1 Chronicles 2

The Sons of Israel

¹These were the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

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

³The sons of Judah:

⁵The sons of Perez:

⁶The sons of Zerah:

⁷The son of Carmi:[#2:7 Hebrew sons]

⁸The son of Ethan:

⁹The sons who were born to Hezron:

¹⁰Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.

¹¹Nahshon was the father of Salmon, and Salmon was the father of Boaz.[#2:11 LXX (see also Ruth 4:20–21); Hebrew Salma; twice in this verse]

¹²Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

¹³Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third,[#2:13 Shimea is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimei; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 2 Samuel 21:21.]

¹⁴Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,

¹⁵Ozem sixth, and David seventh.

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

¹⁷Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.[#2:17 Jether is a variant of Ithra; see 2 Samuel 17:25.]

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

¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore to him Hur.[#2:19 Ephrath is a variant of Ephrathah; see verse 50.]

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

²¹Later, Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead. He had married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub.

²²Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

²³But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair, along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.[#2:23 Or the villages of Jair]

²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.[#2:24 Or After Hezron died, Caleb had relations with Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore; see also LXX.; #2:24 Or the founder; also in verses 42, 45, 49, and possibly elsewhere]

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:

²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel:

²⁸The sons of Onam:

The sons of Shammai:

³⁰The sons of Nadab:

³¹The son of Appaim:[#2:31 Hebrew sons; three times in this verse]

The son of Ishi:

The son of Sheshan:

³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai:

³³The sons of Jonathan:

These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters; but he did have an Egyptian servant named Jarha.

³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.

³⁶Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,

³⁷Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

³⁸Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,

³⁹Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah,

⁴⁰Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum,

⁴¹Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel:

⁴³The sons of Hebron:

⁴⁶Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.

⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai:

⁴⁸Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.

⁴⁹She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.

⁵⁰These were the descendants of Caleb.

The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:

⁵²These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:

⁵⁴The descendants of Salma: