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1 Chronicles 2
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1 Chronicles 2
New International Version
Israel’s Sons(A)
2 These were the sons of Israel:
Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
Judah(B)
To Hezron’s Sons
3 The 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) 4 Judah’s daughter-in-law(G) Tamar(H) bore Perez(I) and Zerah to Judah. He had five sons in all.
5 The sons of Perez:(J)
Hezron(K) and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah:
Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda[a]—five in all.
7 The son of Karmi:
Achar,[b](L) who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban on taking devoted things.[c](M)
8 The son of Ethan:
Azariah.
9 The sons born to Hezron(N) were:
Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.[d]
From Ram Son of Hezron
10 Ram(O) was the father of
Amminadab(P), and Amminadab the father of Nahshon,(Q) the leader of the people of Judah. 11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon,[e] Salmon the father of Boaz, 12 Boaz(R) the father of Obed and Obed the father of Jesse.(S)
13 Jesse(T) was the father of
Eliab(U) his firstborn; the second son was Abinadab, the third Shimea, 14 the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai, 15 the sixth Ozem and the seventh David. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah(V) and Abigail. Zeruiah’s(W) three sons were Abishai, Joab(X) and Asahel. 17 Abigail was the mother of Amasa,(Y) whose father was Jether the Ishmaelite.
Caleb Son of Hezron
18 Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah (and by Jerioth). These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb(Z) married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. 20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri the father of Bezalel.(AA)
21 Later, Hezron, when he was sixty years old, married the daughter of Makir the father of Gilead.(AB) He made love to her, and she bore him Segub. 22 Segub was the father of Jair, who controlled twenty-three towns in Gilead. 23 (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,[f](AC) as well as Kenath(AD) with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore him Ashhur(AE) the father[g] of Tekoa.
Jerahmeel Son of Hezron
25 The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron:
Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem and[h] Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she 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, who bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab:
Seled and Appaim. Seled died without children.
31 The son of Appaim:
Ishi, who was the father of Sheshan.
Sheshan was the father of Ahlai.
32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother:
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—only daughters.
He had an Egyptian servant named Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore him Attai.
36 Attai was the father of Nathan,
Nathan the father of Zabad,(AF)
37 Zabad the father of Ephlal,
Ephlal the father of Obed,
38 Obed the father of Jehu,
Jehu the father of Azariah,
39 Azariah the father of Helez,
Helez the father of Eleasah,
40 Eleasah the father of Sismai,
Sismai the father of Shallum,
41 Shallum the father of Jekamiah,
and Jekamiah the father of Elishama.
The Clans of Caleb
42 The sons of Caleb(AG) the brother of Jerahmeel:
Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah,[i] who was the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron:
Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. 44 Shema was the father of Raham, and Raham the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai was Maon(AH), and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.(AI)
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 Maakah was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also gave birth to Shaaph the father of Madmannah(AJ) and to Sheva the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Aksah.(AK) 50 These were the descendants of Caleb.
The sons of Hur(AL) the firstborn of Ephrathah:
Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,(AM) 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 The descendants of Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim were:
Haroeh, half the Manahathites, 53 and the clans of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites,(AN) Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.
54 The descendants of Salma:
Bethlehem, the Netophathites,(AO) Atroth Beth Joab, half the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55 and the clans of scribes[j] who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. These are the Kenites(AP) who came from Hammath,(AQ) the father of the Rekabites.[k](AR)
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
- 1 Chronicles 2:11 Septuagint (see also Ruth 4:21); Hebrew Salma
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 Or captured the settlements of Jair
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 Father may mean civic leader or military leader; also in verses 42, 45, 49-52 and possibly elsewhere.
- 1 Chronicles 2:25 Or Oren and Ozem, by
- 1 Chronicles 2:42 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or of the Sopherites
- 1 Chronicles 2:55 Or father of Beth Rekab
1 Chronicles 2
New King James Version
1 Chronicles 2
New King James Version
The Family of Israel(A)
2 These were the (B)sons of [a]Israel: (C)Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
From Judah to David(D)
3 The sons of (E)Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him by the daughter of (F)Shua, the Canaanitess. (G)Er, the firstborn of Judah, was wicked in the sight of the Lord; so He killed him. 4 And (H)Tamar, his daughter-in-law, (I)bore him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of (J)Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah were [b]Zimri, (K)Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and [c]Dara—five of them in all.
7 The son of (L)Carmi was [d]Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the (M)accursed[e] thing.
8 The son of Ethan was Azariah.
9 Also the sons of Hezron who were born to him were Jerahmeel, [f]Ram, and [g]Chelubai. 10 Ram (N)begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, (O)leader of the children of Judah; 11 Nahshon begot [h]Salma, and Salma begot Boaz; 12 Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse; 13 (P)Jesse begot Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, [i]Shimea the third, 14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, and David the (Q)seventh.
16 Now their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. (R)And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel—three. 17 Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was [j]Jether the Ishmaelite.
The Family of Hezron
18 Caleb the son of Hezron had children by Azubah, his wife, and by Jerioth. Now these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb [k]took (S)Ephrath[l] as his wife, who bore him Hur. 20 And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot (T)Bezalel.
