1 Chronicles 2:1-26 ▼

1 These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

2 Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

3 The sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him of a daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er the firstborn of Judah was wicked in the eyes of YHWH, and He put him to death.

4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

6 And the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all.

7 And the son of Carmi: Achar troubler of Israel, who transgressed regarding the devoted thing.

8 And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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

10 And Ram begat Amminadab, and Amminadab begat Nahshon, a leader of the sons of Judah.

11 And Nahshon begat Salmon, and Salmon begat Boaz,

12 and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

13 and Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third,

14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15 Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh.

16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel—three.

17 And Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

18 And Caleb son of Hezron had children by Azubah his wife and by Jerioth. And these were her sons: Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

19 And Azubah died, and Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, and she bore to him Hur.

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel.

21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir father of Gilead, and he married her. And he was a son of sixty years, and she bore to him Segub.

22 And Segub begat Jair, and he had unto him twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

23 And Geshur and Aram took Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its daughters—sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

24 And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, the wife of Hezron, Abijah, bore to him Ashhur father of Tekoa.

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: The firstborn Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.

26 And to Jerahmeel was another wife, and her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.