1 Chronicles 2:1-22 ▼

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: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three the Canaanite woman Bath-shua bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, and he put him to death.

4 His daughter-in-law Tamar also 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 sons of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted thing;

8 and Ethan’s son was Azariah.

9 The sons of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

10 Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.

11 Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz,

12 Boaz of Obed, Obed of Jesse.

13 Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

16 and 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 had 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 became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.

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

22 and Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.