1 Chronicles 1–2

Historical Records From Adam to Abraham

To Noah’s Sons

1Adam,^a Seth, Enosh, ²Kenan,^b Mahalalel,^c Jared,^{d 3}Enoch,^e Methuselah,^f Lamech,^g Noah.^h

⁴The sons of Noah:^ai

Shem, Ham and Japheth.^j

The Japhethites

1:5–7pp—Ge 10:2–5

⁵The sons^b of Japheth:

Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshek and Tiras.

⁶The sons of Gomer:

Ashkenaz, Riphath^c and Togarmah.

⁷The sons of Javan:

Elishah, Tarshish, the Kittites and the Rodanites.

The Hamites

1:8–16pp—Ge 10:6–20

⁸The sons of Ham:

Cush, Egypt, Put and Canaan.

⁹The sons of Cush:

Seba, Havilah, Sabta, Raamah and Sabteka.

The sons of Raamah:

Sheba and Dedan.

¹⁰Cush was the father^d of

Nimrod, who became a mighty warrior on earth.

¹¹Egypt was the father of

the Ludites, Anamites, Lehabites, Naphtuhites, ¹²Pathrusites, Kasluhites (from whom the Philistines came) and Caphtorites.

¹³Canaan was the father of

Sidon his firstborn,^e and of the Hittites, ¹⁴Jebusites, Amorites, Girgashites, ¹⁵Hivites, Arkites, Sinites, ¹⁶Arvadites, Zemarites and Hamathites.

The Semites

1:17–23pp—Ge 10:21–31; 11:10–27

¹⁷The sons of Shem:

Elam, Ashur, Arphaxad, Lud and Aram.

The sons of Aram:^f

Uz, Hul, Gether and Meshek.

¹⁸Arphaxad was the father of Shelah,

and Shelah the father of Eber.

¹⁹Two sons were born to Eber:

One was named Peleg,^g because in his time the earth was divided; his brother was named Joktan.

²⁰Joktan was the father of

Almodad, Sheleph, Hazarmaveth, Jerah, ²¹Hadoram, Uzal, Diklah, ²²Obal,^h Abimael, Sheba, ²³Ophir, Havilah and Jobab. All these were sons of Joktan.

²⁴Shem,^k Arphaxad,ⁱ Shelah,

²⁵Eber, Peleg, Reu,

²⁶Serug, Nahor, Terah

²⁷and Abram (that is, Abraham).

The Family of Abraham

²⁸The sons of Abraham:

Isaac and Ishmael.

Descendants of Hagar

1:29–31pp—Ge 25:12–16

²⁹These were their descendants:

Nebaioth the firstborn of Ishmael, Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam, ³⁰Mishma, Dumah, Massa, Hadad, Tema, ³¹Jetur, Naphish and Kedemah. These were the sons of Ishmael.

Descendants of Keturah

1:32–33pp—Ge 25:1–4

³²The sons born to Keturah, Abraham’s concubine:^l

Zimran, Jokshan, Medan, Midian, Ishbak and Shuah.

The sons of Jokshan:

Sheba and Dedan.^m

³³The sons of Midian:

Ephah, Epher, Hanok, Abida and Eldaah.

All these were descendants of Keturah.

Descendants of Sarah

1:35–37pp—Ge 36:10–14

³⁴Abrahamⁿ was the father of Isaac.^o

The sons of Isaac:

Esau and Israel.^p

Esau’s Sons

³⁵The sons of Esau:^q

Eliphaz, Reuel,^r Jeush, Jalam and Korah.

³⁶The sons of Eliphaz:

Teman, Omar, Zepho,^j Gatam and Kenaz;

by Timna: Amalek.^ks

³⁷The sons of Reuel:^t

Nahath, Zerah, Shammah and Mizzah.

The People of Seir in Edom

1:38–42pp—Ge 36:20–28

³⁸The sons of Seir:

Lotan, Shobal, Zibeon, Anah, Dishon, Ezer and Dishan.

³⁹The sons of Lotan:

Hori and Homam. Timna was Lotan’s sister.

⁴⁰The sons of Shobal:

Alvan,^l Manahath, Ebal, Shepho and Onam.

