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1 Chronicles 2 :: New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

Genealogy: Twelve Sons of Jacob (Israel)

1Ch 2:1These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
1Ch 2:2Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
1Ch 2:3The sons of Judah were Er, Onan and Shelah; these three were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the sight of the LORD, so He put him to death.
1Ch 2:4Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.
1Ch 2:5The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
1Ch 2:6The sons of Zerah were [fn]Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol and [fn]Dara; five of them in all.
1Ch 2:7The [fn]son of Carmi was [fn]Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated the ban.
1Ch 2:8The [fn]son of Ethan was Azariah.

Genealogy of David

1Ch 2:9Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to him were Jerahmeel, Ram and Chelubai.
1Ch 2:10Ram [fn]became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;
1Ch 2:11Nahshon became the father of Salma, Salma became the father of Boaz,
1Ch 2:12Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse;
1Ch 2:13and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, [fn]Shimea the third,
1Ch 2:14Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
1Ch 2:15Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
1Ch 2:16and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And the three sons of Zeruiah were [fn]Abshai, Joab and Asahel.
1Ch 2:17Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was [fn]Jether the Ishmaelite.
1Ch 2:18Now Caleb the son of Hezron had sons by Azubah his wife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
1Ch 2:19When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.
1Ch 2:20Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
1Ch 2:21Afterward 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.
1Ch 2:22Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
1Ch 2:23But Geshur and Aram took [fn]the towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and its villages, even sixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
1Ch 2:24After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
1Ch 2:25Now the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem and Ahijah.
1Ch 2:26Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.
1Ch 2:27The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel, were Maaz, Jamin and Eker.
1Ch 2:28The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. And the sons of Shammai were Nadab and Abishur.
1Ch 2:29The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
1Ch 2:30The sons of Nadab were Seled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons.
1Ch 2:31The [fn]son of Appaim was Ishi. And the [fn]son of Ishi was Sheshan. And the [fn]son of Sheshan was Ahlai.
1Ch 2:32The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai were Jether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.
1Ch 2:33The sons of Jonathan were Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
1Ch 2:34Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant whose name was Jarha.
1Ch 2:35Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant in marriage, and she bore him Attai.
1Ch 2:36Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
1Ch 2:37and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
1Ch 2:38and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
1Ch 2:39and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
1Ch 2:40and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
1Ch 2:41and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
1Ch 2:42Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and [fn]his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
1Ch 2:43The sons of Hebron were Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
1Ch 2:44Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
1Ch 2:45The son of Shammai was Maon, and Maon was the father of Bethzur.
1Ch 2:46Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez.
1Ch 2:47The sons of Jahdai were Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah and Shaaph.
1Ch 2:48Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.
1Ch 2:49She also bore Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah.
1Ch 2:50These were the sons of Caleb. The [fn]sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah, were Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
1Ch 2:51Salma the father of Bethlehem and Hareph the father of Beth-gader.
1Ch 2:52Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,
1Ch 2:53and the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
1Ch 2:54The sons of Salma were Bethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
1Ch 2:55The families of scribes who lived at Jabez were the Tirathites, the Shimeathites and the Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.
NASB95 Footnotes
In Josh 7:1, Zabdi
In 1 Kin 4:31, Darda
Literally: sons
In Josh 7:18, Achan
Literally: sons
Literally: begot, and so throughout the chapter
In 1 Sam 16:9, Shammah; in 2 Sam 13:3, Shimeah
In 2 Sam 2:18, Abishai
In 2 Sam 17:25, Ithra the Israelite
Or, Havvoth-jair
Literally: sons
Literally: the sons of
Literally: son
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