1 Chronicles 2–8

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

The Sons of David

3:1–4pp—2Sa 3:2–5 3:5–8pp—2Sa 5:14–16; 1Ch 14:4–7

3These were the sons of David^m born to him in Hebron:

The firstborn was Amnon the son of Ahinoamⁿ of Jezreel;^o

the second, Daniel the son of Abigail^p of Carmel;

²the third, Absalom the son of Maakah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur;

the fourth, Adonijah^q the son of Haggith;

³the fifth, Shephatiah the son of Abital;

and the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah.

⁴These six were born to David in Hebron,^r where he reigned seven years and six months.^s

David reigned in Jerusalem thirty-three years, ⁵and these were the children born to him there:

Shammua,^a Shobab, Nathan and Solomon. These four were by Bathsheba^bt daughter of Ammiel. ⁶There were also Ibhar, Elishua,^c Eliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, Eliada and Eliphelet—nine in all. ⁹All these were the sons of David, besides his sons by his concubines. And Tamar^u was their sister.^v

The Kings of Judah

¹⁰Solomon’s son was Rehoboam,^w

Abijah^x his son,

Asa^y his son,

Jehoshaphat^z his son,

¹¹Jehoram^da his son,

Ahaziah^b his son,

Joash^c his son,

¹²Amaziah^d his son,

Azariah^e his son,

Jotham^f his son,

¹³Ahaz^g his son,

Hezekiah^h his son,

Manassehⁱ his son,

¹⁴Amon^j his son,

Josiah^k his son.

¹⁵The sons of Josiah:

Johanan the firstborn,

Jehoiakim^l the second son,

Zedekiah^m the third,

Shallumⁿ the fourth.

¹⁶The successors of Jehoiakim:

Jehoiachin^eo his son,

and Zedekiah.^p

The Royal Line After the Exile

¹⁷The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive:

Shealtiel^q his son, ¹⁸Malkiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar,^r Jekamiah, Hoshama and Nedabiah.^s

¹⁹The sons of Pedaiah:

Zerubbabel^t and Shimei.

The sons of Zerubbabel:

Meshullam and Hananiah.

Shelomith was their sister.

²⁰There were also five others:

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

²¹The descendants of Hananiah:

Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah and of Shekaniah.

²²The descendants of Shekaniah:

Shemaiah and his sons:

Hattush,^u Igal, Bariah, Neariah and Shaphat—six in all.

²³The sons of Neariah:

Elioenai, Hizkiah and Azrikam—three in all.

²⁴The sons of Elioenai:

Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah and Anani—seven in all.

Other Clans of Judah

4The descendants of Judah:^v

Perez, Hezron,^w Karmi, Hur and Shobal.

²Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

³These were the sons^a of Etam:

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

These were the descendants of Hur,^x the firstborn of Ephrathah and father^b of Bethlehem.^y

⁵Ashhur^z the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah.

⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni and Haahashtari. These were the descendants of Naarah.

⁷The sons of Helah:

Zereth, Zohar, Ethnan, ⁸and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Hazzobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

⁹Jabez was more honorable than his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez,^c saying, “I gave birth to him in pain.” ¹⁰Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, “Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain.” And God granted his request.

¹¹Kelub, Shuhah’s brother, was the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²Eshton was the father of Beth Rapha, Paseah and Tehinnah the father of Ir Nahash.^d These were the men of Rekah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz:

Othniel^a and Seraiah.

The sons of Othniel:

Hathath and Meonothai.^{e 14}Meonothai was the father of Ophrah.

Seraiah was the father of Joab,

the father of Ge Harashim.^f It was called this because its people were skilled workers.

¹⁵The sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh:

Iru, Elah and Naam.

The son of Elah:

Kenaz.

¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel:

Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria and Asarel.

¹⁷The sons of Ezrah:

Jether, Mered, Epher and Jalon. One of Mered’s wives gave birth to Miriam,^b Shammai and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸(His wife from the tribe of Judah gave birth to Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Soko, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.^c) These were the children of Pharaoh’s daughter Bithiah, whom Mered had married.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham:

the father of Keilah^d the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maakathite.^e

²⁰The sons of Shimon:

Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon.

The descendants of Ishi:

Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹The sons of Shelah^f son of Judah:

Er the father of Lekah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth Ashbea, ²²Jokim, the men of Kozeba, and Joash and Saraph, who ruled in Moab and Jashubi Lehem. (These records are from ancient times.) ²³They were the potters who lived at Netaim and Gederah; they stayed there and worked for the king.

Simeon

4:28–33pp—Jos 19:2–10

²⁴The descendants of Simeon:^g

Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib,^h Zerah and Shaul;

²⁵Shallum was Shaul’s son, Mibsam his son and Mishma his son.

²⁶The descendants of Mishma:

Hammuel…