeon were Aiah and Anah.

⁴¹The ¹son of Anah was Dishon. And the sons of Dishon were ²Hamran, Eshban, Ithran, and Cheran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer were Bilhan, Zaavan, and ¹Jaakan. The sons of Dishon were Uz and Aran.

^43aNow these are the kings who reigned in the land of Edom before any king of the sons of Israel reigned. Bela was the son of Beor, and the name of his city was Dinhabah.

⁴⁴Then Bela died, and Jobab the son of Zerah of ^aBozrah became king in his place.

⁴⁵Then Jobab died, and Husham of the land of ^athe Temanites became king in his place.

⁴⁶Then Husham died, and Hadad the son of Bedad, who struck down Midian in the field of Moab, became king in his place; and the name of his city was Avith.

⁴⁷Then Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah became king in his place.

⁴⁸Then Samlah died, and Shaul of Rehoboth by ¹the River became king in his place.

⁴⁹Then Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor became king in his place.

⁵⁰Then Baal-hanan died, and ¹Hadad became king in his place; and the name of his city was ²Pai, and his wife’s name was Mehetabel, the daughter of Matred, daughter of Mezahab.

⁵¹Then Hadad died.

Now the chiefs of Edom were: chief Timna, chief ¹Aliah, chief Jetheth,

⁵²chief Oholibamah, chief Elah, chief Pinon,

⁵³chief Kenaz, chief Teman, chief Mibzar,

⁵⁴chief Magdiel, chief Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

CHAPTER 2

Generations of David

^1aThese are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

^3aThe sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of ¹Yahweh, so He put him to death.

^4aTamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah were ¹Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and ²Dara; five of them in all.

⁷The ¹son of Carmi was ^2aAchar, the troubler of Israel, who violated what was devoted to destruction.

⁸The ¹son of Ethan was Azariah.

⁹Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

¹⁰Ram ¹became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;

¹¹Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz,

¹²Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;

¹³and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, ¹Shimea the third,

¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were ¹Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.

¹⁷Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was ¹Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸Now Caleb the son of Hezron became a father by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹Then Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrath as a wife, and she bore him Hur.

²⁰Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

²¹Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as a wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.

²²Segub became the father of Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²³But Geshur and Aram took ¹Havvoth-jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

²⁷The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons.

³¹The ¹son of Appaim was Ishi. And the ²son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the ³son of Sheshan was Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.

³³The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.

³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife, and she bore him Attai.

³⁶Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,

³⁷and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,

³⁸and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,

³⁹and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

⁴⁰and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,

⁴¹and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.

⁴²Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and ¹his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.

⁴⁴Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.

⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.

⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb.

The ¹sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

⁵²Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

⁵³and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

⁵⁵The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.