1 Chronicles 2–8

¹These are sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³Sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, three have been born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, first-born of Judah, is evil in the eyes of Jehovah, and He putteth him to death. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law hath borne to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah are five. ⁵Sons of Pharez: Hezron, and Hamul. ⁶And sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; all of them five. ⁷And sons of Carmi: Achar, troubler of Israel, who trespassed in the devoted thing. ⁸And sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹And sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah; ¹¹and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, ¹²and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse; ¹³and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, David the seventh, ¹⁶and their sisters Zeruiah and Abigail. And sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asah-El—three. ¹⁷And Abigail hath borne Amasa, and the father of Amasa is Jether the Ishmeelite.

¹⁸And Caleb son of Hezron hath begotten Azubah, Isshah, and Jerioth; and these are her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹And Azubah dieth, and Caleb taketh to him Ephrath, and she beareth to him Hur. ²⁰And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel. ²¹And afterwards hath Hezron gone in unto a daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he hath taken her, and he is a son of sixty years, and she beareth to him Segub. ²²And Segub begat Jair, and he hath twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead, ²³and he taketh Geshur and Aram, the small villages of Jair, from them, with Kenath and its small towns, sixty cities—all these belonged to the sons of Machir father of Gilead. ²⁴And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, then the wife of Hezron, Abijah, even beareth to him Asshur, father of Tekoa. ²⁵And sons of Jerahmeel, first-born of Hezron, are: the first-born Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. ²⁶And Jerahmeel hath another wife, and her name is Atarah, she is mother of Onam. ²⁷And sons of Ram, first-born of Jerahmeel, are Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸And sons of Onam are Shammai and Jada. And sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹And the name of the wife of Abishur is Abihail, and she beareth to him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰And sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; and Seled dieth without sons. ³¹And sons of Appaim: Ishi. And sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²And sons of Jada, brother of Shammai: Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether dieth without sons. ³³And sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters, and Sheshan hath a servant, an Egyptian, and his name is Jarha, ³⁵and Sheshan giveth his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife, and she beareth to him Attai; ³⁶and Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, ³⁸and Obed begat Jehu, ³⁹and Jehu begat Azariah, and Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah, ⁴⁰and Eleasah begat Sismai, and Sismai begat Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama. ⁴²And sons of Caleb brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his first-born, he is father of Ziph; and sons of Mareshah: Abi-Hebron. ⁴³And sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴And Shema begat Raham father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begat Shammai. ⁴⁵And a son of Shammai is Maon, and Maon is father of Beth-Zur. ⁴⁶And Ephah concubine of Caleb bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begat Gazez. ⁴⁷And sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshem, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸The concubine of Caleb, Maachah, bare Sheber and Tirhanah; ⁴⁹and she beareth Shaaph father of Madmannah, Sheva father of Machbenah, and father of Gibea; and a daughter of Caleb is Achsa. ⁵⁰These were sons of Caleb son of Hur, first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim, ⁵¹Salma father of Beth-Lehem, Hareph father of Beth-Gader. ⁵²And there are sons to Shobal father of Kirjath-Jearim: Haroeh, half of the Menuhothite; ⁵³and the families of Kirjath-Jearim: the Ithrite, and the Puhite, and the Shumathite, and the Mishraite: from these went out the Zareathite, and the Eshtaulite. ⁵⁴Sons of Salma: Beth-Lehem, and the Netophathite, Atroth, Beth-Joab, and half of the Menuhothite, the Zorite; ⁵⁵and the families of the scribes the inhabitants of Jabez: Tirathites, Shimeathites, Suchathites. They are the Kenites, those coming of Hammath father of the house of Rechab.

Chapter 3

¹And these were sons of David, who were born to him in Hebron: the first-born Amnon, of Ahinoam the Jezreelitess; second Daniel, of Abigail the Carmelitess; ²the third Absalom, son of Maachah daughter of Talmai king of Geshur; the fourth Adonijah, son of Haggith; ³the fifth Shephatiah, of Abital; the sixth Ithream, of Eglah his wife. ⁴Six have been borne to him in Hebron, and he reigneth there seven years and six months, and thirty and three years he hath reigned in Jerusalem. ⁵And these were born to him in Jerusalem: Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon—four, of Bath-Sheba daughter of Ammiel: ⁶also Ibhar, and Elishama, and Eliphelet, ⁷and Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia, ⁸and Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine. ⁹All are sons of David, apart from sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.

