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1 Chronicles 2:1-55 — The Sons of Israel and Judah

1Chr.2.1-55

¹These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, ²Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. ³The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah; these three were born to him by the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess. Now Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of Yahweh, and He put him to death. ⁴And Tamar his daughter-in-law bore to him Perez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five. ⁵The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. ⁶The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara ; five of them in all. ⁷The sons of Carmi: Achar , the troubler of Israel, who acted unfaithfully regarding the devoted things. ⁸The sons of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah. ¹¹Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz. ¹²Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse. ¹³Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, 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. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. ¹⁸Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹When Azubah died, Caleb took for himself Ephrath, and she bore to him Hur. ²⁰Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel. ²¹Afterward Hezron slept with the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old, and she bore to him Segub. ²²Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³But Geshur and Aram took the villages of Jair from them, along with Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir the father of Gilead. ²⁴After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah the wife of Hezron bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. ²⁵The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. ²⁷The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. ²⁸The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, and she bore to him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died without sons. ³¹The sons of Appaim: Ishi. The sons of Ishi: Sheshan. The sons of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without sons. ³³The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel. ³⁴Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife, and she bore to him Attai. ³⁶Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, ³⁷Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed, ³⁸Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah, ³⁹Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah, ⁴⁰Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, ⁴¹Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama. ⁴²The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: 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 became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Beth-zur. ⁴⁶Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez. ⁴⁷The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰These were the sons of Caleb. The sons 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, half of the Menuhoth. ⁵³The families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵The families of scribes living at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and the Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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4/11/2026

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