21 Now afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of (U)Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub. 22 Segub begot (V)Jair,[m] who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23 (W)(Geshur and Syria took from them the towns of Jair, with Kenath and its towns—sixty towns.) All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. 24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Hezron’s wife Abijah bore him (X)Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
The Family of Jerahmeel
25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron, were Ram, the firstborn, and Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. 28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children. 31 The son of Appaim was Ishi, the son of Ishi was Sheshan, and (Y)Sheshan’s son was Ahlai. 32 The sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children. 33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife, and she bore him Attai. 36 Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot (Z)Zabad; 37 Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot (AA)Obed; 38 Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah; 39 Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah; 40 Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum; 41 Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama.
The Family of Caleb
42 The descendants of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. 43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44 Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkoam, and Rekem begot Shammai. 45 And the son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran begot Gazez. 47 And the sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maachah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And the daughter of Caleb was (AB)Achsah.[n]
50 These were the descendants of Caleb: The sons of (AC)Hur, the firstborn of [o]Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of (AD)Kirjath Jearim, 51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath Jearim had descendants: [p]Haroeh, and half of the [q]families of Manuhoth. 53 The families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, [r]Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahethites, and the Zorites.
55 And the families of the scribes who dwelt at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites. These were the (AE)Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of (AF)Rechab.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 2:1 Jacob, Gen. 32:28
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 Zabdi, Josh. 7:1
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 Darda, 1 Kin. 4:31
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 Achan, Josh. 7:1
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 banned or devoted
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 Aram, Matt. 1:3, 4
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 Caleb, vv. 18, 42
- 1 Chronicles 2:11 Salmon, Ruth 4:21; Luke 3:32
- 1 Chronicles 2:13 Shammah, 1 Sam. 16:9
- 1 Chronicles 2:17 Jithra the Israelite, 2 Sam. 17:25
- 1 Chronicles 2:19 Lit. took to himself
- 1 Chronicles 2:19 Or Ephrathah
- 1 Chronicles 2:22 Reckoned to Manasseh through the daughter of Machir, Num. 32:41; Deut. 3:14; 25:5, 6; 1 Kin. 4:13; 1 Chr. 7:14
- 1 Chronicles 2:49 Or Achsa
- 1 Chronicles 2:50 Ephrath, v. 19
- 1 Chronicles 2:52 Reaiah, 1 Chr. 4:2
- 1 Chronicles 2:52 Or Manuhothites, same as Manahethites, v. 54
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 Or Ataroth of the house of Joab
1 Chronicles 2
Revised Geneva Translation
1 Chronicles 2
Revised Geneva Translation
2 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3 The sons of Judah were Er and Onan and Shelah. These three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanite. But Er, the eldest son of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD. And he killed him.
4 And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
6 Also, the sons of Zerah were Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara. There were five in all.
7 And Achar was the son of Carmi. He troubled Israel, transgressing in the secluded thing.
8 Also, the son of Ethan was Azariah.
9 And the sons of Hezron, who were born to him, were Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.
10 And Ram begat Amminadab. And Amminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah.
11 And Nahshon begat Salma. And Salma begat Boaz.
12 And Boaz begat Obed. And Obed begat Ishai.
13 And Jesse begat his eldest son, Eliab, and Abinadab (the second) and Shimea (the third),
14 Nethanel (the fourth), Raddai (the fifth),
15 Ozem (the sixth) and David (the seventh),
16 whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah were Abishai and Joab and Asahel.
17 And Abigail bore Amasa. And the father of Amasa was Jether, an Ishmaelite.
18 And Caleb, the son of Hezron, begat Jerioth of Azubah, his wife. And these were her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.
19 And after Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath to him, who bore him Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri. And Uri begat Bezalel.
21 And afterward, Hezron came to the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, and took her when he was sixty years old. And she bore him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And Geshur, with Aram, took the towns of Jair from them, as well as Kenath and its towns, sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 And after Hezron died at Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel, the eldest son of Hezron, were Ram (the eldest), then Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.
26 Also, Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram, the eldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.
28 And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail. And she bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 Also, the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. But Seled died without children.
31 And the son of Appaim was Ishi. And the son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the son of Sheshan was Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. But Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 And Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had a servant who was an Egyptian named Jarha.
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, as a wife. And she bore him Attai.
36 And Attai begat Nathan and Nathan begat Zabad.
37 And Zabad begat Ephlal. And Ephlal begat Obed.
38 And Obed begat Jehu. And Jehu begat Azariah.
39 And Azariah begat Helez. And Helez begat Eleasah.
40 And Eleasah begat Sismai. And Sismai begat Shallum.
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah. And Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 Also, the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha (his eldest son), who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam. And Rekem begat Shammai.
45 Also, the son of Shammai was Maon. And Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 And Ephah, a concubine of Caleb, bore Haran and Moza and Gazez. Haran also begat Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.
48 Caleb’s concubine, Maachah, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She also bore Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, and Sheva, the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. And Achsah was Caleb’s daughter.
50 These were the sons of Caleb. The sons of Hur, the eldest son of Ephrathah, were Shobal, the father of Kirjath Jearim,
51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph, the father of Beth Gader.
52 And Shobal, the father of Kirjath Jearim, had sons. And he was the overseer of half of Manuhoth.
53 And the families of Kirjath Jearim were the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites. From them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites,
54 the sons of Salma of Bethlehem and the Netophathites, the crowns of the House of Joab and half the Manahethites and the Zorites
55 and the families of the scribes dwelling at Jabez, the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Suchathites (who are the Kenites, who came from Hammath, the father of the House of Rechab).
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