1 Chronicles 2

Descendants of Judah and David's Line 1 Chronicles 2:6–15

⁶Verse 6. The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara; five of them in all. ⁷Verse 7. The son of Carmi: Achar, the troubler of Israel, who committed a trespass in the devoted thing. ⁸Verse 8. The son of Ethan: Azariah. ⁹Verse 9. The sons also of Hezron, who were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai. ¹⁰Verse 10. Ram became the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah; ¹¹Verse 11. and Nahshon became the father of Salma, and Salma became the father of Boaz,

¹²Verse 12. and Boaz became the father of Obed, and Obed became the father of Jesse; ¹³Verse 13. and Jesse became the father of his firstborn Eliab, and Abinadab the second, and Shimea the third, ¹⁴Verse 14. Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth, ¹⁵Verse 15. Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;

Caleb's Lineage and Familial Connections 1 Chronicles 2:16–55

¹⁶Verse 16. and their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three. ¹⁷Verse 17. Abigail bore Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite. ¹⁸Verse 18. Caleb the son of Hezron became the father of children of Azubah his wife, and of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon. ¹⁹Verse 19. Azubah died, and Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur. ²⁰Verse 20. Hur became the father of Uri, and Uri became the father of Bezalel. ²¹Verse 21. Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he took as wife when he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.

²²Verse 22. Segub became the father of Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead. ²³Verse 23. Geshur and Aram took 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. ²⁴Verse 24. After Hezron died in Caleb Ephrathah, Abijah Hezron’s wife bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa. ²⁵Verse 25. The sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of Hezron were Ram the firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. ²⁶Verse 26. Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah. She was the mother of Onam. ²⁷Verse 27. The sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerahmeel were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

²⁸Verse 28. The sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur. ²⁹Verse 29. The name of the wife of Abishur was Abihail; and she bore him Ahban and Molid. ³⁰Verse 30. The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled died without children. ³¹Verse 31. The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai. ³²Verse 32. The sons of Jada the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died without children. ³³Verse 33. The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.

³⁴Verse 34. Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha. ³⁵Verse 35. Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as wife; and she bore him Attai. ³⁶Verse 36. Attai became the father of Nathan, and Nathan became the father of Zabad, ³⁷Verse 37. and Zabad became the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal became the father of Obed, ³⁸Verse 38. and Obed became the father of Jehu, and Jehu became the father of Azariah, ³⁹Verse 39. and Azariah became the father of Helez, and Helez became the father of Eleasah,

⁴⁰Verse 40. and Eleasah became the father of Sismai, and Sismai became the father of Shallum, ⁴¹Verse 41. and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama. ⁴²Verse 42. The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel were Mesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mareshah the father of Hebron. ⁴³Verse 43. The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema. ⁴⁴Verse 44. Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem became the father of Shammai. ⁴⁵Verse 45. The son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth Zur.

⁴⁶Verse 46. Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran became the father of Gazez. ⁴⁷Verse 47. The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jothan, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph. ⁴⁸Verse 48. Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah. ⁴⁹Verse 49. She bore also Shaaph the father of Madmannah, Sheva the father of Machbena, and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of Caleb was Achsah. ⁵⁰Verse 50. These were the sons of Caleb, the son of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim, ⁵¹Verse 51. Salma the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth Gader.

⁵²Verse 52. Shobal the father of Kiriath Jearim had sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth. ⁵³Verse 53. The families of Kiriath Jearim: the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites. ⁵⁴Verse 54. The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth Beth Joab, and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites. ⁵⁵Verse 55. The families of 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.