Chronological

Chapter 3

^1 [a](A)These were the sons of David born to him in Hebron: the firstborn, Amnon, by Ahinoam of Jezreel; the second, Daniel,^[b] by Abigail of Carmel; ² the third, Absalom, son of Maacah, who was the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur; the fourth, Adonijah, son of Haggith; ³ the fifth, Shephatiah, by Abital; the sixth, Ithream, by his wife Eglah. ⁴ Six in all were born to him in Hebron, where he reigned seven years and six months. Then he reigned thirty-three years in Jerusalem.^{(B) 5 (C)}In Jerusalem the following were born to him: Shimea,^[c] Shobab, Nathan, Solomon—four by Bathsheba, the daughter of Ammiel;^{(D) 6} Ibhar, Elishua, Eliphelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nepheg, Japhia, ⁸ Elishama, Eliada, and Eliphelet—nine. ⁹ All these were sons of David, in addition to other sons by concubines; and Tamar was their sister.^(E)

^10 [d](F)The son of Solomon was Rehoboam, whose son was Abijah, whose son was Asa, whose son was Jehoshaphat,^{(G) 11} whose son was Joram, whose son was Ahaziah, whose son was Joash,^{(H) 12} whose son was Amaziah, whose son was Azariah, whose son was Jotham,^{(I) 13} whose son was Ahaz, whose son was Hezekiah, whose son was Manasseh,^{(J) 14} whose son was Amon, whose son was Josiah.^{(K) 15} The sons of Josiah were: the firstborn Johanan; the second, Jehoiakim; the third, Zedekiah; the fourth, Shallum.^{[e](L) 16} The sons of Jehoiakim were: Jeconiah, his son; Zedekiah, his son.^(M)

¹⁷ The sons of Jeconiah^[f] the captive were: Shealtiel,^{(N) 18} Malchiram, Pedaiah, Shenazzar,^[g] Jekamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah. ¹⁹ The sons of Pedaiah were Zerubbabel^[h] and Shimei. The sons of Zerubbabel were Meshullam and Hananiah; Shelomith was their sister. ²⁰ The sons of Meshullam were Hashubah, Ohel, Berechiah, Hasadiah, Jushabhesed—five. ²¹ The sons of Hananiah were Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, Rephaiah, Arnan, Obadiah, and Shecaniah. ²² The sons of Shecaniah were Shemaiah, Hattush, Igal, Bariah, Neariah, Shaphat—six.^{(O) 23} The sons of Neariah were Elioenai, Hizkiah, and Azrikam—three. ²⁴ The sons of Elioenai were Hodaviah, Eliashib, Pelaiah, Akkub, Johanan, Delaiah, and Anani—seven.

Chapter 4

^1 [i]The sons of Judah were: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.^{(P) 2} Reaiah, the son of Shobal, became the father of Jahath, and Jahath became the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

³ These were the sons of Hareph, the father of Etam: Jezreel, Ishma, and Idbash; their sister was named Hazzelelponi. ⁴ Penuel was the father of Gedor, and Ezer the father of Hushah. These were the sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, the father of Bethlehem.

⁵ Ashhur, the father of Tekoa, had two wives, Helah and Naarah.^{(Q) 6} Naarah bore him Ahuzzam, Hepher, the Temenites, and the Ahashtarites. These were the sons of Naarah. ⁷ The sons of Helah were Zereth, Izhar, Ethnan, and Koz. ⁸ Koz became the father of Anub and Zobebah, as well as of the clans of Aharhel, son of Harum. ⁹ Jabez was the most distinguished of his brothers. His mother had named him Jabez, saying, “I bore him with pain.” ¹⁰ Jabez prayed to the God of Israel: “Oh, that you may truly bless me and extend my boundaries! May your hand be with me and make me free of misfortune, without pain!” And God granted his prayer.

¹¹ Chelub, the brother of Shuhah, became the father of Mehir, who was the father of Eshton. ¹² Eshton became the father of Bethrapha, Paseah, and Tehinnah, the father of the city of Nahash. These were the men of Recah.

