1 Chronicles 2

The Sons of Israel

1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, 2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

The Line of Judah to David

3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah — three born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanite. Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in Yahweh’s sight, and Yahweh put him to death. 4Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. 5The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. 6The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara — five in all. 7The son of Carmi: Achar, who brought trouble on Israel by violating the ban. 8The son of Ethan: Azariah. 9The sons born to Hezron: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. 10Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah; 11Nahshon fathered Salma, and Salma fathered Boaz, 12Boaz fathered Obed, and Obed fathered Jesse, 13and Jesse fathered his firstborn Eliab, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, 14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15Ozem the sixth, and David the seventh. 16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel — three. 17Abigail bore Amasa; Amasa’s father was Jether the Ishmaelite.

The Family of Caleb

18Caleb son of Hezron had children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; her sons were Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. 19When Azubah died, Caleb took Ephrath as his wife, and she bore him Hur. 20Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel. 21Afterward, Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead — he had married her when he was sixty years old — and she bore him Segub. 22Segub fathered Jair, who held twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23But Geshur and Aram took from them the villages of Jair, along with Kenath and its villages — sixty towns. All these belonged to the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead. 24After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

The Line of Jerahmeel

25The sons of Jerahmeel, Hezron’s firstborn: Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. 26Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s firstborn: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. 28The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; Seled died without children. 31The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. 32The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; Jether died without children. 33The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

Sheshan’s Line through His Egyptian Servant

34Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. Sheshan had an Egyptian servant named Jarha, 35and Sheshan gave his daughter to his servant Jarha as a wife, and she bore him Attai. 36Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad, 37Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed, 38Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah, 39Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah, 40Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum, 41Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

More Descendants of Caleb

42The sons of Caleb, Jerahmeel’s brother: Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mareshah, the father of Hebron. 43The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. 44Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem fathered Shammai. 45The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. 46Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez. 47The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 48Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, and Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Achsah. 50These were the sons of Caleb: the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, 51Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth-gader. 52Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, and half of the Manahathites. 53The clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. 54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, half of the Manahathites, the Zorites, 55and the clans of scribes who lived at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.