Cush fathered Nimrod. He was the first on earth to be a mighty man.

Canaan fathered Sidon his firstborn and Heth,

These are their genealogies: the firstborn of Ishmael, Nebaioth, and Kedar, Adbeel, Mibsam,

The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah's firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death.

Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son of Mareshah: Hebron.

These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,

Descendants of David

These are the sons of David who were born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam the Jezreelite; the second, Daniel, by Abigail the Carmelite,

The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

and Penuel fathered Gedor, and Ezer fathered Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

Descendants of Reuben

The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel (for he was the firstborn, but because he defiled his father's couch, his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that he could not be enrolled as the oldest son;

the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.

The sons of Samuel: Joel his firstborn, the second Abijah.

These are their dwelling places according to their settlements within their borders: to the sons of Aaron of the clans of Kohathites, for theirs was the first lot,

A Genealogy of Saul

Benjamin fathered Bela his firstborn, Ashbel the second, Aharah the third,

His firstborn son: Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Nadab,

The sons of Eshek his brother: Ulam his firstborn, Jeush the second, and Eliphelet the third.

Now the first to dwell again in their possessions in their cities were Israel, the priests, the Levites, and the temple servants.

And of the Shilonites: Asaiah the firstborn, and his sons.

and Mattithiah, one of the Levites, the firstborn of Shallum the Korahite, was entrusted with making the flat cakes.

and his firstborn son Abdon, then Zur, Kish, Baal, Ner, Nadab,

David said, “Whoever strikes the Jebusites first shall be chief and commander.” And Joab the son of Zeruiah went up first, so he became chief.

These are the men who crossed the Jordan in the first month, when it was overflowing all its banks, and put to flight all those in the valleys, to the east and to the west.

Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.”

Then on that day David first appointed that thanksgiving be sung to the Lord by Asaph and his brothers.

The first lot fell to Jehoiarib, the second to Jedaiah,

the twenty-first to Jachin, the twenty-second to Gamul,

The first lot fell for Asaph to Joseph; the second to Gedaliah, to him and his brothers and his sons, twelve;

to the twenty-first, to Hothir, his sons and his brothers, twelve;

And Meshelemiah had sons: Zechariah the firstborn, Jediael the second, Zebadiah the third, Jathniel the fourth,

And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, Sachar the fourth, Nethanel the fifth,

And Hosah, of the sons of Merari, had sons: Shimri the chief (for though he was not the firstborn, his father made him chief),

Jashobeam the son of Zabdiel was in charge of the first division in the first month; in his division were 24,000.

He was a descendant of Perez and was chief of all the commanders. He served for the first month.

Now the acts of King David, from first to last, are written in the Chronicles of Samuel the seer, and in the Chronicles of Nathan the prophet, and in the Chronicles of Gad the seer,