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(A)The sons of Judah were Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of [a]Yahweh, so He put him to death.
(B)Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.
Judah had five sons in all.
The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
The sons of Zerah were [b]Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and [c]Dara;
five of them in all.
The [d]son of Carmi was [e](C)Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated what was devoted to destruction.
The [f]son of Ethan was Azariah.
Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 2:3 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
  2. 1 Chronicles 2:6 In Josh 7:1, Zabdi
  3. 1 Chronicles 2:6 In 1 Kin 4:31, Darda
  4. 1 Chronicles 2:7 Lit sons
  5. 1 Chronicles 2:7 In Josh 7:18, Achan
  6. 1 Chronicles 2:8 Lit sons

Descendants of Judah

Judah had three sons from Bathshua, a Canaanite woman. Their names were Er, Onan, and Shelah. But the Lord saw that the oldest son, Er, was a wicked man, so he killed him. Later Judah had twin sons from Tamar, his widowed daughter-in-law. Their names were Perez and Zerah. So Judah had five sons in all.

The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.

The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda[a]—five in all.

The son of Carmi (a descendant of Zimri) was Achan,[b] who brought disaster on Israel by taking plunder that had been set apart for the Lord.[c]

The son of Ethan was Azariah.

From Judah’s Grandson Hezron to David

The sons of Hezron were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2:6 As in many Hebrew manuscripts, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 1 Kgs 4:31); Hebrew reads Dara.
  2. 2:7a Hebrew Achar; compare Josh 7:1. Achar means “disaster.”
  3. 2:7b The Hebrew term used here refers to the complete consecration of things or people to the Lord, either by destroying them or by giving them as an offering.
  4. 2:9 Hebrew Kelubai, a variant spelling of Caleb; compare 2:18.