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1 Chronicles Chapter 2

¹These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

³The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah, which three were born to him of Shua's daughter the Canaanitess. Er, Judah's firstborn, was wicked in Yahweh's sight; and he killed him. ⁴Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.

⁵The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. ⁶The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara- five of them in all. ⁷The son of Carmi was Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing. ⁸The son of Ethan was Azariah.

⁹The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹and Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz, ¹²and Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse; ¹³and Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, ¹⁴Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh; ¹⁶and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three [in all]. ¹⁷Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

¹⁸Caleb the son of Hezron fathered [children] with Azubah [his] wife, and with Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. ²⁰Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

²¹Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took [to be his wife] when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. ²²Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath, and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron's wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. ²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children. ³¹The son of Appaim was Ishi. The son of Ishi was Sheshan. The son of Sheshan was Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children. ³³The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant [to be his] wife; and she bore him Attai. ³⁶Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad, ³⁷and Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed, ³⁸and Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah, ³⁹and Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah, ⁴⁰and Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum, ⁴¹and Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. ⁴³The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem fathered Shammai. ⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur. ⁴⁶Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez. ⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, ⁵¹Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader. ⁵²Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. ⁵³The families of Kiriath Jearim were The Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.