¹³ The sons of Kenaz were Othniel and Seraiah. The sons of Othniel were Hathath and Meonothai;^{(R) 14} Meonothai became the father of Ophrah. Seraiah became the father of Joab, the father of Geharashim, so called because they were artisans. ¹⁵ The sons of Caleb, son of Jephunneh, were Ir, Elah, and Naam. The sons of Elah: Kenaz.^{(S) 16} The sons of Jehallelel were Ziph, Ziphah, Tiria, and Asarel. ¹⁷ The sons of Ezrah were Jether, Mered, Epher, and Jalon. Jether became the father of Miriam, Shammai, and Ishbah, the father of Eshtemoa.^{(T) 18} Mered’s Egyptian wife bore Jered, the father of Gedor, Heber, the father of Soco, and Jekuthiel, the father of Zanoah. These were the sons of Bithiah, the daughter of Pharaoh, whom Mered married. ¹⁹ The sons of his Jewish wife, the sister of Naham, the father of Keilah, were Shimon the Garmite and Ishi the Maacathite. ²⁰ The sons of Shimon were Amnon, Rinnah, Benhanan, and Tilon. The son of Ishi was Zoheth and the son of Zoheth….

²¹ The sons of Shelah, son of Judah, were: Er, the father of Lecah; Laadah, the father of Mareshah; the clans of the linen weavers’ guild in Bethashbea;^{(U) 22} Jokim; the people of Cozeba; and Joash and Saraph, who held property in Moab, but returned to Bethlehem. (These are events of old.) ²³ They were potters and inhabitants of Netaim and Gederah, where they lived in the king’s service.

Simeon. ²⁴ The sons of Simeon were Nemuel, Jamin, Jachin, Zerah, and Shaul,^{(V) 25} whose son was Shallum, whose son was Mibsam, whose son was Mishma. ²⁶ The sons of Mishma were his son Hammuel, whose son was Zaccur, whose son was Shimei. ²⁷ Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters. His brothers, however, did not have many sons, and as a result all their clans did not equal the number of the Judahites.

²⁸ They dwelt in Beer-sheba, Moladah, Hazar-shual, ²⁹ Bilhah, Ezem, Tolad, ³⁰ Bethuel, Hormah, Ziklag, ³¹ Beth-marcaboth, Hazar-susim, Bethbiri, and Shaaraim. Until the reign of David, these were their cities ³² and their villages. Etam, also, and Ain, Rimmon, Tochen, and Ashan—five cities,^{(W) 33} together with all their outlying villages as far as Baal. Here is where they dwelt, and so it was inscribed of them in their family records.

³⁴ Meshobab, Jamlech, Joshah, son of Amaziah, ³⁵ Joel, Jehu, son of Joshibiah, son of Seraiah, son of Asiel, ³⁶ Elioenai, Jaakobah, Jeshohaiah, Asaiah, Adiel, Jesimiel, Benaiah, ³⁷ Ziza, son of Shiphi, son of Allon, son of Jedaiah, son of Shimri, son of Shemaiah— ³⁸ these just named were princes in their clans, and their ancestral houses spread out to such an extent^{(X) 39} that they went to the approaches of Gedor,^[j] east of the valley, seeking pasture for their flocks. ⁴⁰ They found abundant and good pastures, and the land was spacious, quiet, and peaceful—for the Hamites dwelt there formerly. ⁴¹ They who have just been listed by name set out during the reign of Hezekiah, king of Judah, and attacked their tents and also the Meunites who were there. They put them under the ban that is still in force to this day and dwelt in their place because they found pasture there for their flocks.^(Y)

⁴² Five hundred of them (the Simeonites) went to Mount Seir, with Pelatiah, Neariah, Rephaiah, and Uzziel, sons of Ishi, at their head. ⁴³ They attacked the surviving Amalekites who had escaped, and have lived there to the present day.^(Z)

