1 Chronicles 2
1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death.
4 Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah’s sons numbered five in all.
5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara—five in all.
7 The sons of Carmi included Achar, who brought disaster on Israel by acting unfaithfully concerning the devoted thing.
8 The son of Ethan was Azariah.
9 The sons born to Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
10 Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, leader of the sons 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 were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three.
17 Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 Caleb son of Hezron fathered children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. Her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 Azubah died, and Caleb took Ephrath as his wife; she bore him Hur.
20 Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.
21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, father of Gilead. He took her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
23 Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its surrounding settlements—sixty towns. All these were sons of Machir, father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron’s death at Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore him Ashhur, father of Tekoa.
25 The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn, were Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
29 Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without sons.
31 The son of Appaim was Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. The son of Sheshan was Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother, were Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without sons.
33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife, 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, Jerahmeel’s brother, were Mesha his firstborn, father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44 Shema fathered Raham, father of Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai.
45 The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was father of Beth-zur.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran fathered Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She also bore Shaaph, father of Madmannah, and Sheva, father of Machbenah and father of Gibeah. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah.
50 These were the sons of Caleb son of Hur, Ephrathah’s firstborn: Shobal, father of Kiriath-jearim;
51 Salma, father of Bethlehem; and Hareph, father of Beth-gader.
52 Shobal, father of Kiriath-jearim, had descendants: Haroeh and half of the Menuhoth.
53 The families of Kiriath-jearim were the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
54 The descendants of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half of the Manahathites, and the Zorites.
55 The families of scribes living at Jabez were the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, father of the house of Rechab.
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