¹Now these were the sons of David [beloved] , which were born unto him in Hevron [Seat of Association] ; the firstborn Amnon [faithful] , of Achino’am [my brother is delight] the Yizre’elit [God Sows] ; the second Dani’el [God is Judge] , of Avigayil [my father is joy] the Carmelit [garden-land] :

²The third, Avshalom [my father is peace] the son of Ma’akhah [oppression] the daughter of Talmai [Plowman] king of G’shur [proud beholder] : the fourth, Adoniyah [my lord is Yehovah] the son of Haggit [festive] :

³The fifth, Sh’fatyah [Yehovah has judged] of Avital [my father is (the) dew] : the sixth, Yitre’am [profit of the people] by ‘Eglah [a heifer] his wife.

⁴[These] six were born unto him in Hevron [Seat of Association] ; and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] he reigned thirty and three years.

⁵And these were born unto him in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] ; Shim’a [fame] , and Shovav [rebellious] , and Natan [giver] , and Shlomo (Solomon) [peace] , four, of Bat-Shua [daughter of wealth] the daughter of ‘Ammi’el [my kinsman is God] :

⁶Yivchar [Yeshovah chooses] also, and Elishama [My God has Heard] , and Elifelet [God is deliverance] ,

⁷And Nogah [brightness] , and Nefeg [Weak, Slacked] , and Yafia [Shining] ,

⁸And Elishama [My God has Heard] , and El-yada [God knows] , and Elifelet [God is deliverance] , nine.

⁹[These were] all the sons of David [beloved] , beside the sons of the concubines, and Tamar [palm-tree] their sister.

¹⁰And Shlomo’s (Solomon) [peace] son [was] Rechav’am [a people has enlarged] , Aviyah [Yehovah is (my) father] his son, Asa [healer; injurious?] his son, Y’hoshafat [Yehovah has judged] his son,

¹¹Yoram [Yehovah is exalted] his son, Achazyah [Yehovah possesses] his son, Yo’ash [Given by the Lord] his son,

¹²Amatzyah [Yehovah is mighty] his son, ‘Azaryah [Yehovah has helped] his son, Toram [Yehovah is Perfect] his son,

¹³Achaz [he has grasped] his son, Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] his son, M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] his son,

¹⁴‘Amon [master workman] his son, Yoshiyahu [whom Yehovah heals] his son.

¹⁵And the sons of Yoshiyahu [whom Yehovah heals] [were] , the firstborn Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] , the second Y’hoyakim [Yehovah raises up] , the third Tzidkiyah [Yehovah is righteous] , the fourth Shalum [retribution] .

¹⁶And the sons of Y’hoyakim [Yehovah raises up] : Y’khanyahu [Yehovah will establish] his son, Tzidkiyah [Yehovah is righteous] his son.

¹⁷And the sons of Y’khanyahu [Yehovah will establish] ; Asir [Prisoner] , Sh’alti’el [I have asked of God] his son,

¹⁸Malkiram [my king is high] also, and P’dayah [Yehovah has ransomed] , and Shen’atzar [splendid leader] , Y’kamyah [Yehovah raises] , Hoshama [whom Yehovah hears] , and N’davyah [whom Yehovah impels] .

¹⁹And the sons of P’dayah [Yehovah has ransomed] [were] , Z’rubavel [sown in Babylon] , and Shime’i [Fame] : and the sons of Z’rubavel [sown in Babylon] ; Meshulam [friend] , and Hananyah [God has favoured] , and Shlomit [Peaceful] their sister:

²⁰And Hashuvah [consideration] , and Ohel [tent] , and Berekhyah [Yehovah blesses] , and Hasadyah [Yehovah has been faithful] , Yushav-Hesed [whose love is returned] , five.

²¹And the sons of Hananyah [God has favoured] ; P’latyahu [Yehovah delivers] , and Yesha’yah [Yehovah has saved] : the sons of Refayah [healed of Yehovah] , the sons of Arnan [lion of perpetuity: or a wild goat: I shall shout for joy] , the sons of ‘Ovadyah [servant of Yehovah] , the sons of Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah] .

²²And the sons of Sh’khanyah [dweller with Yehovah] ; Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] : and the sons of Sh’may’yah [Yehovah hears] ; Hatush [assembled] , and Yig’al [He redeems] , and Bariach [fleeing, or fugitive] , and Ne’aryah [servant of Yehovah] , and Shafat [He Has Judged] , six.

²³And the sons of Ne’aryah [servant of Yehovah] ; Elyo’eina [unto Yehovah are my eyes] , and Hizkiyahu [Yehovah is my strength] , and ‘Azrikam [help against the enemy] , three.

²⁴And the sons of Elyo’eina [unto Yehovah are my eyes] [were] , Hodaiah, and Elyashiv [God restores] , and P’layah [Yehovah does wonders] , and ‘Akuv [insidious] , and Yochanan [Yehovah has graced] , and D’layah [Yehovah has drawn] , and ‘Anani [my cloud] , seven.