1 Chronicles 2
The Sons of Israel
(Genesis 35:21–26; Genesis 38:1–30)
¹ These were the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
² Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
³ The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD. So the LORD put him to death.
⁴ Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
⁵ The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
⁶ The sons of Zerah: Zimri,1 Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara 2—five in all.
⁷ The son 3 of Carmi: Achar,4 who brought trouble upon Israel by violating the ban on devoted things.
⁸ The son of Ethan: Azariah.
⁹ The sons who were born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.5
¹⁰ Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, a leader of the descendants of Judah.
¹¹ Nahshon was the father of Salmon,6 and Salmon was the father of Boaz.
¹² Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
¹³ Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn; Abinadab was born second, Shimea 7 third,
¹⁴ Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth,
¹⁵ Ozem sixth, and David seventh.
¹⁶ Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
¹⁷ Abigail was the mother of Amasa, whose father was Jether 8 the Ishmaelite.
¹⁸ Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. These were the sons of Azubah: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
¹⁹ When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath,9 who bore to him Hur.
²⁰ Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
²¹ Later, 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.
²² Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
²³ But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth-jair,10 along with Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages. All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gilead.
²⁴ After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah bore 11 to him Ashhur the father 12 of Tekoa.
²⁵ The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.
²⁶ Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.
²⁷ The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
²⁸ The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
²⁹ Abishur’s wife was named Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid.
³⁰ The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
³¹ The son 13 of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.
³² The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died without children.
³³ The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.
³⁶ Attai was the father of Nathan, Nathan was the father of Zabad,
³⁷ Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,
³⁸ Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,
³⁹ Azariah was the father of Helez, Helez was the father of Elasah,
⁴⁰ Elasah was the father of Sismai, Sismai was the father of Shallum,
⁴¹ Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
⁴² The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha 14 his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and Mareshah his second son, who was the father of Hebron.
⁴³ The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
⁴⁴ Shema was the father of Raham the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
⁴⁵ The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
⁴⁶ Caleb’s concubine Ephah was the mother of Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez.
⁴⁷ The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
⁴⁸ Caleb’s concubine Maacah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah.
⁴⁹ She was also the mother of Shaaph father of Madmannah, and of Sheva father of Machbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.
⁵⁰ These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons 15 of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah:16 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
⁵¹ Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
⁵² These were the descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim: Haroeh, half the Manahathites,
⁵³ and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
⁵⁴ The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites,
⁵⁵ and the clans of the scribes 17 who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.18
2:6 Zimri is a variant of Zabdi; see Joshua 7:1. ↩︎
2:6 Most Hebrew manuscripts; many Hebrew manuscripts, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31) Darda ↩︎
2:7 Hebrew sons ↩︎
2:7 Achar means troubler; also called Achan in Joshua 7 and Joshua 22. ↩︎
2:9 Hebrew Chelubai, a variant of Caleb; see verse 18. ↩︎
2:11 LXX (see also Ruth 4:20–21); Hebrew Salma; twice in this verse ↩︎
2:13 Shimea is a variant of Shammah, Shimeah, and Shimei; see 1 Samuel 16:9, 2 Samuel 13:3, and 2 Samuel 21:21. ↩︎
2:17 Jether is a variant of Ithra; see 2 Samuel 17:25. ↩︎
2:19 Ephrath is a variant of Ephrathah; see verse 50. ↩︎
2:23 Or the villages of Jair ↩︎
2:24 Or After Hezron died, Caleb had relations with Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore; see also LXX. ↩︎
2:24 Or the founder; also in verses 42, 45, 49, and possibly elsewhere ↩︎
2:31 Hebrew sons; three times in this verse ↩︎
2:42 Hebrew; LXX Mareshah ↩︎
2:50 LXX and Vulgate; Hebrew son ↩︎
2:50 Ephrathah is a variant of Ephrath; see verse 19. ↩︎
2:55 Or of the Sopherites ↩︎
2:55 Or the father of Beth-rechab or the founder of the house of Rechab ↩︎