1 Chronicles 2
The descendants of Israel are listed, including the sons of Judah and their offspring, such as Perez and Zerah. The genealogy continues through the descendants of Perez, including Hezron, Ram, and Amminadab, and eventually leads to Jesse and his sons, including David. The chapter also lists the descendants of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, and the sons of Hezron, including Hur and Bezalel. Additionally, the genealogy includes the descendants of Jerahmeel, including Ram and his sons, as well as the sons of Caleb and his concubines.
1And the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, and Zebulun2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher3The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah. These three were born to him from the daughter of Shua, the Canaanite. But Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and so he killed him4Now Tamar, his daughter-in-law, bore to him Perez and Zerah. Therefore, all the sons of Judah were five5And the sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul6Also, the sons of Zerah: Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, as well as Calcol and Dara, five altogether7The sons of Carmi: Achar, who disturbed Israel and sinned by the theft of what was anathema8The sons of Ethan: Azariah9And the sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, and Ram, and Chelubai10Then Ram conceived Amminadab. And Amminadab conceived Nahshon, a leader of the sons of Judah11Also, Nahshon conceived Salma, from whom Boaz rose up12Truly, Boaz conceived Obed, who also himself conceived Jesse13Now Jesse conceived the firstborn Eliab, the second Abinadab, the third Shammah14the fourth Nethanel, the fifth Raddai15the sixth Ozem, the seventh David16Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three17And Abigail conceived Amasa, whose father was Jether, the Ishmaelite18Truly, Caleb, the son of Hezron, took a wife named Azubah, of whom he conceived Jerioth. And her sons were Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon19And when Azubah had died, Caleb took as wife Ephratha, who bore to him Hur20Now Hur conceived Uri. And Uri conceived Bezalel21And afterwards, Hezron entered to the daughter of Machir, father of Gilead. And he took her when he was sixty years old. And she bore to him Segub22And then Segub conceived Jair, and he possessed twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead23And he seized Geshur and Aram, towns of Jair, and Kenath and its villages, sixty cities. All these were sons of Machir, father of Gilead24Then, when Hezron had died, Caleb entered to Ephratha. Also, Hezron had as wife Abia, who bore to him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa25Now sons were born to Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahijah26Jerahmeel also married another wife, named Atarah, who was the mother of Onam27Then too, the sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker28And Onam had sons: Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur29Truly, the name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail, who bore to him Ahban and Molid30Now the sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. And Seled died without children31Truly, the son of Appaim was Ishi. And Ishi conceived Sheshan. Then Sheshan conceived Ahlai32But the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai, were Jether and Jonathan. Then Jether also died without children33And Jonathan conceived Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel34Now Sheshan did not have sons, but only daughters, and an Egyptian servant named Jarha35And so he gave to him his daughter as wife, who bore to him Attai36Then Attai conceived Nathan, and Nathan conceived Zabad37Also, Zabad conceived Ephlal, and Ephlal conceived Obed38Obed conceived Jehu; Jehu conceived Azariah39Azariah conceived Helez, and Helez conceived Eleasah40Eleasah conceived Sismai; Sismai conceived Shallum41Shallum conceived Jekamiah; then Jekamiah conceived Elishama42And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha, his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph, and the sons of Mesha, the father of Hebron43Now the sons of Hebron were Korah, and Tapuah, and Rekem, and Shema44Then Shema conceived Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem conceived Shammai45The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur46Now Ephah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Haran, and Moza, and Gazez. And Haran conceived Gazez47And the sons of Jahdai: Regem, and Jotham, and Geshan, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Shaaph48And Maacah, the concubine of Caleb, bore Sheber and Tirhanah49Then Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, conceived Sheva, the father of Machbenah, and the father of Gibea. Truly, the daughter of Caleb was Achsah50These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephratha: Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim51Salma, the father of Bethlehem; Hareph, the father of Bethgader52Now there were sons for Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, who saw half the places of rest53And from the kindred of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, and the Puthites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites. From these, the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites went forth54The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, and the Netophathites, the crowns of the house of Joab, and half the places of rest of the Zorathites55as well as the families of the scribes living in Jabesh, those singing and making music, and those dwelling in tents. These are the Kenites, who went forth from Calor, the father of the house of Rechab
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