1 Chronicles 2:1–15

The Sons of Israel and the Descendants of Judah

²These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,^{* 2}Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.^{* 3}The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three the Canaanite woman Bath-shua bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. ⁴His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.^*

⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.^{* 6}The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda,^k five in all.^{* 7}The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;^{* 8}and Ethan’s son was Azariah.

⁹The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.^{l 10}Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.^{* 11}Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz, ¹²Boaz of Obed, Obed of Jesse. ¹³Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,^{* 14}Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;