1 Chronicles 2

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