The sons of Zibeon:

Aiah and Anah.^u

⁴¹The son of Anah:

Dishon.

The sons of Dishon:

Hemdan,^m Eshban, Ithran and Keran.

⁴²The sons of Ezer:

Bilhan, Zaavan and Akan.ⁿ

The sons of Dishan^o:

Uz and Aran.

The Rulers of Edom

1:43–54pp—Ge 36:31–43

⁴³These were the kings who reigned in Edom before any Israelite king reigned:

Bela son of Beor, whose city was named Dinhabah.

⁴⁴When Bela died, Jobab son of Zerah from Bozrah succeeded him as king.

⁴⁵When Jobab died, Husham from the land of the Temanites^v succeeded him as king.

⁴⁶When Husham died, Hadad son of Bedad, who defeated Midian in the country of Moab, succeeded him as king. His city was named Avith.

⁴⁷When Hadad died, Samlah from Masrekah succeeded him as king.

⁴⁸When Samlah died, Shaul from Rehoboth on the river^p succeeded him as king.

⁴⁹When Shaul died, Baal-Hanan son of Akbor succeeded him as king.

⁵⁰When Baal-Hanan died, Hadad succeeded him as king. His city was named Pau,^q and his wife’s name was Mehetabel daughter of Matred, the daughter of Me-Zahab. ⁵¹Hadad also died.

The chiefs of Edom were:

Timna, Alvah, Jetheth, ⁵²Oholibamah, Elah, Pinon, ⁵³Kenaz, Teman, Mibzar, ⁵⁴Magdiel and Iram. These were the chiefs of Edom.

Israel’s Sons

2:1–2pp—Ge 35:23–26

2These were the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah

2:5–15pp—Ru 4:18–22; Mt 1:3–6

To Hezron’s Sons

³The sons of Judah:^w

Er, Onan and Shelah.^x These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.^y Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.^{z 4}Judah’s daughter-in-law^a Tamar^b bore Perez^c and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez:^d

Hezron^e and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah:

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda^a—five in all.

⁷The son of Karmi:

Achar,^bf who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.^cg

⁸The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹The sons born to Hezron^h were:

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.^d

From Ram Son of Hezron

¹⁰Ramⁱ was the father of

Amminadab^j, and Amminadab the father of Nahshon,^k the leader of the people of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon,^e Salmon the father of Boaz, ¹²Boaz^l the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.^m

¹³Jesseⁿ was the father of

Eliab^o his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea, ¹⁴the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, ¹⁵the sixth Ozem and the seventh David. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah^p and Abigail. Zeruiah’s^q three sons were Abishai, Joab^r and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa,^s whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Caleb Son of Hezron

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb^t married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.^u

²¹Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead.^v He made love to her, and she bore him Segub. ²²Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead. ²³(But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,^fw as well as Kenath^x with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur^y the father^g of Tekoa.

Jerahmeel Son of Hezron

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and^h Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:

Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

²⁸The sons of Onam:

Shammai and Jada.

The sons of Shammai:

Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰The sons of Nadab:

Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³¹The son of Appaim:

Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan.

Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:

Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

³³The sons of Jonathan:

Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons—only daughters.

He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.

³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan,

Nathan the father of Zabad,^z

³⁷Zabad the father of Ephlal,

Ephlal the father of Obed,

³⁸Obed the father of Jehu,

Jehu the father of Azariah,

³⁹Azariah the father of Helez,

Helez the father of Eleasah,

⁴⁰Eleasah the father of Sismai,

Sismai the father of Shallum,

⁴¹Shallum the father of Jekamiah,

and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.

The Clans of Caleb

⁴²The sons of Caleb^a the brother of Jerahmeel:

Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah,ⁱ who was the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron:

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

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

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai:

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

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maakah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah^d and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Aksah.^{e 50}These were the descendants of Caleb.

The sons of Hur^f the firstborn of Ephrathah:

Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,^{g 51}Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:

Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites,^h Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma:

Bethlehem, the Netophathites,ⁱ Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵and the clans of scribes^j who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites^j who came from Hammath,^k the father of the Rekabites.^kl