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1 Chronicles

Chapter 2

¹ These [are] the names of the sons of Israel; ² Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, Asher.

1Chr 2:1-2

³ The sons of Judah; Er, Onan, Shelah. [These] three were born to him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitish woman: and Er, the firstborn of Judah, [was] wicked before the Lord, and he slew him. ⁴ And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Perez, and Zerah: all the sons of Judah [were] five.

1Chr 2:3-4

⁵ The sons of Perez, Hezron, and Hamul. ⁶ And the sons of Zerah, Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara, [in] all five.

1Chr 2:5-6

⁷ And the sons of Carmi; Achan the troubler of Israel, who was disobedient in the accursed thing. ⁸ And the sons of Ethan; Azariah, ⁹ and the sons of Hezron who were born to him; Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai.

1Chr 2:7-9

¹⁰ And Ram begot Amminadab, and Amminadab begot Nahshon, chief of the house of Judah. ¹¹ And Nahshon begot Salmon, and Salmon begot Boaz, ¹² and Boaz begot Obed, and Obed begot Jesse. ¹³ And Jesse begot his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab [was] the second, Shimea the third, ¹⁴ Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵ Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. ¹⁶ And their sister [was] Zeruiah, and [another] Abigail: and the sons of Zeruiah [were] Abishai, and Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷ And Abigail bore Amasa: and the father of Amasa [was] Jether the Ishmaelite.

1Chr 2:10-17

¹⁸ And Caleb the son of Hezron took Azubah to wife, and Jerioth: and these [were] her sons; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹ And Azubah died; and Caleb took to himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Hur. ²⁰ And Hur begot Uri, and Uri begot Bezalel. ²¹ And after this Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and he took her when he was sixty-five years old; and she bore him Segub. ²² And Segub begot Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in Gilead. ²³ And he took Geshur and Aram, the towns of Jair from them; [with] Kenath and its towns, sixty cities. All these [belonged to] the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴ And after the death of Hezron, Caleb came to Ephrathah; and the wife of Hezron [was] Abia; and she bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.

1Chr 2:18-24

²⁵ And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron [were], the firstborn Ram, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem his brother. ²⁶ And Jerahmeel had another wife, and her name [was] Atarah: she is the mother of Onam. ²⁷ And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, and Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸ And the sons of Onam were, Shammai, and Jada: and the sons of Shammai; Nadab, and Abishur. ²⁹ And the name of the wife of Abishur [was] Abihail, and she bore him Ahban, and Molid. ³⁰ And the sons of Nadab; Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without children. ³¹ And the sons of Appaim, Ishi; and the sons of Ishi, Sheshan; and the sons of Sheshan, Dadai. ³² And the sons of Dadai, Achisamas, Jether, Jonathan: and Jether died childless. ³³ And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

1Chr 2:25-33

³⁴ And Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, and his name [was] Jarha. ³⁵ And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bore him Attai. ³⁶ And Attai begot Nathan, and Nathan begot Zabad, ³⁷ and Zabad begot Ephlal, and Ephlal begot Obed. ³⁸ And Obed begot Jehu, and Jehu begot Azariah, ³⁹ and Azariah begot Helez, and Helez begot Eleasah, ⁴⁰ and Eleasah begot Sismai, and Sismai begot Shallum, ⁴¹ and Shallum begot Jekamiah, and Jekamiah begot Elishama, and Elishama begot Ismael.

1Chr 2:34-41

⁴² And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel [were], Mareshah his firstborn, he [is] the father of Ziph—and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. ⁴³ And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tappuah, and Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴ And Shema begot Raham the father of Jorkeam: and Jorkeam begot Shammai. ⁴⁵ And his son [was] Maon: and Maon [is] the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶ And Ephah the concubine of Caleb bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. ⁴⁷ And the sons of Jahdai [were] Regem, and Jotham, and Sogar, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸ And Caleb’s concubine Maacah bore Sheber, and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹ She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea: and the daughter of Caleb [was] Achsah. ⁵⁰ These were the sons of Caleb.

1Chr 2:42-50

⁵¹ Salma the father of Baetha, Lammon the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. ⁵² And the sons of Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim were Haroeh, and Aesi, and Ammanith, ⁵³ and Umasphae, cities of Jair; Ithrites, and Puthites, and Shumathites, and Mishraites; from these went forth the Zorathites, and the sons of Eshtaol. ⁵⁴ The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, the Netophathite, Ataroth of the house of Joab, and half of the family of Manahath, Esari. ⁵⁵ The families of the scribes dwelling in Jabez; Tirathites, and Shimeathites, and Sucathites, these [are] the Kenites that came of Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

1Chr 2:51-55