1 Chronicles 2:1-55 AMPC

[1] These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, [2] Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. [3] The sons of Judah: Er, Onan, and Shelah, whom Shua's daughter the Canaanitess bore him. Er, Judah's eldest, was evil in the Lord's sight, and He slew him. [4] Tamar, Judah's daughter-in-law, bore him Pharez and Zerah. All Judah's sons were five. [5] The sons of Pharez: Hezron and Hamul. [6] The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara-five in all. [7] The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the matter of the devoted things. [8] The son of Ethan: Azariah. [9] The sons of Hezron who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai (that is, Caleb). [10] Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab of Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. [11] Nahshon was the father of Salma, Salma of Boaz, [12] Boaz of Obed, and Obed of Jesse. [13] Jesse was the father of Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab second, Shimea third, [14] Nethanel fourth, Raddai fifth, [15] Ozem sixth, David seventh. [16] Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. [17] Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. [18] And Caleb son of Hezron had sons by his wife Azubah and by Jerioth. [Azubah's] sons were: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. [19] Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. [20] Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri of Bezalel [the skillful craftsman who made the furnishings of the tabernacle]. [21] Later, when Hezron was sixty years old, he married the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, and she bore him Segub. [22] Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. [23] But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, with Kenath and its villages, sixty towns. All these were the descendants of Machir the father of Gilead. [24] After Hezron died in Caleb-ephrathah, Abiah, Hezron's wife, bore to him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. [25] The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron: Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. [26] Jerahmeel had another wife, named Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. [27] The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. [28] The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. [29] Abishur's wife was Abihail; she bore him Ahban and Molid. [30] The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim. Seled died childless. [31] The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. [32] The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan. Jether died childless. [33] The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. [34] Sheshan had no sons-only daughters. But Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. [35] Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; she bore him Attai. [36] Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan of Zabad. [37] Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal of Obed. [38] Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu of Azariah. [39] Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez of Eleasah. [40] Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai of Shallum. [41] Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah of Elishama. [42] The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mesha his firstborn was the father of Ziph; and his son Mareshah [he was] the father of Hebron. [43] The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. [44] Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam. And Rekem was the father of Shammai. [45] The son of Shammai was Maon; Maon's son was Beth-zur. [46] Ephah, Caleb's concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; Haran was the father of Gazez. [47] The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. [48] Maacah, Caleb's concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah, and also [49] Shaaph the father of Madmannah and Sheva the father of Machbenah and of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. [50] These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, [51] Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. [52] Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had [other] descendants: Haroeh, half [of the inhabitants] of Menuhoth [in Judah], [53] And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. [54] The descendants of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab, and half of the Manahathites, [and] the Zorites, [55] And the families of scribes who dwelt at Jabez: the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.