1 Chronicles 2
1 The sons of Jacob were Reuben, Simeon, Levi, Judah, Issachar, Zebulun,
These are the sons of Israel: Reuben, Simeon, