1 Chronicles 2:1-35 ▼

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

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

3 The sons of Judah: Er and Onan, and Shelah: three were born to him from the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er the first-born of Judah will be evil in the eyes of Jehovah; and he will slay him.

4 And Tamar his daughter-in-law will bring forth to him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah, five.

5 The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul.

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

7 And the sons of Carmi: Achar, troubling Israel, who transgressed in the devoted thing.

8 And the sons of Ethan: Azariah.

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

10 And Ram begat Aminadab: and Aminadab begat Nashon, prince of the sons of Judah;

11 And Nashon begat Selma, and Selma begat Boaz.

12 And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse.

13 And Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinidab the second, and Shimma the third,

14 Nathaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

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

17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa, Jether an Ishmaelite.

18 And Caleb son of Hezron begat of Azubah the wife, and of Jerioth: and these her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.

19 And Azubah will die, and Caleb will take to him Ephrath, and she will bear to him Hur.

20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

21 And afterward Hezron came in to the daughter of Machir father of Gilead; and he took her, and he the son of sixty years; and she will bear to him Segub.

22 And Segub begat Jair; and there will be to him twenty and three cities in the land of Gilead.

23 And he will take Geshur and Aram, with the villages of Jair from them, with Kenath and its daughters sixty cities. All these the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

24 And after the death of Hezron in Caleb-Ephratah, and Hezron's wife Abiah, and she bear to him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel, the first-born of Hezron will be the first born, Ram, and Bunah, and Oren and Ozem, Ahijah.

26 And another wife will be to Jerahmeel, and her name Atamh; she the mother of Onam.

27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel, will be Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.

28 And the sons of Onam will be Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

29 And the name of Abishur's wife, Abihail; and she will bear to him Ahban and Molid.

30 And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim: and Seled will die, not sons to him.

31 And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheehan. And the sons of Sheehan: Ahlai.

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan: and Jether will die without sons.

33 And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

34 And there will be no sons to Sheshan, but daughters. And to Sheehan a servant, an Egyptian, and his name Jarha.

35 And Sheshan will give his daughter to Jarha his servant for a wife; and she will bear to him Attai.