1 Chronicles 2

The Lineage of Israel

The Lineage of Israel

1These are the sons of Israel : Reuben , Simeon , Levi , and Judah , Issachar , and Zebulun , 2Dan , Joseph , and Benjamin , Naphtali , Gad , and Asher. 3The sons of Judah : Er , and Onan, and Shelah ; which three were born unto him of Shua ’s daughter the Canaanitess . And Er , Judah ’s first-born, was wicked in the sight of Jehovah ; and he slew him . 4And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Perez and Zerah . All the sons of Judah were five . 5The sons of Perez : Hezron , and Hamul . 6And the sons of Zerah : Zimri , and Ethan, and Heman , and Calcol , and Dara ; five of them in all . 7And the sons of Carmi : Achar , the troubler of Israel , who committed a trespass in the devoted thing . 8And the sons of Ethan: Azariah . 9The sons also of Hezron , that were born unto him : Jerahmeel , and Ram , and Chelubai . 10And Ram begat Amminadab , and Amminadab begat Nahshon , prince of the children of Judah ; 11and Nahshon begat Salma , and Salma begat Boaz , 12and Boaz begat Obed , and Obed begat Jesse ; 13and Jesse begat his first-born Eliab, and Abinadab the second , and Shimea the third , 14Nethanel the fourth , Raddai the fifth , 15Ozem the sixth , David the seventh ; 16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the sons of Zeruiah : Abishai, and Joab , and Asahel , three . 17And Abigail bare Amasa ; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite .

The Family of David

18And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth ; and these were her sons : Jesher , and Shobab , and Ardon. 19And Azubah died , and Caleb took unto him Ephrath, who bare him Hur . 20And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bezalel . 21And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead , whom he took to wife when he was threescore years old ; and she bare him Segub . 22And Segub begat Jair , who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead . 23And Geshur and Aram took the towns of Jair from them , with Kenath , and the villages thereof , even threescore cities . All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead . 24And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephrathah , then Abijah Hezron ’s wife bare him Ashhur the father of Tekoa . 25And the sons of Jerahmeel the first-born of Hezron were Ram the first-born, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, Ahijah. 26And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah ; she was the mother of Onam. 27And the sons of Ram the first-born of Jerahmeel were Maaz , and Jamin , and Eker . 28And the sons of Onam were Shammai , and Jada . And the sons of Shammai : Nadab , and Abishur. 29And the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bare him Ahban, and Molid . 30And the sons of Nadab : Seled , and Appaim; but Seled died without children .

The Clans of Judah

31And the sons of Appaim: Ishi . And the sons of Ishi : Sheshan . And the sons of Sheshan : Ahlai. 32And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai : Jether , and Jonathan ; and Jether died without children . 33And the sons of Jonathan : Peleth , and Zaza . These were the sons of Jerahmeel . 34Now Sheshan had no sons , but daughters . And Sheshan had a servant , an Egyptian , whose name was Jarha . 35And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him Attai . 36And Attai begat Nathan , and Nathan begat Zabad , 37and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed , 38and Obed begat Jehu , and Jehu begat Azariah , 39and Azariah begat Helez , and Helez begat Eleasah, 40and Eleasah begat Sismai , and Sismai begat Shallum , 41and Shallum begat Jekamiah , and Jekamiah begat Elishama. 42And the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his first-born, who was the father of Ziph ; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron . 43And the sons of Hebron : Korah , and Tappuah , and Rekem , and Shema . 44And Shema begat Raham , the father of Jorkeam ; and Rekem begat Shammai . 45And the son of Shammai was Maon ; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur . 46And Ephah , Caleb ’s concubine , bare Haran , and Moza , and Gazez ; and Haran begat Gazez . 47And the sons of Jahdai : Regem , and Jothan, and Geshan , and Pelet , and Ephah , and Shaaph . 48Maacah , Caleb ’s concubine , bare Sheber and Tirhanah . 49She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah , Sheva the father of Machbena , and the father of Gibea ; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah . 50These were the sons of Caleb , the son of Hur , the first-born of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim , 51Salma the father of Beth-lehem , Hareph the father of Beth-gader . 52And Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons : Haroeh , half of the Menuhoth. 53And the families of Kiriath-jearim : The Ithrites , and the Puthites , and the Shumathites , and the Mishraites ; of them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54The sons of Salma : Beth-lehem , and the Netophathites , Atroth-beth-joab , and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites . 55And the families of scribes that dwelt at Jabez : the Tirathites , the Shimeathites , the Sucathites . These are the Kenites that came of Hammath , the father of the house of Rechab .