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1 Chronicles 2

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The Genealogy of David
1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. 3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him from Bathshua the Canaanite. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and he put him to death. 4And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore Perez and Zerah to him. The sons of Judah were five in all.
5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. 7The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully in the matter of the devoted thing. 8And the son of Ethan was Azariah.
9The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb. 10And Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. 11And Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz. 12And Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse. 13And Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, 14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. 16And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. 17And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18And Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. And these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19And when Azubah died, Caleb married#Or “took” Ephrathah, and she bore Hur to him. 20And Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.
21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. And he married#Or “took” her when he was sixty years old. And she bore Segub to him. 22And Segub fathered Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-Jair from them, Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were the descendants#Literally “sons” of Makir, the father of Gilead. 24And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
25And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26And Jerahmeel had another wife, and her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. 27The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. 28And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur. 29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid. 30And the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children. 31And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. And Jether died without children. 33And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the children of Jerahmeel. 34And Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave, and his name was Jarha. 35So Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his slave for a wife, and she bore to him Attai. 36And Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad. 37And Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed. 38And Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah. 39And Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah. 40And Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum. 41And Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.
42And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn; he was the father of Ziph. The sons of Mareshah: Hebron. 43And the sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44And Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem fathered Shammai. 45And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-Zur. 46And Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. And Haran fathered Gazez. 47And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 48Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah. 49She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Acsah. 50These were the descendants#Literally “sons” of Caleb.
The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-Gader. 52And Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. 53And the families of Kiriath-Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Ataroth-Beth-Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. 55And the families of the scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Recab.

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