A Genealogy of David (1CH 2:1-55)

[2:1] These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,

[2:2] Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.

[2:3] 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.

[2:4] His daughter-in-law Tamar also bore him Perez and Zerah. Judah had five sons in all.

[2:5] The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.

[2:6] The sons of Zerah: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Dara, five in all.

[2:7] The son of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who broke faith in the matter of the devoted thing;

[2:8] and Ethan’s son was Azariah.

[2:9] The sons of Hezron that were born to him: Jerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.

[2:10] Ram fathered Amminadab, and Amminadab fathered Nahshon, prince of the sons of Judah.

[2:11] Nahshon fathered Salmon, Salmon fathered Boaz,

[2:12] Boaz fathered Obed, Obed fathered Jesse.

[2:13] Jesse fathered Eliab his firstborn, Abinadab the second, Shimea the third,

[2:14] Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,

[2:15] Ozem the sixth, David the seventh.

[2:16] And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. The sons of Zeruiah: Abishai, Joab, and Asahel, three.

[2:17] Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.

[2:18] Caleb the son of Hezron fathered children by his wife Azubah, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.

[2:19] When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath, who bore him Hur.

[2:20] Hur fathered Uri, and Uri fathered Bezalel.

[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.

[2:22] And Segub fathered Jair, who had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.

[2:23] 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.

[2:24] After the death of Hezron, Caleb went in to Ephrathah, the wife of Hezron his father, and she bore him Ashhur, the father of Tekoa.

[2:25] The sons of Jerahmeel, the firstborn of Hezron: Ram, his firstborn, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah.

[2:26] Jerahmeel also had another wife, whose name was Atarah; she was the mother of Onam.

[2:27] The sons of Ram, the firstborn of Jerahmeel: Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.

[2:28] The sons of Onam: Shammai and Jada. The sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.

[2:29] The name of Abishur’s wife was Abihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.

[2:30] The sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; and Seled died childless.

[2:31] The son of Appaim: Ishi. The son of Ishi: Sheshan. The son of Sheshan: Ahlai.

[2:32] The sons of Jada, Shammai’s brother: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether died childless.

[2:33] The sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the descendants of Jerahmeel.

[2:34] Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters, but Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.

[2:35] So Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to Jarha his slave, and she bore him Attai.

[2:36] Attai fathered Nathan, and Nathan fathered Zabad.

[2:37] Zabad fathered Ephlal, and Ephlal fathered Obed.

[2:38] Obed fathered Jehu, and Jehu fathered Azariah.

[2:39] Azariah fathered Helez, and Helez fathered Eleasah.

[2:40] Eleasah fathered Sismai, and Sismai fathered Shallum.

[2:41] Shallum fathered Jekamiah, and Jekamiah fathered Elishama.

[2:42] The sons of Caleb the brother of Jerahmeel: Mareshah his firstborn, who fathered Ziph. The son of Mareshah: Hebron.

[2:43] The sons of Hebron: Korah, Tappuah, Rekem and Shema.

[2:44] Shema fathered Raham, the father of Jorkeam; and Rekem fathered Shammai.

[2:45] The son of Shammai: Maon; and Maon fathered Beth-Zur.

[2:46] Ephah also, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez; and Haran fathered Gazez.

[2:47] The sons of Jahdai: Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.

[2:48] Maacah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Sheber and Tirhanah.

[2:49] 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.

[2:50] These were the descendants of Caleb. The sons of Hur the firstborn of Ephrathah: Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim,

[2:51] Salma, the father of Bethlehem, and Hareph the father of Beth-Gader.

[2:52] Shobal the father of Kiriath-Jearim had other sons: Haroeh, half of the Menuhoth.

[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.

[2:54] The sons of Salma: Bethlehem, the Netophathites, Atroth-Beth-Joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.

[2:55] 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.