1 Chronicles 2:1 | New International Reader’s Version

New International Reader’s Version

The sons of Israel

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

The family of Judah

The family line from Judah’s sons to Hezron’s sons

3 The sons of Judah were Er, Onan and Shelah. A woman from Canaan had these three sons by him. She was the daughter of Shua. Er was Judah’s eldest son. He was evil in the LORD’s sight. So the LORD put him to death. 4 Tamar was Judah’s daughter-in-law. She had Perez and Zerah by him. The total number of Judah’s sons was five. 5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 6 The sons of Zerah were Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Kalkol and Darda. The total number of Zerah’s sons was five. 7 The son of Karmi was Achar. He brought trouble on Israel. Some things that had been set apart to the LORD in a special way to be destroyed. He took some of those things. When he did that, he disobeyed the LORD’s command. 8 The son of Ethan was Azariah. 9 Hezron was the father of Jerahmeel, Ram and Caleb.

The family line of Ram

10 Ram was the father of Amminadab. Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was the leader of the people of Judah. 11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon. Salmon was the father of Boaz. 12 Boaz was the father of Obed. And Obed was the father of Jesse. 13 Jesse’s first son was Eliab. His second son was Abinadab. The third was Shimea. 14 The fourth was Nethanel. The fifth was Raddai. 15 The sixth was Ozem. And the seventh was David. 16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab and Asahel. 17 Abigail was the mother of Amasa. Amasa’s father was Jether. Jether belonged to the family line of Ishmael.

The family line of Caleb

18 Caleb was the son of Hezron. Caleb’s wife Azubah had children by him. Jerioth also had children by him. Azubah’s sons were Jesher, Shobab and Ardon. 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. She had Hur by him. 20 Hur was the father of Uri. And Uri was the father of Bezalel. 21 When he was 60 years old, Hezron married the daughter of Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead. Hezron slept with his wife, and she had Segub by him. 22 Segub was the father of Jair. Jair controlled 23 towns in Gilead. 23 But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair. They also captured Kenath and the settlements around it. The total number of towns captured was 60. Hezron, Segub and Jair belonged to the family line of Makir. Makir was the father of Gilead. 24 Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah. Abijah was Hezron’s wife. She had Ashhur by him. Ashhur was born after Hezron died. Ashhur was the father of Tekoa.

The family line of Jerahmeel

25 Here are the sons of Jerahmeel. He was the eldest son of Hezron. Ram was Jerahmeel’s eldest son. Then came Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah. 26 Jerahmeel had another wife. Her name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. 27 Here are the sons of Ram. He was the eldest son of Jerahmeel. The sons of Ram were Maaz, Jamin and Eker. 28 The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur. 29 Abishur’s wife was named Abihail. She had Ahban and Molid by him. 30 The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim. Seled died without having any children. 31 The son of Appaim was Ishi. Ishi was the father of Sheshan. Sheshan was the father of Ahlai. 32 The sons of Jada were Jether and Jonathan. Jada was Shammai’s brother. Jether died without having any children. 33 The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. They belonged to the family line of Jerahmeel. 34 Sheshan didn’t have any sons. All he had was daughters. He had a servant from Egypt named Jarha. 35 Sheshan gave his daughter to be married to his servant Jarha. She had Attai by Jarha. 36 Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad. 37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed. 38 Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah. 39 Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah. 40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum. 41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.

