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3 1 The genealogy of David, and his posterity unto the sons of Josiah.
1 These also were the sons of [a]David, which were born unto him in Hebron: the eldest Amnon of Ahinoam, the Jezreelitess: the second [b]Daniel of Abigail the Carmelitess:
2 The third Absalom the son of Maacah daughter of Talmai King of Geshur: the fourth Adonijah the son of Haggith:
3 The fifth Shephatiah of Abital, the sixth Ithream by Eglah his wife.
4 These six were born unto him in Hebron: and there he reigned seven years and six months: and in Jerusalem he reigned three and thirty years.
5 And these four were born unto him in Jerusalem, Shimea, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon of [c]Bathshua the daughter of Ammiel:
6 Ibhar also, and [d]Elishama, and Eliphelet,
7 And Nogah, and Nepheg, and Japhia,
8 And Elishama, and Eliada, and Eliphelet, nine in number.
9 These are all the sons of David, besides the sons of the concubines, and Tamar their sister.
10 ¶ And Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah, and Asa his son, and Jehoshaphat his son,
11 And Joram his son, and Ahaziah his son, and Joash his son,
12 And Amaziah his son, and Azariah his son, and Jotham his son,
13 And Ahaz his son, and Hezekiah his son, and Manasseh his son,
14 And Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
15 ¶ And of the sons of Josiah, the [e]eldest was [f]Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
16 And the sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
17 And the sons of Jeconiah, Assir and Shealtiel his son:
18 Malchiram also and Pedaiah, and Shenazzar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah.
19 And the sons of Pedaiah were [g]Zerubbabel, and Shimei: and the sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam, and Hananiah, and Shelomith their sister,
20 And Hashubah, and Ohel, and Berechiah, and Hasadiah, and Jushab-Hesed, five in number.
21 And the sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah, the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
22 And the son of Shechaniah was Shemaiah: and the sons of Shemaiah were Hattush and Igal, and Bariah, and Neariah, and Shaphat, [h]six.
23 And the sons of Neariah were Elioenai, and Hezekiah, and Azrikam, three.
24 And the sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, and Eliashib, and Pelaiah, and Akkub, and Johanan, and Delaiah, and Anani, seven.
4 1 The genealogy of the sons of Judah. 5 Of Asher, 9 Of Jabez and his prayer, 11 Of Chelub, 24 And Simeon: their habitations. 38 And conquests.
1 The [i]sons of Judah were (A)Perez, Hezron, and Carmi, and Hur, and Shobal.
2 And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath, and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad: these are the families of the Zorathites.
3 And these were of the father of Etam, Jezreel, and Ishma and Idbash: and the name of their sister was Hazelelponi.
4 And Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah: these are the sons of Hur the [j]eldest son of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.
5 But Ashhur the father of Tekoa had two wives, Helah, and Naarah.
6 And Naarah bare him Ahuzzam, and Hepher, and Temeni and Haahashtari: these were the sons of Naarah.
7 And the sons of Helah were Zereth, Zohar and Ethnan.
8 Also Koz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families of Aharhel the son of Harum.
9 But Jabez was more honorable than his brethren: and his mother called his name [k]Jabez, saying, Because I bare him in sorrow.
10 And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, If thou wilt bless me in deed, and enlarge my coasts, and [l]if thine hand be with me, and thou wilt cause me to be delivered from evil, that I be not hurt. And God granted the thing that he asked.
11 ¶ And Chelub the brother of Shuhah begat Mehir, which was the father of Eshton.
12 And Eshton begat Beth-Rapha, and Paseah, and Tehinnah the father of the city of Ir-Nahash: these are the men of Rechah.
13 ¶ And the sons of Kenaz were Othniel, and Seraiah, and the son of Othniel, Hathath.
14 And Meonothai begat Ophrah. And Seraiah begat Joab the [m]father of the valley of craftsmen: for they were craftsmen.
15 ¶ And the sons of Caleb the son of [n]Jephunneh were Iru, Elah, and Naam. And the son of Elah was Kenaz.
16 And the sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, and Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel.
17 And the sons of Ezrah were Jether and Mered, and Epher, and Jalon, and he begat Miriam, and Shammai, and Ishbah the father of Eshtemoa.
18 Also his [o]wife Jehudijah bare Jered the father of Gedor, and Heber the father of Sochoh, and Jekuthiel the father of Zanoah: and these are the sons of Bithiah the daughter of Pharaoh [p]which Mered took.
19 And the sons of the wife of Hodiah, the sister of Naham the father of Keilah were the Garmites, and Eshtemoa the Maachathite.
20 And the sons of Shimon were Amnon and Rinnah, Ben-Hanan and Tilon. And the sons of Ishi were Zoheth, and Ben-Zoheth.
21 ¶ (B)The sons of Shelah, the son of Judah were Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families of the households of them that wrought fine linen in the house of Ashbea.
22 And Jokim, and the men of Chozeba and Joash, and Saraph, which had the dominion in Moab, and [q]Jashubi-Lehem. These also are ancient things.
23 These were porters, and dwelt among plants and hedges: [r]there they dwelt with the king for his work.
24 ¶ (C)The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, and Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, and [s]Shaul.
25 Whose son was Shallum, and his son Mibsam, and his son Mishma.
26 And the sons of Mishma, Hamuel was his son, Zacchur his son, and Shimei his son.
27 And Shimei had sixteen sons, and six daughters, but his brethren had not many children, neither was all their family like to the children of Judah in multitude.
