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1 Chronicles 2

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.


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