1 Chronicles 2–8

The Family of Israel

2These were the ^asons of ¹Israel: ^bReuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

From Judah to David

³The sons of ^cJudah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of ^dShua, the Canaanitess. ^eEr, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him. ⁴And ^fTamar, his daughter-in-law, ^gbore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵The sons of ^hPerez were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶The sons of Zerah were ²Zimri, ⁱEthan, Heman, Calcol, and ³Dara—five of them in all.

⁷The son of ^jCarmi was ⁴Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the ^kaccursed ⁵thing.

⁸The son of Ethan was Azariah.

⁹Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, ⁶Ram, and ⁷Chelubai. ¹⁰Ram ^lbegot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, ^mleader of the children of Judah; ¹¹Nahshon begot ⁸Salma, and Salma begot Boaz; ¹²Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; ¹³ⁿJesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, ⁹Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, and David the ^oseventh.

¹⁶Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. ^pAnd the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three. ¹⁷Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was ¹Jether the Ishmaelite.

The Family of Hezron

¹⁸Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb ²took ^qEphrath ³as his wife, who bore him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot ^rBezalel.

²¹Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of ^sMachir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. ²²Segub begot ^tJair, ⁴who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ^23u(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns—sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him ^vAshhur the father of Tekoa.

The Family of Jerahmeel

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and 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. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children. ³¹The son of Appaim was Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and ^wSheshan’s son was Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children. 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 servant whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. ³⁶Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot ^xZabad; ³⁷Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot ^yObed; ³⁸Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; ³⁹Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; ⁴⁰Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum; ⁴¹Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.

The Family of Caleb

⁴²The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. ⁴³The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai. ⁴⁵And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. ⁴⁷And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was ^zAchsah. ⁵

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of ^aHur, the firstborn of ⁶Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of ^bKirjath Jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants: ⁷Haroeh, and half of the ⁸families of Manuhoth. ⁵³The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, ⁹Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.

⁵⁵And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the ^cKenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of ^dRechab.

The Family of David

3Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was ^aAmnon, by ^bAhinoam the ^cJezreelitess; the second, ¹Daniel, by ^dAbigail the Carmelitess; ²the third, ^eAbsalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, ^fAdonijah the son of Haggith; ³the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife ^gEglah.

⁴These six were born to him in Hebron. ^hThere he reigned seven years and six months, and ⁱin Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. ^5jAnd these were born to him in Jerusalem: ²Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and ^kSolomon—four by ³Bathshua the daughter of ⁴Ammiel. ⁶Also there were Ibhar, ⁵Elishama, ⁶Eliphelet, ⁷Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸Elishama, ⁷Eliada, and Eliphelet—^lnine in all. ⁹These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and ^mTamar their sister.

The Family of Solomon

¹⁰Solomon’s son was ⁿRehoboam; ⁸Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹⁹Joram his son, ¹Ahaziah his son, ²Joash his son, ¹²Amaziah his son, ³Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴Amon his son, and Josiah his son. ¹⁵The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second ⁴Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth ⁵Shallum. ¹⁶The sons of ^oJehoiakim were ⁶Jeconiah his son and ⁷Zedekiah his son.

The Family of Jeconiah

¹⁷And the sons of ⁸Jeconiah ⁹were Assir, Shealtiel ^phis son, ¹⁸and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, Hananiah, Shelomith their sister, ²⁰and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed—five in all.

²¹The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah. ²²The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah were ^qHattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all. ²³The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam—three in all. ²⁴The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.

The Family of Judah

4The sons of Judah were ^aPerez, Hezron, ¹Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ²And ²Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. ³These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; ⁴and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the sons of ^bHur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.

⁵And ^cAshhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; ⁸and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹Now Jabez was ^dmore honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name ³Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” ¹⁰And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my ⁴territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

¹¹Chelub the brother of ^eShuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of ⁵Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

¹³The sons of Kenaz were ^fOthniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were ⁶Hathath, ¹⁴and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of ^gGe Harashim, ⁷for they were craftsmen. ¹⁵The sons of ^hCaleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was ⁸Kenaz. ¹⁶The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And ⁹Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸(¹His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

¹⁹The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the ⁱMaachathite. ²⁰And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹The sons of ^jShelah ^kthe son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; ²²also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the ²records are ancient. ²³These were the potters and those who dwell at ³Netaim and ⁴Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.

The Family of Simeon

²⁴The ^lsons of Simeon were ⁵Nemuel, Jamin, ⁶Jarib, ⁷Zerah, and Shaul, ²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, and Mishma his son. ²⁶And the sons of Mishma were Hamuel his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son. ²⁷Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brothers…