1 Chronicles, 2

1. These [are] the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun,

1. These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah; Issachar and Zebulun;

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

2. Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Nephtali; Gad and Asher.

3. The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: [which] three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.

3. Judah had five sons in all. The first three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite woman. They were Er, Onan and Shelah. Er, Judah's firstborn, was so evil that Yahweh put him to death.

4. And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah [were] five.

4. By his daughter-in-law Tamar, Judah had two more sons, Perez and Zerah.

5. The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.

5. Perez had two sons, Hezron and Hamul.

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

6. His brother Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Hetan, Heman, Calcol and Dara.

7. And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.

7. One of them, Achar, son of Carmi - brought trouble upon the people of Israel by keeping loot that had been devoted to God.

8. And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.

8. Ethan had one son, Azariah.

9. The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

9. Hezron became the father of Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.

10. And Ram begat Amminadab; and Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;

10. Ram was the father of Amminadab; Amminadab of Nahshan.

11. And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,

11. Nahshan, who was a prince of the tribe of Judah, was the father of Salmon; Salmon of Boaz;

12. And Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse,

12. Boaz of Obed; Obed of Jesse.

13. And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,

13. Jesse had seven sons: Eliab, the firstborn, Abinadab, Shammah,

14. Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

14. Nethanel, Raddai,

15. Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:

15. Ozem and David, the youngest. Jesse had two daughters: Zerwiah and Abigail.

16. Whose sisters [were] Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.

16. Zerwiah had three sons: Abishai, Joab and Asahel.

17. And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmeelite.

17. Abigail married Jether the Ishmaelite. They had a son named Amasa.

18. And Caleb the son of Hezron begat [children] of Azubah [his] wife, and of Jerioth: her sons [are] these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.

18. Caleb, son of Hezron, married Azubah and had a daughter named Jerioth. Jerioth had three sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon.

19. And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.

19. Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, and they had a son named Hur.

20. And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.

20. Hur became father of Uri and grandfather of Bezalel.

21. And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he [was] threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.

21. When Hezron was sixty years old he married Machir's daughter, the sister of Gilead. They had a son named Segub, who had a son named Jair.

22. And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.

22. Jair ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.

23. And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, [even] threescore cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.

23. But the kingdoms of Geshur and Aram took from them the villages of Jair, that is Kenath and its towns, sixty towns in all. All this had belonged to the descendants of Machir, father of Gilead.

24. And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.

24. After Hezron's death, his son Caleb married Ephrathah, his father's widow. They had a son named Ashur, the father of Tekoa.

25. And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, [and] Ahijah.

25. Jerahmeel, Hezron's eldest son, had five sons: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.

26. Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name [was] Atarah; she [was] the mother of Onam.

26. Jerahmeel had another wife called Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

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

27. Ram had three sons: Maaz, Jamin and Eker.

28. And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur.

28. Onam was the father of Shammai and Jada; Shammai, of Nadab and Abishur.

29. And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.

29. Abishur's wife was called Abihail; she bore him Ahban and Molid.

30. And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.

30. Nadab had two sons, Seled and Appaim, but Seled died leaving no son.

31. And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.

31. Appaim was the father of Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan; Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.

32. And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.

32. Jada, Shammai's brother, had two sons: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died leaving no sons.

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

33. Jonathan had two sons: Peleth and Zaza. These were all descendants of Jerahmeel.

34. Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name [was] Jarha.

34. Sheshan had no sons, only daughters.

35. And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai.

35. He had an Egyptian slave named Jarha to whom he gave his daughter in marriage.

36. And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,

36. They had a son named Attai. The ancestral line from Attai to Elishama is as follows: Attai, Nathan,

37. And Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,

37. Zabad, Ephlal, Obed,

38. And Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azariah,

38. Jehu, Azariah,

39. And Azariah begat Helez, and Helez begat Eleasah,

39. Helez, Eleasah,

40. And Eleasah begat Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,

40. Sismai, Shallum,

41. And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.

41. Jekamiah, and Elishama.

42. Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.

42. The firstborn son of Caleb, Jerahmeel's brother, was named Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph, who was the father of Meresha.

43. And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.

43. Meresha was father of Hebron who had four sons: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.

44. And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.

44. Shema became father of Raham and grandfather of Jorkeam. Rekem became father of Shammai

45. And the son of Shammai [was] Maon: and Maon [was] the father of Bethzur.

45. and grandfather of Maon. Maon became father of Bethzur.

46. And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.

46. Caleb had a concubine named Ephah who gave birth to Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran also had a son named Gazez.

47. And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.

47. Jahdai had six sons: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.

48. Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.

48. Caleb had another concubine, Maacah, who gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.

49. She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb [was] Achsah.

49. Later she had two more sons: Shaaph, who founded the town of Madmannah, and Sheva, who founded the towns of Machbenah and Gibea. The daughter of Caleb was Achsah.

50. These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim,

50. The following were also descendants of Caleb. Hur was the firstborn son of Ephrath. Hur's son Shobal was father of Kiriath-jearim;

51. Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.

51. Salma, father of Bethlehem, and Haroeh, father of Beth-gader.

52. And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, [and] half of the Manahethites.

52. Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim was the father of the people of Haroah, that is half of the Manahathites,

53. And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

53. and also the clans living in Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. The people of the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol belonged to these clans.

54. The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.

54. Sons of Salma: Bethlehem, Netophath, Atroth Beth-Joab, and the Zorites, who were one of the clans in Manaheth. The Soferites lived in the town of Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. They were Cainites, descendants of Jamat, the Rechabites' ancestor.

55. And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, [and] Suchathites. These [are] the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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