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¹⁸ Kalev the son of Hetzron fathered sons with ‘Azuvah his wife (and with Yeri‘ot); these were her sons: Yesher, Shovav and Ardon. ¹⁹ After ‘Azuvah died, Kalev married Efrat, who bore him Hur. ²⁰ Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered B’tzal’el. ²¹ Afterwards, Hetzron had sexual relations with the daughter of Machir the father of Gil‘ad; he married her when he was sixty years old, and she bore him S’guv. ²² S’guv fathered Ya’ir, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gil‘ad. ²³ (But G’shur and Aram took Havot-Ya’ir away from them, along with K’nat and its villages — sixty cities.) All these were descendants of Machir the father of Gil‘ad.

²⁴ After Hetzron died in Kalev-Efratah, Aviyah Hetzron’s wife bore him Ash’chur the father of T’koa.

²⁵ The sons of Yerachme’el Hetzron’s firstborn: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Otzem and Achiyah. ²⁶ Yerachme’el had another wife, whose name was ‘Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. ²⁷ The sons of Ram the firstborn son of Yerachme’el: Ma‘atz, Yamin and ‘Eker. ²⁸ The sons of Onam: Shamai and Yada. The sons of Shamai: Nadav and Avishur. ²⁹ Avishur’s wife was named Avichayil, and she bore him Achban and Molid. ³⁰ The sons of Nadav: Seled and Apayim. Seled died without having any children. ³¹ The son of Apayim: Yish‘i. The son of Yish‘i: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Achlai. ³² The sons of Yada the brother of Shamai: Yeter and Yonatan. Yeter died without having any children. ³³ The sons of Yonatan: Pelet and Zaza. These were the descendants of Yerachme’el.

³⁴ Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Yarcha; ³⁵ Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Yarcha his servant, and she bore him ‘Atai. ³⁶ ‘Atai fathered Natan, Natan fathered Zavad, ³⁷ Zavad fathered Eflal, Eflal fathered ‘Oved, ³⁸ ‘Oved fathered Yehu, Yehu fathered ‘Azaryah, ³⁹ ‘Azaryah fathered Heletz, Heletz fathered El‘asah, ⁴⁰ El‘asah fathered Sismai, Sismai fathered Shalum, ⁴¹ Shalum fathered Y’kamyah and Y’kamyah fathered Elishama.

⁴² The sons of Kalev the brother of Yerachme’el: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Zif; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hevron. ⁴³ The sons of Hevron: Korach, Tapuach, Rekem and Shema. ⁴⁴ Shema fathered Racham the father of Yorke‘am, and Rekem fathered Shamai. ⁴⁵ The son of Shamai was Ma‘on, and Ma‘on was the father of Beit-Tzur. ⁴⁶ ‘Eifah, Kalev’s concubine, bore Haran, Motza and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez. ⁴⁷ The sons of Yahdai: Regem, Yotam, Geshan, Pelet, ‘Eifah and Sha‘af. ⁴⁸ Ma‘akhah, Kalev’s concubine, bore Shever and Tirchanah. ⁴⁹ [The wife of] Sha‘af the father of Madmanah bore Sh’va the father of Machbenah and the father of Giv‘a. The daughter of Kalev was ‘Akhsah. ⁵⁰ These were the descendants of Kalev.

The sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah: Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye‘arim, ⁵¹ Salma the father of Beit-Lechem and Haref the father of Beit-Gader. ⁵² Shoval the father of Kiryat-Ye‘arim had sons: HaRo’eh and half of the [inhabitants of] M’nuchot. ⁵³ The families of Kiryat-Ye‘arim: the Yitri, the Puti, the Shumati and the Mishra‘i; from them came the Tzor‘ati and the Eshta’uli. ⁵⁴ The sons of Salma: Beit-Lechem, the N’tofati, ‘Atrot-Beit-Yo’av, half of the Manachati, the Tzor‘i, ⁵⁵ the families of scribes that lived in Ya‘betz, the Tir‘atim, the Shim‘atim and the Sukhatim. These are the Kinim, who came from Hamat, father of the house of Rekhav.

3 These were the sons born to David in Hevron: the firstborn was Amnon, whose mother was Achino‘am from Yizre‘el; the second, Dani’el, whose mother was Avigayil from Karmel; ² the third, Avshalom, the son of Ma‘akhah the daughter of Talmai king of G’shur; the fourth, Adoniyah the son of Haggit; ³ the fifth, Sh’fatyah, whose mother was Avital; and the sixth, Yitre‘am, whose mother was his wife ‘Eglah. ⁴ Six were born to David in Hevron. He ruled there seven years and six months; then he ruled in Yerushalayim thirty-three years.

⁵ These were born to him in Yerushalayim: Shim‘a, Shovav, Natan, Shlomo, four whose mother was Bat-Shua the daughter of ‘Ammi’el; ⁶ and nine others — Yivchar, Elishama, Elifelet, ⁷ Nogah, Nefeg, Yafia, ⁸ Elishama, Elyada and Elifelet. ⁹ All these were sons of David, apart from the sons of the concubines; Tamar was their sister.

