1 Generations of David These are the sons of Israel:Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
3 ¶The sons of JudahwereEr, Onan, and Shelah;thesethree were born to him by Bath-shua the Canaanitess. And Er, Judah’s firstborn, was evil in the sight of 2:3 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15 Yahweh, so He put him to death.
4 Tamar his daughter-in-law bore him Perez and Zerah.Judah had five sons in all.
5 The sons of PerezwereHezron and Hamul.
6 The sons of Zerahwere 2:6In Josh 7:1,Zabdi Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and 2:6In 1 Kin4:31,Darda Dara;five of them in all.
7 The 2:7Lit sons son of Carmiwas 2:7In Josh 7:18,Achan Achar, the troubler of Israel, who violated what was devoted to destruction.
8 The 2:8 Lit sons son of EthanwasAzariah.
9 Now the sons of Hezron, who were born to himwereJerahmeel, Ram, and Chelubai.
10 Ram 2:10Lit begot, so in ch became the father of Amminadab,and Amminadab became the father of Nahshon, leader of the sons of Judah;
11 Nahshon became the father of Salma,Salma became the father of Boaz,
12 Boaz became the father of Obed,and Obed became the father of Jesse;
13 and Jesse became the father of Eliab his firstborn, then Abinadab the second, 2:13In 1 Sam 16:9,Shammah; in 2 Sam 13:3,Shimeah Shimea the third,
14 Nethanel the fourth, Raddai the fifth,
15 Ozem the sixth, David the seventh;
16 and their sisterswereZeruiah and Abigail.And the three sons of Zeruiahwere 2:16In 2 Sam 2:18,Abishai Abshai, Joab, and Asahel.
17 Abigail bore Amasa, and the father of Amasa was 2:17In 2 Sam 17:25,Ithra the Israelite Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 ¶Now Caleb the son of Hezron became a father by Azubahhiswife, and by Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
19 Then Azubah died, and Caleb took for himself Ephrathas a wife, and she bore him Hur.
20 Hur became the father of Uri,and Uri became the father of Bezalel.
21 Afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gilead, whom he tookas a wifewhen he was sixty years old; and she bore him Segub.
22 Segub became the father of Jair, and he had twenty-three cities in the land of Gilead.
23 But Geshur and Aram took 2:23Or the towns of Jair Havvoth-jair from them, with Kenath and its villages,evensixty cities. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 After the death of Hezron in Caleb-ephrathah, Abijah, Hezron’s wife, bore him Ashhur the father of Tekoa.
25 ¶And the sons of Jerahmeel the firstborn of HezronwereRam the firstborn, then Bunah, Oren, Ozem,andAhijah.
26 Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was 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 were Shammai and Jada.And the sons of ShammaiwereNadab and Abishur.
29 The name of Abishur’s wifewasAbihail, and she bore him Ahban and Molid.
30 The sons of NadabwereSeled and Appaim, and Seled died without sons.
31 The 2:31Lit sons son of AppaimwasIshi.And the 2:31Lit sons son of IshiwasSheshan.And the 2:31Lit sons son of SheshanwasAhlai.
32 The sons of Jada the brother of ShammaiwereJether and Jonathan, and Jether died without sons.
33 The sons of JonathanwerePeleth and Zaza.These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Now Sheshan had no sons, only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian slave whose name was Jarha.
35 Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant as a wife, and she bore him Attai.
36 Attai became the father of Nathan,and Nathan became the father of Zabad,
37 and Zabad became the father of Ephlal,and Ephlal became the father of Obed,
38 and Obed became the father of Jehu,and Jehu became the father of Azariah,
39 and Azariah became the father of Helez,and Helez became the father of Eleasah,
40 and Eleasah became the father of Sismai,and Sismai became the father of Shallum,
41 and Shallum became the father of Jekamiah,and Jekamiah became the father of Elishama.
42 Now the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel,wereMesha his firstborn, who was the father of Ziph; and 2:42Lit the sons of his son was Mareshah, the father of Hebron.
43 The sons of HebronwereKorah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
44 Shema became the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam;and Rekem became the father of Shammai.
45 The son of Shammai was Maon,and Maonwasthe father of Bethzur.
46 Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bore Haran, Moza, and Gazez;and Haran became the father of Gazez.
47 The sons of JahdaiwereRegem, 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 Machbena and the father of Gibea; and the daughter of CalebwasAchsah.
50 These were the sons of Caleb.The 2:50 Lit son sons of Hur, the firstborn of Ephrathah,wereShobal the father of Kiriath-jearim,
51 Salma the father of BethlehemandHareph the father of Beth-gader.
52 Shobal the father of Kiriath-jearim had sons:Haroeh, half of the Manahathites,
53 and the families of Kiriath-jearim:the Ithrites, the Puthites, the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; from these came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 The sons of SalmawereBethlehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
55 The families of scribes who lived at Jabezwerethe Tirathites, the Shimeathites,andthe Sucathites. Those are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.