1 Chronicles 2:3–20

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