¹⁰ Shlomo’s son was Rechav‘am, his son Aviyah, his son Asa, his son Y’hoshafat, ¹¹ his son Yoram, his son Achazyah, his son Yo’ash, ¹² his son Amatzyah, his son ‘Azaryah, his son Yotam, ¹³ his son Achaz, his son Hizkiyahu, his son M’nasheh, ¹⁴ his son Amon and his son Yoshiyahu. ¹⁵ The sons of Yoshiyahu: Yochanan the firstborn, Y’hoyakim the second, Tzedekyah the third, and Shalum the fourth. ¹⁶ The sons of Y’hoyakim: Y’khonyah his son, and Tzedekyah his son. ¹⁷ The sons of Y’khonyah, also called Asir: Sh’alti’el his son; ¹⁸ also Malkiram, P’dayah, Shen’atzar, Y’kamyah, Hoshama and N’davyah. ¹⁹ The sons of P’dayah: Z’rubavel and Shim‘i. The children of Z’rubavel: Meshulam, Hananyah and Shlomit their sister; ²⁰ also Hashuvah, Ohel, Berekhyah, Hasadyah and Yushav-Hesed — five. ²¹ The sons of Hananyah: P’latyah and Yesha‘yah. His son was Refayah. His son was Arnan. His son was ‘Ovadyah. And his son was Sh’khanyah. ²² The sons of Sh’khanyah: Sh’ma‘yah and the sons of Sh’ma‘yah — Hatush, Yig’al, Bariach, Ne‘aryah and Shafat — six. ²³ The sons of Ne‘aryah: Elyo‘einai, Hizkiyah and ‘Azrikam — three. ²⁴ The sons of Elyo‘einai: Hodavyahu, Elyashiv, P’layah, ‘Akuv, Yochanan, D’layah and ‘Anani — seven.

4 The descendants of Y’hudah: Peretz, Hetzron, Karmi, Hur and Shoval. ² Re’ayah the son of Shoval fathered Yachat; Yachat fathered Achumai and Lahad. These are the families of the Tzor‘ati. ³ These are [the sons] of the father of ‘Eitam: Yizre‘el, Yishma and Yidbash; their sister’s name was Hatzlelponi. ⁴ P’nu’el fathered Geder, and ‘Ezer fathered Hushah. These are the sons of Hur the firstborn of Efratah, the father of Beit-Lechem.

24 After five days, the cohen hagadol Hananyah came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus, and they presented their case against Sha’ul to the governor. ² Sha’ul was called, and Tertullus began to make the charges: “Felix, your Excellency, it is because of you that we enjoy unbroken peace, and it is your foresight that has brought to this nation ³ so many reforms in so many areas. It is with the utmost gratitude that we receive this. ⁴ But, in order not to take up too much of your time, I beg your indulgence to give us a brief hearing.

⁵ “We have found this man a pest. He is an agitator among all the Jews throughout the world and a ringleader of the sect of the Natzratim. ⁶ He even tried to profane the Temple, but we arrested him. ^{7 [a] 8} By questioning this man yourself, you will be able to learn all about the things of which we are accusing him.” ⁹ The Judeans also joined in the accusation and alleged that these were the facts.

¹⁰ When the governor motioned for Sha’ul to speak, he replied, “I know that you have been judge over this nation for a number of years, so I am glad to make my defense. ¹¹ As you can verify for yourself, it has not been more than twelve days since I went up to worship in Yerushalayim; ¹² and neither in the Temple nor in the synagogues nor anywhere else in the city did they find me either arguing with anyone or collecting a crowd. ¹³ Nor can they give any proof of the things of which they are accusing me.

¹⁴ “But this I do admit to you: I worship the God of our fathers^[b] in accordance with the Way (which they call a sect). I continue to believe everything that accords with the Torah and everything written in the Prophets. ¹⁵ And I continue to have a hope in God — which they too accept — that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous. ¹⁶ Indeed, it is because of this that I make a point of always having a clear conscience in the sight of both God and man.

¹⁷ “After an absence of several years, I came to Yerushalayim to bring a charitable gift to my nation and to offer sacrifices. ¹⁸ It was in connection with the latter that they found me in the Temple. I had been ceremonially purified, I was not with a crowd, and I was not causing a disturbance. ¹⁹ But some Jews from the province of Asia — they ought to be here before you to make a charge if they have anything against me! ²⁰ Or else, let these men themselves say what crime they found me guilty of when I stood in front of the Sanhedrin, ²¹ other than this one thing which I shouted out when I was standing among them: ‘I am on trial before you today because I believe in the resurrection of the dead!’”

²² But Felix, who had rather detailed knowledge of things connected with the Way, put them off, saying, “When Lysias the commander comes down, I will decide your case.” ²³ He ordered the captain to keep Sha’ul in custody, but to let him have considerable liberty and not prevent any of his friends from taking care of his needs.

²⁴ After some days, Felix came with his wife Drusilla, who was Jewish. He sent for Sha’ul and listened to him as he spoke about trusting in the Messiah Yeshua. ²⁵ But when Sha’ul began to discuss righteousness, self-control and the coming Judgment, Felix became frightened and said, “For the time being, go away! I will send for you when I get a chance.” ²⁶ At the same time, he hoped that Sha’ul would offer him a bribe; so he sent for him rather often and kept talking with him.

²⁷ After two years, Felix was succeeded by Porcius Festus; but because Felix wanted to grant the Judeans a favor, he left Sha’ul still a prisoner.