1 Chronicles 2
2
The Sons of Israel
(Genesis 35.22-26)
1These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Is´sachar, and Zeb´ulun, 2Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naph´tali, Gad, and Asher.
The Descendants of Judah
3The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shu´a the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him. 4And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul. 6And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all. 7#Josh 7.1. And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. 8And the sons of Ethan; Azari´ah.
9The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerah´meel, and Ram, and Chelu´bai. 10And Ram begat Ammin´adab; and Ammin´adab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; 11and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz, 12and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse. 13And Jesse begat his firstborn Eli´ab, and Abin´adab the second, and Shimma the third, 14Nethan´e-el the fourth, Rad´dai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh: 16whose sisters were Zeru-i´ah, and Ab´igail. And the sons of Zeru-i´ah; Ab´ishai, and Jo´ab, and As´ahel, three. 17And Ab´igail bare Ama´sa: and the father of Ama´sa was Jether the Ish´maelite.
18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azu´bah his wife, and of Jer´i-oth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. 19And when Azu´bah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur. 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bez´aleel.
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gil´e-ad, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub. 22And Segub begat Ja´ir, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil´e-ad. 23And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Ja´ir, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gil´e-ad. 24And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–eph´ratah, then Abi´ah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Teko´a.
25And the sons of Jerah´meel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahi´jah. 26Jerah´meel had also another wife, whose name was At´arah; she was the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerah´meel were, Ma´az, and Jamin, and Eker. 28And the sons of Onam were, Sham´mai, and Jada. And the sons of Sham´mai; Nadab, and Abi´shur. 29And the name of the wife of Abi´shur was Ab´ihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Ap´pa-im: but Seled died without children. 31And the sons of Ap´pa-im; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ah´lai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Sham´mai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children. 33And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerah´meel. 34Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. 35And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him At´tai. 36And At´tai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad, 37and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed, 38and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azari´ah, 39and Azari´ah begat Helez, and Helez begat Ele-a´sah, 40and Ele-a´sah begat Sis´amai, and Sis´amai begat Shallum, 41and Shallum begat Jekami´ah, and Jekami´ah begat Elish´ama.
42Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerah´meel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mare´shah the father of Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tap´pu-ah, and Rekem, and Shema. 44And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jor´ko-am: and Rekem begat Sham´mai. 45And the son of Sham´mai was Ma´on: and Ma´on was the father of Beth–zur. 46And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez. 47And the sons of Jah´dai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Sha´aph. 48Ma´achah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tir´hanah. 49She bare also Sha´aph the father of Madman´nah, Sheva the father of Machbe´nah, and the father of Gib´e-a: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
50These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Eph´ratah; Shobal the father of Kir´jath–je´arim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth–ga´der. 52And Shobal the father of Kir´jath–je´arim had sons; Ha-ro´eh, and half of the Manahe´thites. 53And the families of Kir´jath–je´arim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shu´mathites, and the Mish´ra-ites; of them came the Zare´athites, and the Eshta´ulites. 54The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netoph´athites, At´aroth, the house of Jo´ab, and half of the Manahe´thites, the Zorites. 55And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Ti´rathites, the Shim´e-athites, and Su´chathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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1 Chronicles 2
2
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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