1 Chronicles 2

¹ These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah — these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the eyes of the LORD, and he put him to death.

⁴ Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

⁶ The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara — five in all.

⁷ The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully regarding the devoted things.

⁸ The son of Ethan: Azariah.

⁹ The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

¹⁰ Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹¹ Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz.

¹² Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse.

¹³ Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel — three.

¹⁷ Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸ Caleb son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

²⁰ Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

²¹ Afterward, Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.

²² Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²³ But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-Jair, along with Kenath and its surrounding villages — sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb-Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵ The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

²⁷ The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸ The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

²⁹ The name of Abishur's wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰ The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without sons.

³¹ The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

³² The sons of Jada, Shammai's brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without sons.

³³ The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴ Sheshan had no sons — only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.

³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his servant, and she bore him Attai.

³⁶ Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.

³⁷ Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.

³⁸ Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.

³⁹ Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah.

⁴⁰ Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.

⁴¹ Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

⁴² The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

⁴³ The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.

⁴⁴ Shema fathered Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai.

⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-Zur.

⁴⁶ Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran fathered Gazez.

⁴⁷ The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

⁴⁸ Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹ She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And Caleb's daughter was Achsah.

⁵⁰ These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim,

⁵¹ Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-Gader.

⁵² Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,

⁵³ and the clans of Kiriath-Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.

⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-Beth-Joab, half of the Manahathites, and the Zorites.

⁵⁵ The clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.