Er, Onan and Shelah. A woman from Canaan had those three sons by him. She was the daughter of Shua. Er was Judah’s oldest son. He was evil in the Lord’s eyes. So the Lord put him to death. ⁴Tamar was Judah’s daughter-in-law. She had Perez and Zerah by him. The total number of Judah’s sons was five.

⁵The sons of Perez were

Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah were

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda. The total number of Zerah’s sons was five.

⁷The son of Carmi was Achar.

He brought trouble on Israel. He took some of the things that had been set apart to the Lord in a special way to be destroyed. When he did that, he disobeyed the Lord’s command.

⁸The son of Ethan was

Azariah.

⁹Hezron was the father of

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

The Family Line of Ram

¹⁰Ram was the father of

Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed. And Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse’s first son was

Eliab. His second son was Abinadab. The third was Shimea. ¹⁴The fourth was Nethanel. The fifth was Raddai. ¹⁵The sixth was Ozem. And the seventh was David. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was Jether. Jether belonged to the family line of Ishmael.

The Family Line of Caleb

¹⁸Caleb was the son of Hezron. Caleb’s wife Azubah had children by him. Jerioth also had children by him. Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb got married to Ephrath. She had Hur by him. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri. And Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹Later, Hezron made love to the daughter of Makir. He had gotten married to her when he was 60 years old. She had Segub by him. Makir was the father of Gilead. ²²Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 towns in Gilead. ²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair. They also captured Kenath and the settlements that were around it. The total number of towns that were captured was 60. Hezron, Segub and Jair belonged to the family line of Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead.

²⁴Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah. Abijah was Hezron’s wife. She had Ashhur by him. Ashhur was born after Hezron died. Ashhur was the father of Tekoa.

The Family Line of Jerahmeel

²⁵Here are the sons of Jerahmeel. He was the oldest son of Hezron. Ram was Jerahmeel’s oldest son. Then came Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife. Her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.

²⁷Here are the sons of Ram. He was the oldest son of Jerahmeel. The sons of Ram were

Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

²⁸The sons of Onam were

Shammai and Jada.

The sons of Shammai were

Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail. She had Ahban and Molid by him.

³⁰The sons of Nadab were

Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having any children.

³¹The son of Appaim was

Ishi. Ishi was the father of Sheshan.

Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada were

Jether and Jonathan. Jada was Shammai’s brother. Jether died without having any children.

³³The sons of Jonathan were

Peleth and Zaza.

They belonged to the family line of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan didn’t have any sons. All he had was daughters.

He had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to be married to his servant Jarha. She had Attai by Jarha.

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.

And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

The Family Groups of Caleb

⁴²Caleb was the brother of Jerahmeel.

Caleb’s oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Caleb had another son named Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron were

Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Caleb had a concubine named Ephah. She was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai were

Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Caleb had a concubine named Maacah. She was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah. ⁵⁰All of them belonged to the family line of Caleb.

Hur was the oldest son of Ephrathah.

Hur was the brother of Shobal. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. ⁵¹Hur was the father of Salma. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. Hur was also the father of Hareph. Hareph was the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²Here is the family line of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim. It included

Haroeh and half of the people of Manahath. ⁵³It also included the family groups of Kiriath Jearim. They were the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. The people of Zorah and Eshtaol belonged to those family groups.

⁵⁴Here is the family line of Salma. It included

Bethlehem, the people of Netophah, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the people of Manahath, and the Zorites. ⁵⁵It also included the family groups of secretaries who lived at Jabez. They were the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. They were the Kenites who belonged to the family line of Hammath. Hammath was the father of the family line of Recab.

The Sons of David

3Here are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron.

His first son was Amnon. Amnon’s mother was Ahinoam from Jezreel.

The second son was Daniel. His mother was Abigail from Carmel.

²The third son was Absalom. His mother was Maacah. She was the daughter of Talmai, the king of Geshur.

The fourth son was Adonijah. His mother was Haggith.

³The fifth son was Shephatiah. His mother was Abital.

The sixth son was Ithream. David’s wife Eglah had Ithream by him.

⁴Those six sons were born to David in Hebron. He ruled there for seven and a half years.

After that, he ruled in Jerusalem for 33 years. ⁵Children were born to him there.

They included Shammua, Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. The mother of those four sons was Bathsheba. She was the daughter of Ammiel. ⁶David’s children also included Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet. There were nine of them. ⁹David was the father of all of those sons. His concubines also had sons by him. David’s sons had a sister named Tamar.

The Kings of Judah

¹⁰Solomon’s son was Rehoboam.

Abijah was the son of Rehoboam.

Asa was the son of Abijah.

Jehoshaphat was the son of Asa.

¹¹Jehoram was the son of Jehoshaphat.

Ahaziah was the son of Jehoram.

Joash was the son of Ahaziah.

¹²Amaziah was the son of Joash.

Azariah was the son of Amaziah.

Jotham was the son of Azariah.

¹³Ahaz was the son of Jotham.

Hezekiah was the son of Ahaz.

Manasseh was the son of Hezekiah.

¹⁴Amon was the son of Manasseh.

Josiah was the son of Amon.

¹⁵Josiah’s first son was Johanan.

Jehoiakim was his second son.

Zedekiah was the third son.

Shallum was the fourth son.

¹⁶The next king after Jehoiakim was his son Jehoiachin.

After that, Josiah’s son Zedekiah became king.

The Royal Family Line After Jehoiachin

¹⁷Here are the members of the family line of Jehoiachin. He was taken as a prisoner to Babylon.

His sons were Shealtiel, ¹⁸Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.

¹⁹The sons of Pedaiah were

Zerubbabel and Shimei.

The sons of Zerubbabel were

Meshullam and Hananiah.

Shelomith was their sister.

²⁰There were also five other sons.

They were Hashubah, Ohel, Berekiah, Hasadiah and Jushab-Hesed.

²¹The family line of Hananiah included

Pelatiah and Jeshaiah. It also included the sons of Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah and Shecaniah.

²²The family line of Shecaniah included

Shemaiah and his sons.

They were Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat. The total number of men was six.

²³The sons of Neariah were

Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam. The total number of sons was three.

²⁴The sons of Elioenai were

Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani. The total number of sons was seven.

Other Family Groups of Judah

4The family line of Judah included

Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur and Shobal.

²Reaiah was the son of Shobal and the father of Jahath. Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. Those were the family groups of the people of Zorah.

³The sons of Etam were

Jezreel, Ishma and Idbash. Their sister was named Hazzelelponi. ⁴Penuel was the father of Gedor. Ezer was the father of Hushah.

Those people belonged to the family line of Hur. He was the oldest son of Ephrathah and the father of Bethlehem.

⁵Ashhur was the father of Tekoa. Ashhur had two wives. Their names were Helah and Naarah.

⁶Naarah had Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari by Ashhur. They belonged to the family line of Naarah.

⁷The sons of Helah were

Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan ⁸and Koz. Koz was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah. He was also the father of the family groups of Aharhel. Aharhel was the son of Harum.

⁹Jabez was more respected than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez. She had said, “I was in a lot of pain when he was born.”

¹⁰Jabez cried out to the God of Israel. He said, “I wish you would bless me. I wish you would give me more territory. Let your powerful hand be with me. Keep me from harm. Then I won’t have any pain.” God gave him what he asked for.

¹¹Kelub was the brother of Shuhah and the father of Mehir. Mehir was the father of Eshton. ¹²Eshton…

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