1 Chronicles 2

These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of Shua, a Canaanite woman. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD put him to death. His daughter-in-law Tamar bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. The sons of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by being unfaithful concerning the things devoted to destruction. The sons of Ethan: Azariah. The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, leader of the people of Judah. Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz. Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse. Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh. Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. Abigail bore Amasa, whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite. Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel. Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead. He married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub. Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. But Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, along with Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without sons. The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The children of Sheshan: Ahlai. The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without sons. The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were descendants of Jerahmeel. Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai. Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad. Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed. Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah. Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah. Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum. Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama. The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron. The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai. Shammai’s son was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber and Tirhanah. She also bore Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, and Sheva, the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph, the father of Beth-gader. Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh and half the Menuhoth. The clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and Eshtaolites. The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half the Manahathites, the Zorites. The clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These were the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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