1 Chronicles 2:1-9

New International Version

Israel’s Sons^(A)

2 These were the sons of Israel:

Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.

Judah^(B)

To Hezron’s Sons

³The sons of Judah:^(C)

Er, Onan and Shelah.^(D) These three were born to him by a Canaanite woman, the daughter of Shua.^(E) Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death.^(F) ⁴Judah’s daughter-in-law^(G) Tamar^(H) bore Perez^(I) and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.

⁵The sons of Perez:^(J)

Hezron^(K) and Hamul.

⁶The sons of Zerah:

Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda^[a]—five in all.

⁷The son of Karmi:

Achar,^[b]^(L) who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.^[c]^(M)

⁸The son of Ethan:

Azariah.

⁹The sons born to Hezron^(N) were:

Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.^[d]

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Footnotes

1 Chronicles 2:6 Many Hebrew manuscripts, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Kings 4:31); most Hebrew manuscripts Dara
1 Chronicles 2:7 Achar means trouble; Achar is called Achan in Joshua.
1 Chronicles 2:7 The Hebrew term refers to the irrevocable giving over of things or persons to the Lord, often by totally destroying them.
1 Chronicles 2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant of Caleb