1 Chronicles Chapter 2 Back Next{2:1} These are the sons of
Israel: Reuben, Simeon,
Levi, and
Judah,
Issachar, and Zebulun,
{2:2} Dan,
Joseph, and
Benjamin, Naphtali,
Gad, and
Asher.
{2:3} The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the
Canaanitess. Er, Judah's
firstborn, was wicked in the sight of
Yahweh; and he killed him.
{2:4} Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
{2:5} The sons of Perez:
Hezron, and
Hamul.
{2:6} The sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and
Heman, and
Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.
{2:7} The sons of
Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing.
{2:8} The sons of Ethan: Azariah.
{2:9} The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him:
Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.
{2:10} Ram became the
father of
Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
{2:11} and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of
Boaz,
{2:12} and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of
Jesse;
{2:13} and Jesse became the father of his firstborn
Eliab, and
Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,
{2:14} Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
{2:15} Ozem the sixth,
David the seventh;
{2:16} and their sisters were Zeruiah and
Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah:
Abishai, and
Joab, and
Asahel, three.
{2:17} Abigail bore
Amasa; and the father of Amasa was
Jether the Ishmaelite.
{2:18}
Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children of
Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons:
Jesher, and Shobab, and
Ardon.
{2:19} Azubah died, and Caleb took to him
Ephrath, who bore him
Hur.
{2:20} Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of
Bezalel.
{2:21} Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of
Machir the father of
Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
{2:22} Segub became the father of
Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
{2:23}
Geshur and
Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with
Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
{2:24} After that Hezron was dead in Caleb Ephrathah, then
Abijah Hezron's wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
{2:25} The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem,
Ahijah.
{2:26} Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
{2:27} The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
{2:28} The sons of Onam were Shammai, and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab, and
Abishur.
{2:29} The name of the wife of Abishur was
Abihail; and she bore him Ahban, and Molid.
{2:30} The sons of Nadab: Seled, and Appaim; but Seled died without children.
{2:31} The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
{2:32} The sons of Jada the
brother of Shammai: Jether, and
Jonathan; and Jether died without children.
{2:33} The sons of Jonathan: Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
{2:34} Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an
Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
{2:35} Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai.
{2:36} Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
{2:37} and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
{2:38} and Obed became the father of
Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
{2:39} and Azariah became the father of
Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
{2:40} and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
{2:41} and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
{2:42} 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.
{2:43} The sons of Hebron:
Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
{2:44} Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
{2:45} The son of Shammai was
Maon; and Maon was the father of
Beth Zur.
{2:46}
Ephah, Caleb's
concubine, bore
Haran, and Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
{2:47} The sons of
Jahdai: Regem, and Jothan, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
{2:48}
Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
{2:49} She bore also Shaaph the father of
Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was
Achsah.
{2:50} These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of
Kiriath Jearim,
{2:51} Salma the father of
Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
{2:52} Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.
{2:53} The families of Kiriath Jearim: The
Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zorathites and the
Eshtaolites.
{2:54} The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the
Manahathites, the Zorites.
{2:55} The families of scribes who lived at
Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the
Kenites who came of
Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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