1 Chronicles 2
Evangelical Heritage Version
The Descendants of Israel
2 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
The Descendants of Judah
3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Those three were born to him by Shua’s daughter,[a] a Canaanite woman. Er, who was Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the Lord, so he killed him. 4 Tamar, Judah’s daughter-in-law, gave birth to Perez and Zerah for him. Judah had a total of five sons.
The Clans of Judah
5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol, and Dara,[b] five
of them in all.
7 The son of Carmi was Achar,[c] the troubler of Israel, who was unfaithful when he stole things that had been devoted to destruction.
8 The son of Ethan was Azariah.
Clans Descended From Hezron, Son of Perez
The Clan of Ram, Ancestor of David
10 Ram[f] became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, the tribal leader of the people of Judah. 11 Nahshon became the father of Salma,[g] and Salma became the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse.[h]
13 Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab his second, Shimea his third, 14 Nethanel his fourth, Raddai his fifth, 15 Ozem his sixth, and David his seventh. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The three sons of Zeruiah were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel. 17 Abigail gave birth to Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.[i]
The Clan of Caleb, Son of Hezron
18 Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, also known as Jerioth.[j] These were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19 Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath,[k] who gave birth to Hur for him. 20 Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
Other Descendants of Hezron
21 Afterward, Hezron went to the daughter of Makir, the father of Gilead, whom he took when he was sixty years old, and she gave birth to Segub for him. 22 Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities[l] in the land of Gilead. 23 Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them, along with Kenath and its villages,[m] sixty cities in all. All these were the sons of Makir, the father of Gilead.
24 After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, gave birth to Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.[n]
The Clan Descended From Jerahme’el
25 The sons of Jerahme’el, the firstborn son of Hezron, were Ram his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26 Jerahme’el had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahme’el, were Ma’az, Jamin, and Eker.
28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada.
The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
29 The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she gave birth to Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, but Seled died without children.
31 The son of Appaim was Ishi.
The son of Ishi was Sheshan.
The son of Sheshan was Ahlai.[o]
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 descendants of Jerahme’el.
A Side Line of Judah
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters.[p] Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife, and she gave birth to Attai for him. 36 Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, 37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed, 38 and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah, 39 and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah, 40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, 41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
Other Clans From Caleb
42 The sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahme’el, were his firstborn son Mesha, who was the father of Ziph, and his son Mareshah,[q] the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
44 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam.
Rekem became the father of Shammai.
45 The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, gave birth to Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran became the father of Gazez.
47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Sha’aph.
48 Ma’akah, Caleb’s concubine, gave birth to Sheber and Tirhanah.
49 She also gave birth to Sha’aph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Makbenah and the father of Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Aksah.[r]
The Towns of Caleb’s Clans
50 These were the descendants of Caleb, who were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim,
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem,
and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.
52 Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim, had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.[s] 53 The families of Kiriath Jearim were the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of Salma were Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the Manahathites, and the Zorathites.[t]
55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the
Shimeathites, and the Sukathites. These are the Kenites who came
from Hammath, the father of the house of Rekab.
Footnotes
- 1 Chronicles 2:3 Or Bathshua
- 1 Chronicles 2:6 Variant Darda
- 1 Chronicles 2:7 Achar, which means troubler, is a derogatory name for Achan, who stole from the goods of Jericho that had been devoted to destruction (Joshua 7). A few Hebrew manuscripts read Achan.
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 This Celubai seems to be the same person as Caleb in verse 18.
- 1 Chronicles 2:9 The Greek text adds the name Aram at the end of the verse.
- 1 Chronicles 2:10 Variant Aram. See Ruth 4:19, which includes both readings, and the Greek of Matthew 1:3-4, which reads Aram. The identity of Ram and Aram in these texts is uncertain. It is uncertain whether these are two names for one person or two different people.
- 1 Chronicles 2:11 Variant Salmon
- 1 Chronicles 2:12 There appear to be gaps in this genealogy. See the parallel list in Ruth 4.
- 1 Chronicles 2:17 Variant the Israelite here and in 2 Samuel 17:25
- 1 Chronicles 2:18 The Hebrew text reads and Jerioth. Since only one woman is mentioned in the next sentence, the word and here seems to be explanatory, producing the meaning also called Jerioth. The text is difficult, and translations vary greatly. By alternate arrangements of the text, Jerioth is understood as the name of the first son or of a second wife.
- 1 Chronicles 2:19 The genealogies of Caleb son of Hezron (not to be confused with Joshua’s companion Caleb) are very confusing, probably because his life was a tangle of wives and concubines. See verses 21-24, 42-47.
- 1 Chronicles 2:22 The Hebrew word ‘ir, usually translated cities, includes settlements smaller than what would typically be called cities today.
- 1 Chronicles 2:23 Literally its daughters
- 1 Chronicles 2:24 This difficult text has also been translated: After Hezron’s death, Caleb had sexual relations with Ephrath, his father Hezron’s wife (v 19), and she bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa, but this translation requires some emendation of the text.
- 1 Chronicles 2:31 However, see verse 34.
- 1 Chronicles 2:34 It has been suggested that verse 34 is an explanatory footnote to verse 31, and that the “son,” Ahlai, who is named in verse 31, is in fact a daughter through whom the family line was carried on.
- 1 Chronicles 2:42 Alternate reading of the Hebrew. The main Hebrew text reads and the sons of Mareshah. Ziph and Hebron are the names of cities.
- 1 Chronicles 2:49 Apparently this is not the same person as the Aksah who was the daughter of the later Caleb, the companion of Joshua.
- 1 Chronicles 2:52 Menuhoth is a literal translation. The ending -oth is usually a feminine plural. This may refer to the same group that is called Manahathites in verse 54.
- 1 Chronicles 2:54 Here a man’s “sons” are cities and towns inhabited by his descendants.
1 Chronicles 2
King James Version
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; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord; and he slew him.
4 And Tamar his daughter in law bore him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6 And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7 And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed.
8 And the sons of Ethan; Azariah.
9 The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; 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 Jesse,
13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimma the third,
14 Nethaneel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah, and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah; Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three.
17 And Abigail bare Amasa: and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite.
18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19 And when Azubah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20 And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezaleel.
21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
22 And Segub begat Jair, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead.
23 And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Jair, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead.
24 And after that Hezron was dead in Calebephratah, then Abiah Hezron's wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa.
25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had also another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
27 And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were, Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker.
28 And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada. And the sons of Shammai; Nadab and Abishur.
29 And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
30 And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Appaim: but Seled died without children.
31 And the sons of Appaim; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ahlai.
32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
33 And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare 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 Sisamai, and Sisamai begat Shallum,
41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begat Elishama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron.
43 And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema.
44 And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jorkoam: and Rekem begat Shammai.
45 And the son of Shammai was Maon: and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
46 And Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
47 And the sons of Jahdai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph.
48 Maachah, Caleb's concubine, bare Sheber, and Tirhanah.
49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratah; Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim.
51 Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Bethgader.
52 And Shobal the father of Kirjathjearim had sons; Haroeh, and half of the Manahethites.
53 And the families of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites,
54 The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, Ataroth, the house of Joab, and half of the Manahethites, the Zorites.
55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.
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