Other Descendants of Hezron

¹⁸ Hezron’s son Caleb had sons from his wife Azubah and from Jerioth.^[a] Her sons were named Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ After Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrathah,^[b] and they had a son named Hur. ²⁰ Hur was the father of Uri. Uri was the father of Bezalel.

²¹ When Hezron was sixty years old, he married Gilead’s sister, the daughter of Makir. They had a son named Segub. ²² Segub was the father of Jair, who ruled twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead. ²³ (But Geshur and Aram captured the Towns of Jair^[c] and also took Kenath and its sixty surrounding villages.) All these were descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.

²⁴ Soon after Hezron died in the town of Caleb-ephrathah, his wife Abijah gave birth to a son named Ashhur (the father of^[d] Tekoa).