1 Chronicles 2
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Israel’s Family
1The sons of Israel, also called Jacob, were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Judah’s Family
3Judah’s sons were Er, Onan and Shelah. A Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua, was their mother. Judah’s first son, Er, did what the Lord said was wicked. So the Lord put him to death. 4Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar gave birth to Perez and Zerah. Judah was the father. So Judah had five sons.
5Perez’s sons were Hezron and Hamul.
6Zerah had five sons. They were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and Darda.
7Carmi’s son was Achan. He caused trouble for Israel because he took things that had been given to the Lord to be destroyed.
8Ethan’s son was Azariah.
9Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.
10Ram was Amminadab’s father. And Amminadab was Nashon’s father. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. 11Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz. 12Boaz was the father of Obed. Obed was the father of Jesse.
13Jesse’s first son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab. His third son was Shimea. 14His fourth son was Nethanel. His fifth son was Raddai. 15Jesse’s sixth son was Ozem, and his seventh son was David. 16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. 17Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was an Ishmaelite named Jether.
Caleb’s Family
18Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. Caleb and Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. 19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. They had a son named Hur. 20Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.
21Later, when Hezron was 60 years old, he married the daughter of Makir. Makir was Gilead’s father. Hezron had intimate relations with Makir’s daughter, and she had a son named Segub. 22Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 cities in the country of Gilead. 23(But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair. They also captured Kenath and the small towns around it. There were 60 towns in all.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
24After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, his wife Abijah had his son. He was named Ashur. Ashur became the father of Tekoa.
Jerahmeel’s Family
25Jerahmeel was Hezron’s first son. Jerahmeel’s sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. Ram was Jerahmeel’s first son. 26Jerahmeel had another wife, who was named Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.
27Jerahmeel’s first son, Ram, had sons. They were Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
28Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada.
Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.
29Abishur’s wife was named Abihail. Abishur and Abihail’s sons were Ahban and Molid.
30Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having children.
31Appaim’s son was Ishi. Ishi was the father of Sheshan.
Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
32Jada was Shammai’s brother. Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without having children.
33Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza.
These were Jerahmeel’s descendants.
34Sheshan did not have any sons, only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. 35Sheshan let his daughter marry his servant Jarha. Then she had a son named Attai.
36Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad. 37Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed. 38Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah. 39Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah. 40Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum. 41Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
Caleb’s Family
42Caleb was Jerahmeel’s brother. Caleb’s first son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. And his son Mareshah was the father of Hebron.
43Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. 44Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. 45Shammai’s son was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46Caleb’s slave woman was named Ephah. She was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
47Jahdai’s sons were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
48Caleb had another slave woman named Maacah. She was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. 49She was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.
50-51These were Caleb’s descendants: Caleb’s son Hur was the first son of his mother Ephrathah. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma and Hareph. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. And Hareph was the father of Beth Gader.
52Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. These were Shobal’s descendants: Haroeh, half the Manahathites, 53and the family groups of Kiriath Jearim. Shobal was also the ancestor of the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and the Mishraites. The Zorathites and the Eshtaolites came from the Mishraite people.
54Salma’s descendants were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites and the Zorites. 55His descendants were also the families who lived at Jabez. These were the people who wrote and copied important papers. These people were the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. They were from the Kenite family group who came from Hammath. He was the father of the people living in Recab.
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1 Chronicles 2
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1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher. 3The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah; and he slew him. 4And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Pherez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. 5The sons of Pherez: Hezron and Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7And the sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the accursed thing. 8And the sons of Ethan: Azariah. 9And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai. 10And Ram begot Amminadab; and Amminadab begot Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11and Nahshon begot Salma, and Salma begot Boaz, 12and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; 13and Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, 14Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh; 16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18And Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth: her sons are these: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19And Azubah died, and Caleb took him Ephrath, and she bore him Hur. 20And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezaleel. 21And afterwards Hezron went to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. 22And Segub begot Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead; 23and Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its dependent towns, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. 25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were: Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, of Ahijah. 26And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. 28And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without sons. 31And the sons of Appaim: Jishi; and the sons of Jishi: Sheshan; and the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons. 33And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. 34And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters; and Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha; 35and Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. 36And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad, 37and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed, 38and Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah, 39and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Elasah, 40and Elasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum, 41and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama. 42And the sons 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. 43And the sons of Hebron: Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44And Shema begot Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem begot Shammai; 45and the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. 47And the sons of Jehdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. 48Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah; 49and she bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. 50These are the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah: Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, Hazi-Hammenuhoth. 53And the families of Kirjath-jearim were the Jithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zoreathites and the Eshtaolites. 54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites. Atroth-Beth-Joab, and the Hazi-Hammana-hethites, the Zorites; 55and the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tireathites, the Shimeathites, the Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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