28 And they dwelt at [t]Beersheba, and at Moladah, and at Hazar Shual,
29 And at Bilhah, and at Ezem, and at Tolad,
30 And at Bethuel, and at Hormah, and at Ziklag,
31 And at Beth Marcaboth, and at Hazar Susim, at Beth Biri, and at Shaaraim: these were their cities unto the reign of [u]David.
32 And their towns were Etam, and Ain, Rimmon, and Tochen, and Ashan, five cities.
33 And all their towns that were round about these cities unto Baal, these are their habitations and the declaration of their genealogy,
34 And Meshobab, and Jamlech, and Joshah the son of Amaziah,
35 And Joel and Jehu the son of Joshibiah, the son of Seraiah, the son of Asiel,
36 And Elioenai, and Jaakobah, and Jeshohaiah, and Asaiah, and Adiel, and Jesimiel, and Benaiah,
37 And Ziza the son of Shiphi, the son of Allon, the son of Jedaiah, the son of Shimri, the son of Shemaiah.
38 These were famous Princes in their families, and increased greatly their father’s houses.
39 And they [v]went to the entering in of Gedor, even unto the East side of the valley, to seek pasture for their sheep.
40 And they found fat pasture and good, and a wide land both quiet and fruitful: for they of Ham had dwelt there before.
41 And these described by name, came in the days of Hezekiah king of Judah, and smote their tents, and the inhabitants that were found there, and destroyed them utterly unto this day, and dwelt in their room, because there was pasture there for their sheep.
42 And besides these, five hundred men of the sons of Simeon went to mount Seir, and Pelatiah, and Neariah, and Rephaiah, and Uzziel the sons of Ishi were their captains.
43 And they smote the rest of Amalek that had [w]escaped, and they dwelt there unto this day.
5 1 The birthright taken from Reuben and given to the sons of Joseph. 3 The genealogy of Reuben, 11 and Gad, 23 and of the half tribe of Manasseh.
1 The sons also of Reuben the eldest son of Israel (for he was the eldest, (D)but had defiled his father’s bed, therefore his birthright was given unto the [x]sons of Joseph the son of Israel, so that the genealogy is not reckoned after his birthright.
2 For Judah prevailed above his brethren, and of him came [y]the prince, but the birthright was Joseph’s)
3 (E)The sons of Reuben the eldest son of Israel, were Hanoch and Pallu, Hezron and Carmi.
4 The sons of Joel, Shemaiah his son, Gog his son, and Shimei his son,
5 Micah his son, Reaiah his son, and Baal his son,
6 Beerah his son: whom Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria [z]carried away, he was a prince of the Reubenites.
7 And when his brethren in their families reckoned the genealogy of their generations, Jeiel and Zechariah were the chief,
8 And Bela the son of Azaz, the son of Shema, the son of Joel, which dwelt in [aa]Aroer even unto Nebo and Baal Meon.
9 Also Eastward he inhabited unto the entering in of the wilderness from the river [ab]Perath: for they had much cattle in the land of Gilead.
10 And in the days of Saul they warred with the [ac]Hagrites, which fell by their hands: and they dwelt in their tents in all the East parts of Gilead.
11 ¶ And the children of Gad dwelt over against them in the land of Bashan, unto Salcah.
12 Joel was the chiefest, and Shapham the second, but Jaanai and Shaphat were in Bashan.
13 And their brethren of the house of their fathers were Michael, and Meshullam, and Sheba, and Jorai, and Jachan, and Zia and Eber, seven.
14 These are the children of Abihail, the son of Huri, the son of Jaroah, the son of Gilead, the son of Michael, the son of Jeshishai, the son of Jahdo, the son of Buz.
15 Ahi the son of Abdiel, the son of Guni was chief of the household of their fathers.
16 And they dwelt in Gilead in [ad]Bashan, and in the towns thereof, and in all the suburbs of Sharon by their borders.
17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham King of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
18 ¶ The sons of Reuben and of Gad, and of half the tribe of Manasseh of those that were valiant men, able to bear shield and sword, and to draw a bow exercised in war, were four and forty thousand, seven hundred and threescore, that went out to the war.
19 And they made war with the Hagrites, with [ae]Jetur, and Naphish, and Nodab.
20 And they were [af]helped against them, and the Hagrites were delivered into their hand, and all that were with them: for they cried to God in the battle, and he heard them, because they trusted in him.
21 And they led away their cattle, even their camels fifty thousand, and two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and of [ag]persons an hundred thousand.
22 For many fell down wounded, because the war was of God. And they dwelt in their steads until the [ah]captivity.
23 And the children of the half tribe of Manasseh dwelt in the land, from Bashan unto [ai]Baal Hermon, and Senir, and unto mount Hermon: for they increased.
24 And these were the heads of the households of their fathers, even Epher and Ishi, and Eliel and Azriel, and Jeremiah, and Hodaviah, and Jahdiel, strong men, valiant and famous, heads of the households of their fathers.
25 But they transgressed against the God of their fathers, and went a whoring after the gods of the people of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.
26 And the God of Israel [aj]stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, and the spirit of Tiglath-Pileser king of Assyria, and he carried them away: even the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh, and brought them unto (F)Halah and Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, unto this day.
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