1 Chronicles 2
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The Sons of Israel
1These were the sons of Israel:
2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3The sons of Judah:
Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judahʼs firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord. So the Lord put him to death.
5The sons of Perez:
6The sons of Zerah:
7The son of Carmi:
Achar, who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
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.
13Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea third, 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.
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. 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.
26Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.
28The sons of Onam:
The sons of Shammai:
29Abishurʼs wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.
30The sons of Nadab:
31The son of Appaim:
Ishi.
The son of Ishi:
The son of Sheshan:
33The sons of Jonathan:
These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
34Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had 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.
Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
43The sons of Hebron:
44Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai. 45The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
47The sons of Jahdai:
48Calebʼs 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. Calebʼs daughter was Acsah. 50These were the descendants of Caleb.
Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
51Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
52These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim:
Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
53and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
54The descendants of Salma:
Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
55and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
Footnotes (18)
- a v6 Zimri is a variant of Zabdi; see Joshua 7:1.
- b v6 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31) Darda
- c v7 Hebrew sons
- d v7 Achar means troubler; also called Achan in Joshua 7 and Joshua 22.
- e v9 Hebrew Chelubai, a variant of Caleb; see verse 18.
- f v11 LXX (see also Ruth 4:20–21); Hebrew Salma; twice in this verse
- g v13 Shimea is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimei; see 1 Samuel 16:9,2 Samuel 13:3,and 2 Samuel 21:21.
- h v17 Jether is a variant of Ithra; see 2 Samuel 17:25.
- i v19 Ephrath is a variant of Ephrathah; see verse 50.
- j v23 Or the villages of Jair
- k v24 Or After Hezron died, Caleb had relations with Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore; see also LXX.
- l v24 Or the founder; also in verses 42, 45, 49, and possibly elsewhere
- m v31 Hebrew sons; three times in this verse
- n v42 Hebrew; LXX Mareshah
- o v50 LXX and Vulgate; Hebrew son
- p v50 Ephrathah is a variant of Ephrath; see verse 19.
- q v55 Or of the Sopherites
- r v55 Or the father of Beth-rechab or the founder of the house of Rechab