Chronicles 2

The Sons of Israel
Gen. 35.22-26
1	These are the sons of Israel; Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, Is’sachar, and Zeb’ulun,
2	Dan, Joseph, and Benjamin, Naph’tali, Gad, and Asher.
The Descendants of Judah
3	¶ The sons of Judah; Er, and Onan, and Shelah: which three were born unto him of the daughter of Shu’a the Canaanitess. And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the sight of the LORD; and he slew him.
4	And Tamar his daughter-in-law bare him Pharez and Zerah. All the sons of Judah were five.
5	¶ The sons of Pharez; Hezron, and Hamul.
6	And the sons of Zerah; Zimri, and Ethan, and Heman, and Calcol, and Dara: five of them in all.
7	And the sons of Carmi; Achar, the troubler of Israel, who transgressed in the thing accursed. Josh. 7.1
8	And the sons of Ethan; Azari’ah.
9	¶ The sons also of Hezron, that were born unto him; Jerah’meel, and Ram, and Chelu’bai.
10	And Ram begat Ammin’adab; and Ammin’adab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah;
11	and Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,
12	and Boaz begat Obed, and Obed begat Jesse.
13	And Jesse begat his firstborn Eli’ab, and Abin’adab the second, and Shimma the third,
14	Nethan’e-el the fourth, Rad’dai the fifth,
15	Ozem the sixth, David the seventh:
16	whose sisters were Zeru-i’ah, and Ab’igail. And the sons of Zeru-i’ah; Ab’ishai, and Jo’ab, and As’ahel, three.
17	And Ab’igail bare Ama’sa: and the father of Ama’sa was Jether the Ish’maelite.
18	¶ And Caleb the son of Hezron begat children of Azu’bah his wife, and of Jer’i-oth: her sons are these; Jesher, and Shobab, and Ardon.
19	And when Azu’bah was dead, Caleb took unto him Ephrath, which bare him Hur.
20	And Hur begat Uri, and Uri begat Bez’aleel.
21	¶ And afterward Hezron went in to the daughter of Machir the father of Gil’e-ad, whom he married when he was threescore years old; and she bare him Segub.
22	And Segub begat Ja’ir, who had three and twenty cities in the land of Gil’e-ad.
23	And he took Geshur, and Aram, with the towns of Ja’ir, from them, with Kenath, and the towns thereof, even threescore cities. All these belonged to the sons of Machir the father of Gil’e-ad.
24	And after that Hezron was dead in Caleb–eph’ratah, then Abi’ah Hezron’s wife bare him Ashur the father of Teko’a.
25	¶ And the sons of Jerah’meel the firstborn of Hezron were, Ram the firstborn, and Bunah, and Oren, and Ozem, and Ahi’jah.
26	Jerah’meel had also another wife, whose name was At’arah; she was the mother of Onam.
27	And the sons of Ram the firstborn of Jerah’meel were, Ma’az, and Jamin, and Eker.
28	And the sons of Onam were, Sham’mai, and Jada. And the sons of Sham’mai; Nadab, and Abi’shur.
29	And the name of the wife of Abi’shur was Ab’ihail, and she bare him Ahban, and Molid.
30	And the sons of Nadab; Seled, and Ap’pa-im: but Seled died without children.
31	And the sons of Ap’pa-im; Ishi. And the sons of Ishi; Sheshan. And the children of Sheshan; Ah’lai.
32	And the sons of Jada the brother of Sham’mai; Jether, and Jonathan: and Jether died without children.
33	And the sons of Jonathan; Peleth, and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerah’meel.
34	Now Sheshan had no sons, but daughters. And Sheshan had a servant, an Egyptian, whose name was Jarha.
35	And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha his servant to wife; and she bare him At’tai.
36	And At’tai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,
37	and Zabad begat Ephlal, and Ephlal begat Obed,
38	and Obed begat Jehu, and Jehu begat Azari’ah,
39	and Azari’ah begat Helez, and Helez begat Ele-a’sah,
40	and Ele-a’sah begat Sis’amai, and Sis’amai begat Shallum,
41	and Shallum begat Jekami’ah, and Jekami’ah begat Elish’ama.
42	¶ Now the sons of Caleb the brother of Jerah’meel were, Mesha his firstborn, which was the father of Ziph; and the sons of Mare’shah the father of Hebron.
43	And the sons of Hebron; Korah, and Tap’pu-ah, and Rekem, and Shema.
44	And Shema begat Raham, the father of Jor’ko-am: and Rekem begat Sham’mai.
45	And the son of Sham’mai was Ma’on: and Ma’on was the father of Beth–zur.
46	And Ephah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Haran, and Moza, and Gazez: and Haran begat Gazez.
47	And the sons of Jah’dai; Regem, and Jotham, and Gesham, and Pelet, and Ephah, and Sha’aph.
48	Ma’achah, Caleb’s concubine, bare Sheber, and Tir’hanah.
49	She bare also Sha’aph the father of Madman’nah, Sheva the father of Machbe’nah, and the father of Gib’e-a: and the daughter of Caleb was Achsa.
50	¶ These were the sons of Caleb the son of Hur, the firstborn of Eph’ratah; Shobal the father of Kir’jath–je’arim,
51	Salma the father of Bethlehem, Hareph the father of Beth–ga’der.
52	And Shobal the father of Kir’jath–je’arim had sons; Ha-ro’eh, and half of the Manahe’thites.
53	And the families of Kir’jath–je’arim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shu’mathites, and the Mish’ra-ites; of them came the Zare’athites, and the Eshta’ulites.
54	The sons of Salma; Bethlehem, and the Netoph’athites, At’aroth, the house of Jo’ab, and half of the Manahe’thites, the Zorites.
55	And the families of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Ti’rathites, the Shim’e-athites, and Su’chathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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