The First Book of the Chronicles 2

1 These are the sons of Israel Reuben Simeon Levi and Judah Issachar and Zebulun

2 Dan Joseph and Benjamin Naphtali Gad and Asher

3 The sons of Judah Er and Onan and Shelah which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shua the Canaanitess And Er the firstborn of Judah was evil in the sight of the LORD and he slew him

4 And Tamar his daughter in law bare him Pharez and Zerah All the sons of Judah were five

5 The sons of Pharez Hezron and Hamul

6 And the sons of Zerah Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara five of them in all

7 And the sons of Carmi Achar the troubler of Israel who transgressed in the thing accursed

8 And the sons of Ethan Azariah

9 The sons also of Hezron that were born unto him Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai

10 And Ram begat Amminadab and Amminadab begat Nahshon prince of the children of Judah

11 And Nahshon begat Salma and Salma begat Boaz

12 And Boaz begat Obed and Obed begat Jesse

13 And Jesse begat his firstborn Eliab and Abinadab the second and Shimma the third

14 Nethaneel the fourth Raddai the fifth

15 Ozem the sixth David the seventh

16 Whose sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail And the sons of Zeruiah Abishai and Joab and Asahel three

17 And Abigail bare Amasa and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmeelite

18 And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azubah his wife and of Jerioth her sons are these Jesher and Shobab and Ardon

19 And when Azubah was dead Caleb took unto him Ephrath which bare him Hur

20 And Hur begat Uri and Uri begat Bezaleel

21 And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead whom he married when he was threescore years old and she bare him Segub

22 And Segub begat Jair who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gilead

23 And he took Geshur and Aram with the towns of Jair from them with Kenath and the towns thereof even threescore cities All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gilead

24 And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb-ephratah then Abiah ezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Tekoa

25 And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah

26 Jerahmeel had also another wife whose name was Atarah she was 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 bare him Ahban and Molid

30 And the sons of Nadab Seled and Appaim but Seled died without children

31 And the sons of Appaim Ishi And the sons of Ishi Sheshan And the children of Sheshan Ahlai

32 And the sons of Jada the brother of Shammai Jether and Jonathan and Jether died without children

33 And the sons of Jonathan Peleth and Zaza These were the sons of Jerahmeel

34 Now Sheshan had no sons but daughters And Sheshan had a servant an Egyptian whose name was Jarha

35 And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife and she bare him Attai

36 And Attai begat Nathan and Nathan begat Zabad

37 And Zabad begat Ephlal and Ephlal begat Obed

38 And Obed begat Jehu and Jehu begat Azariah

39 And Azariah begat Helez and Helez begat Eleasah

40 And Eleasah begat Sisamai and Sisamai begat Shallum

41 And Shallum begat Jekamiah and Jekamiah begat Elishama

42 Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn which was 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 begat Raham the father of Jorkoam and Rekem begat Shammai

45 And the son of Shammai was Maon and Maon was the father of Beth-zur

46 And Ephah Caleb’s concubine bare Haran and Moza and Gazez and Haran begat Gazez

47 And the sons of Jahdai Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph

48 Maachah Caleb’s concubine bare Sheber and Tirhanah

49 She bare also Shaaph the father of Madmannah Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah

50 These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur the firstborn of Ephratah Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim

51 Salma the father of Beth-lehem Hareph the father of Beth-gader

52 And Shobal the father of Kirjath-jearim had sons Haroeh and half of the Manahethites

53 And the families of Kirjath-jearim the Ithrites and the Puhites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites of them came the Zareathites and the Eshtaulites

54 The sons of Salma Beth-lehem and the Netophathites Ataroth the house of Joab and half of the Manahethites the Zorites

55 And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez the Tirathites the Shimeathites and Suchathites These are the Kenites that came of Hemath the father of the house of Rechab