¹⁰And the son of Solomon is Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ¹¹Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son, ¹²Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴Amon his son, Josiah his son. ¹⁵And sons of Josiah: the first-born Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum. ¹⁶And sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. ¹⁷And sons of Jeconiah: Assir; Salathiel his son; ¹⁸also Malchiram and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹And sons of Pedaiah: Zerubbabel, and Shimei. And sons of Zerubbabel: Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister, ²⁰and Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, Jushab-Hesed, five. ²¹And sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jesaiah, sons of Rephaiah, sons of Arnan, sons of Obadiah, sons of Shechaniah. ²²And sons of Shechaniah: Shemaiah; and sons of Shemaiah: Hattush, and Igeal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, six. ²³And sons of Neariah: Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three. ²⁴And sons of Elioenai: Hodaiah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.

Chapter 4

¹Sons of Judah: Pharez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal. ²And Reaiah son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai and Lahad; these are families of the Zorathite. ³And these are of the father of Etam: Jezreel, and Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister is Hazzelelponi, ⁴and Penuel is father of Gedor, and Ezer father of Hushah. These are sons of Hur, first-born of Ephratah, father of Beth-Lehem. ⁵And to Ashhur father of Tekoa were two wives, Helah and Naarah; ⁶and Naarah beareth to him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni, and Haahashtari: these are sons of Naarah. ⁷And sons of Helah: Zereth, and Zohar, and Ethnan. ⁸And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel son of Harum. ⁹And Jabez is honoured above his brethren, and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, ‘Because I have brought forth with grief.’ ¹⁰And Jabez calleth to the God of Israel, saying, ‘If blessing Thou dost bless me, then Thou hast made great my border, and Thy hand hath been with me, and Thou hast kept me from evil—not to grieve me;’ and God bringeth in that which he asked.

¹¹And Chelub brother of Shuah begat Mehir; he is father of Eshton. ¹²And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah father of Ir-Nahash; these are men of Rechah. ¹³And sons of Kenaz: Othniel, and Seraiah; and sons of Othniel: Hathath. ¹⁴And Meonothai begat Ophrah, and Seraiah begat Joab father of the valley of artificers, for they were artificers. ¹⁵And sons of Caleb son of Jephunneh: Iru, Elah, and Naam; and sons of Elah, even Kenaz. ¹⁶And sons of Jehaleleel: Ziph and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asareel. ¹⁷And sons of Ezra are Jether, and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon: and she beareth Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸And his wife Jehudijah bare Jered father of Gedor, and Heber father of Socho, and Jekuthiel father of Zanoah. And these are sons of Bithiah daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took, ¹⁹and sons of the wife of Hodiah sister of Nahom: Abi-Keilah the Garmite, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite. ²⁰And sons of Shimon are Amnon, and Rinnah, Ben-Hanon, and Tilon; and sons of Ishi: Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth. ²¹Sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er father of Lecah, and Laadah father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the service of fine linen, of the house of Ashbea; ²²and Jokim, and the men of Chozeba, and Joash, and Saraph, who ruled over Moab and Jashubi-Lehem; and these things are ancient. ²³They are the potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gedera; with the king in his work they dwelt there.

²⁴Sons of Simeon: Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul; ²⁵Shallum his son, Mibsam his son, Mishma his son. ²⁶And sons of Mishma: Hammuel his son, Zacchur his son, Shimei his son. ²⁷And to Shimei are sixteen sons and six daughters, and to his brethren there are not many sons, and none of their families have multiplied as much as the sons of Judah. ²⁸And they dwell in Beer-Sheba, and Moladah, and Hazar-Shaul, ²⁹and in Bilhah, and in Ezem, and in Tolad, ³⁰and in Bethuel, and in Hormah, and in Ziklag, ³¹and in Beth-Marcaboth, and in Hazar-Susim, and in Beth-Birei, and in Shaarim; these are their cities till the reigning of David. ³²And their villages are Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities, ³³and all…