1 Chronicles 2

The Sons of Israel

¹These were 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 by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.

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

• ⁵The sons of Perez:

• Hezron and Hamul.

• ⁶The sons of Zerah:

• Zimri,^{+2:6 Zimri is a variant of Zabdi; see Joshua 7:1.} Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara^{+2:6 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31) Darda}— five in all.

• ⁷The son^{+2:7 Hebrew sons} of Carmi:

• Achar,^{+2:7 Achar means troubler; also called Achan in Joshua 7 and Joshua 22.} who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.

• ⁸The son of Ethan:

• Azariah.

• ⁹The sons who were born to Hezron:

• Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.^{+2:9 Hebrew Chelubai, a variant of Caleb; see verse 18.}

• ¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

• ¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon,^{+2:11 LXX (see also Ruth 4:20–21); Hebrew Salma; twice in this verse} and Salmon was the father of Boaz.

• ¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

• ¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea^{+2:13 Shimea is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimei; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 2 Samuel 21:21.} third, ¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, ¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh. ¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. ¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether^{+2:17 Jether is a variant of Ithra; see 2 Samuel 17:25.} the Ishmaelite.

• ¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath,^{+2:19 Ephrath is a variant of Ephrathah; see verse 50.} who bore to him Hur. ²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

• ²¹Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub. ²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair,^{+2:23 Or the villages of Jair} along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.

• ²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore^{+2:24 Or After Hezron died, Caleb had relations with Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore; see also LXX.} to him Ashhur the father^{+2:24 Or the founder; also in verses 42, 45, 49, and possibly elsewhere} of Tekoa.

• ²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

• Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.

• ²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:

• Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

• ²⁸The sons of Onam:

• Shammai and Jada.

• The sons of Shammai:

• Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.

• ³⁰The sons of Nadab:

• Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

• ³¹The son^{+2:31 Hebrew sons; three times in this verse} of Appaim:

• Ishi.

• The son of Ishi:

• Sheshan.

• The son of Sheshan:

• Ahlai.

• ³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai:

• Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

• ³³The sons of Jonathan:

• Peleth and Zaza.

• These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

• ³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him 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 Elasah, ⁴⁰Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum, ⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

• ⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:

• Mesha^{+2:42 Hebrew; LXX Mareshah} his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.

• ⁴³The sons of Hebron:

• Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.

• ⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

• ⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai:

• Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

• ⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah. ⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb.

• The sons^{+2:50 LXX and Vulgate; Hebrew son} of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:^{+2:50 Ephrathah is a variant of Ephrath; see verse 19.}

• Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.

• ⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:

• Haroeh, half the Manahathites, ⁵³and the clans of Kiriath-jearim— the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

• ⁵⁴The descendants of Salma:

• Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, ⁵⁵and the clans of the scribes^{+2:55 Or of the Sopherites} who lived at Jabez— the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.^{+2:55 Or the father of Beth-rekab or the founder of the house of Rechab}