The family groups of Caleb

42 Caleb was the brother of Jerahmeel. Caleb’s eldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Caleb had another son named Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron. 43 The sons of Hebron were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. 44 Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai was Maon. Maon was the father of Beth Zur. 46 Caleb had a concubine named Ephah. She was the mother of Haran, Moza and Gazez. Haran was the father of Gazez. 47 The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph. 48 Caleb had a concubine named Maakah. She was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She was also the mother of Shaaph and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Makbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Aksah. 50 All of them belonged to the family line of Caleb. Hur was the eldest son of Ephrathah. Hur was the brother of Shobal. Shobal was the father of Kiriath Jearim. 51 Hur was the father of Salma. Salma was the father of Bethlehem. Hur was also the father of Hareph. Hareph was the father of Beth Gader. 52 Here is the family line of Shobal, the father of Kiriath Jearim. It included Haroeh and half of the people of Manahath. 53 It also included the family groups of Kiriath Jearim. They were the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites and Mishraites. The people of Zorah and Eshtaol belonged to these family groups. 54 Here is the family line of Salma. It included Bethlehem, the people of Netophah, Atroth Beth Joab, half of the people of Manahath, and the Zorites. 55 It also included the family groups of secretaries who lived at Jabez. They were the Tirathites, Shimeathites and Sucathites. They were the Kenites who belonged to the family line of Hammath. Hammath was the father of the family line of Rekab.

English Standard Version

A Genealogy of David

1 These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun, (Ge 29:32; Ge 30:18; 1Ch 1:34) 2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher. (Ge 30:6; Ge 30:8; Ge 30:10; Ge 30:22; Ge 35:18)

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3 The sons of Judah: Er, Onan and Shelah; these three Bath-shua the Canaanite bore to him. Now Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of the Lord, and he put him to death. (Ge 38:2; Ge 38:7; Ge 46:12) 4 His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all. (Ge 38:11; Ge 38:14; Ge 38:29; Ru 4:12; Mt 1:3)

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5 The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul. (Ge 46:12; Ru 4:18) 6 The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all. 7 The son^[1] of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing; (Jos 6:18; Jos 7:1) 8 and Ethan’s son was Azariah. 9 The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. (Ru 4:19; 1Ch 2:13; 1Ch 2:42; Mt 1:3)

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10 Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah. (Nu 1:7; Nu 2:3; Ru 4:19; 1Ch 2:9; Mt 1:4)

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11 Nahshon fathered Salmon,^[2] Salmon fathered Boaz, (Ru 4:20; Ru 4:21; Mt 1:4; Mt 1:5)

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12 Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse. (1Ch 2:11) 13 Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third, (1Sa 16:6; 1Sa 16:8; 1Sa 16:9; 1Sa 17:13)

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14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, 15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh. (1Sa 16:10; 1Sa 17:12; 1Sa 17:14) 16 And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. (2Sa 2:18) 17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. (2Sa 17:25) 18 Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. (1Ch 2:9) 19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. (Ex 17:10; Ex 17:12; Ex 24:14; 1Ch 2:18; 1Ch 2:50)

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20 Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel. (Ex 31:2) 21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he married when he was sixty years old, and she bore him Segub. (Nu 27:1) 22 And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. 23 But Geshur and Aram took from them Havvoth-jair, Kenath, and its villages, sixty towns. All these were descendants of Machir, the father of Gilead. (Nu 32:41; De 3:14; Jos 13:30) 24 After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah,^[3] the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa. (1Ch 2:19; 1Ch 2:50; 1Ch 4:5) 25 The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. (1Ch 2:9) 26 Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam. 27 The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker. 28 The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. 29 The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid. 30 The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died childless. 31 The son^[4] of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. (1Ch 2:34) 32 The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless. 33 The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel. 34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha. 35 So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave, and she bore him Attai. 36 Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad. (1Ch 11:41) 37 Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed. (1Ch 2:36; 2Ch 23:1) 38 Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah. 39 Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah. 40 Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum. 41 Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama. (2Ki 25:25) 42 The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah^[5] his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son^[6] of Mareshah: Hebron.^[7] (Jos 14:13; 1Ch 2:9) 43 The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema. 44 Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem fathered Shammai. 45 The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon fathered Beth-zur. 46 Ephah also, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez. 47 The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. 48 Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. 49 She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbenah and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. (Jos 15:17; Jud 1:13) 50 These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons^[8] of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim, (1Ch 2:19; 1Ch 4:4) 51 Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-gader. (1Ch 4:4) 52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. (1Ch 4:2) 53 And the clans of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. (1Ch 4:2) 54 The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. 55 The clans also of the 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. (Jud 1:16; 2Ki 10:15; Jer 35:2)