Chapter 5

Reuben. ^1 [k]The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel. (He was indeed the firstborn, but because he defiled the couch of his father his birthright was given to the sons of Joseph, son of Israel, so that he is not listed in the family records according to his birthright.^{(AA) 2} Judah, in fact, became powerful among his brothers, so that the ruler came from him, though the birthright had been Joseph’s.)^{(AB) 3} The sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel, were Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.^{(AC) 4} His son was Joel, whose son was Shemaiah, whose son was Gog, whose son was Shimei, ⁵ whose son was Micah, whose son was Reaiah, whose son was Baal, ⁶ whose son was Beerah, whom Tilgath-pileser, the king of Assyria, took into exile; he was a prince of the Reubenites.^{(AD) 7} His brothers who belonged to his clans, when they were listed in the family records according to their descendants, were: Jeiel, the chief, and Zechariah, ⁸ and Bela, son of Azaz, son of Shema, son of Joel. The Reubenites lived in Aroer and as far as Nebo and Baal-meon;^{(AE) 9} toward the east they dwelt as far as the wilderness which extends from the Euphrates River, for they had much livestock in the land of Gilead.^{(AF) 10} In Saul’s time they waged war with the Hagrites, and when they had defeated them they dwelt in their tents throughout the region east of Gilead.^(AG)

Gad. ¹¹ The Gadites lived alongside them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah.^{(AH) 12} Joel was chief, Shapham was second in command, and Janai was judge in Bashan.^{(AI) 13} Their brothers, according to their ancestral houses, were: Michael, Meshullam, Sheba, Jorai, Jacan, Zia, and Eber—seven. ¹⁴ These were the sons of Abihail, son of Huri, son of Jaroah, son of Gilead, son of Michael, son of Jeshishai, son of Jahdo, son of Buz. ¹⁵ Ahi, son of Abdiel, son of Guni, was the head of their ancestral houses. ¹⁶ They dwelt in Gilead, in Bashan and its towns, and in all the pasture lands of Sirion to the borders. ¹⁷ All were listed in the family records in the time of Jotham, king of Judah, and of Jeroboam, king of Israel.

¹⁸ The Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh were warriors, men who bore shield and sword and who drew the bow, trained in warfare—forty-four thousand seven hundred and sixty men fit for military service. ¹⁹ When they waged war against the Hagrites and against Jetur, Naphish, and Nodab,^{(AJ) 20} they received help so that the Hagrites and all who were with them were delivered into their power. For during the battle they cried out to God, and he heard them because they had put their trust in him.^{(AK) 21} Along with one hundred thousand persons they also captured their livestock: fifty thousand camels, two hundred fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand donkeys. ²² Many were slain and fell; for “From God the victory.” They dwelt in their place until the time of the exile.^(AL)

The Half-tribe of Manasseh. ²³ The half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land of Bashan as far as Baal-hermon, Senir, and Mount Hermon; they were numerous. ²⁴ The following were the heads of their ancestral houses: Epher, Ishi, Eliel, Azriel, Jeremiah, Hodaviah, and Jahdiel—men who were warriors, famous men, and heads over their ancestral houses.

²⁵ However, they acted treacherously toward the God of their ancestors by prostituting themselves to follow the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them.^{(AM) 26} Therefore the God of Israel stirred up against them the anger of Pul,^[l] king of Assyria, and the anger of Tilgath-pilneser [sic], king of Assyria, who deported the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh and brought them to Halah, Habor, and Hara, and to the river Gozan, where they have remained to this day.^(AN)

Levi.^{[m] 27} The sons of Levi were Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.^{(AO) 28} The sons of Kohath were Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel.^{(AP) 29} The children of Amram were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam. The sons of Aaron were Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.^{(AQ) 30 [n]}Eleazar became the father of Phinehas. Phinehas became the father of Abishua. ³¹ Abishua became the father of Bukki. Bukki became the father of Uzzi. ³² Uzzi became the father of Zerahiah. Zerahiah became the father of Meraioth. ³³ Meraioth became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub. ³⁴ Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Ahimaaz. ³⁵ Ahimaaz became the father of Azariah. Azariah became the father of Johanan. ³⁶ Johanan became the father of Azariah, who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem. ³⁷ Azariah became the father of Amariah. Amariah became the father of Ahitub. ³⁸ Ahitub became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Shallum. ³⁹ Shallum became the father of Hilkiah. Hilkiah became the father of Azariah. ⁴⁰ Azariah became the father of Seraiah. Seraiah became the father of Jehozadak. ⁴¹ Jehozadak was one of those who went into the exile which the Lord inflicted on Judah and Jerusalem through Nebuchadnezzar.