1 Chronicles 2

Israel’s Sons

¹These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah

To Hezron’s Sons

³The sons of Judah:

Er, Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.

(Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.)

⁴Judah’s daughter-in-law Tamar bore Perez and Zerah to Judah.

He had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez:

Hezron and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah:

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda— five in all.

⁷The son of Karmi:

Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.

⁸The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹The sons born to Hezron were:

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

From Ram Son of Hezron

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab,

and Amminadab the father of Nahshon, the leader of the people of Judah.

¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon,

Salmon the father of Boaz,

¹²Boaz the father of Obed

and Obed the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse was the father of

Eliab his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab,

the third Shimea, ¹⁴the fourth Nethanel,

the fifth Raddai, ¹⁵the sixth Ozem

and the seventh David.

¹⁶Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail.

Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

Caleb Son of Hezron

¹⁸Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons:

Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

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

²⁰Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.

²¹Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead. He made love to her, and she bore him Segub.

²²Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead.

²³(But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair, as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.)

All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

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

Jerahmeel Son of Hezron

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she 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, who bore him Ahban and Molid.

³⁰The sons of Nadab:

Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.

³¹The son of Appaim:

Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

³²The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:

Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.

³³The sons of Jonathan:

Peleth and Zaza.

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons—only daughters.

He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.

³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan,

Nathan the father of Zabad,

³⁷Zabad the father of Ephlal,

Ephlal the father of Obed,

³⁸Obed the father of Jehu,

Jehu the father of Azariah,

³⁹Azariah the father of Helez,

Helez the father of Eleasah,

⁴⁰Eleasah the father of Sismai,

Sismai the father of Shallum,

⁴¹Shallum the father of Jekamiah,

and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.

The Clans of Caleb

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:

Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph,

and his son Mareshah, who was the father of Hebron.

⁴³The sons of Hebron:

Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.

⁴⁴Shema was the father of Raham,

and Raham the father of Jorkeam.

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 Maakah was the mother of

Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah

and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea.

Caleb’s daughter was Aksah.

⁵⁰These were the descendants 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.

⁵²The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:

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 scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the Rekabites.