1 Chronicles 3:1-4:23

New King James Version

The Family of David^(A)

3 Now these were the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: The firstborn was ^(B)Amnon, by ^(C)Ahinoam the ^(D)Jezreelitess; the second, ^[a]Daniel, by ^(E)Abigail the Carmelitess; ² the third, ^(F)Absalom the son of Maacah, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, ^(G)Adonijah the son of Haggith; ³ the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife ^(H)Eglah.

⁴ These six were born to him in Hebron. ^(I)There he reigned seven years and six months, and ^(J)in Jerusalem he reigned thirty-three years. ^5 (K)And these were born to him in Jerusalem: ^[b]Shimea, Shobab, Nathan, and ^(L)Solomon—four by ^[c]Bathshua the daughter of ^[d]Ammiel. ⁶ Also there were Ibhar, ^[e]Elishama, ^[f]Eliphelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, ^[g]Eliada, and Eliphelet—^(M)nine in all. ⁹ These were all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and ^(N)Tamar their sister.

The Family of Solomon^(O)

¹⁰ Solomon’s son was ^(P)Rehoboam; ^[h]Abijah was his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son, ^11 [i]Joram his son, ^[j]Ahaziah his son, ^[k]Joash his son, ¹² Amaziah his son, ^[l]Azariah his son, Jotham his son, ¹³ Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son, ¹⁴ Amon his son, and Josiah his son. ¹⁵ The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second ^[m]Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth ^[n]Shallum. ¹⁶ The sons of ^(Q)Jehoiakim were ^[o]Jeconiah his son and ^[p]Zedekiah his son.

The Family of Jeconiah

¹⁷ And the sons of ^[q]Jeconiah ^[r]were Assir, Shealtiel ^(R)his son, ¹⁸ and Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹ The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, Hananiah, Shelomith their sister, ²⁰ and Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed—five in all.

²¹ The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, and the sons of Shechaniah. ²² The son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah. The sons of Shemaiah were ^(S)Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, and Shaphat—six in all. ²³ The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hezekiah, and Azrikam—three in all. ²⁴ The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven in all.

The Family of Judah

4 The sons of Judah were ^(T)Perez, Hezron, ^[s]Carmi, Hur, and Shobal. ² And ^[t]Reaiah the son of Shobal begot Jahath, and Jahath begot Ahumai and Lahad. These were the families of the Zorathites. ³ These were the sons of the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi; ⁴ and Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer was the father of Hushah.

These were the sons of ^(U)Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah the father of Bethlehem.

⁵ And ^(V)Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah and Naarah. ⁶ Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, Temeni, and Haahashtari. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷ The sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar, and Ethnan; ⁸ and Koz begot Anub, Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.

⁹ Now Jabez was ^(W)more honorable than his brothers, and his mother called his name ^[u]Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” ¹⁰ And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, “Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my ^[v]territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!” So God granted him what he requested.

¹¹ Chelub the brother of ^(X)Shuhah begot Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹² And Eshton begot Beth-Rapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of ^[w]Ir-Nahash. These were the men of Rechah.

¹³ The sons of Kenaz were ^(Y)Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were ^[x]Hathath, ¹⁴ and Meonothai who begot Ophrah. Seraiah begot Joab the father of ^(Z)Ge Harashim,^[y] for they were craftsmen. ¹⁵ The sons of ^(AA)Caleb the son of Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. The son of Elah was ^[z]Kenaz. ¹⁶ The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷ The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. And ^[aa]Mered’s wife bore Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa. ¹⁸ (^[ab]His wife Jehudijah bore Jered the father of Gedor, Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah.) And these were the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered took.

¹⁹ The sons of Hodiah’s wife, the sister of Naham, were the fathers of Keilah the Garmite and of Eshtemoa the ^(AB)Maachathite. ²⁰ And the sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Ben-Hanan, and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth and Ben-Zoheth.

²¹ The sons of ^(AC)Shelah ^(AD)the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the house of the linen workers of the house of Ashbea; ²² also Jokim, the men of Chozeba, and Joash; Saraph, who ruled in Moab, and Jashubi-Lehem. Now the ^[ac]records are ancient. ²³ These were the potters and those who dwell at ^[ad]Netaim and ^[ae]Gederah; there they dwelt with the king for his work.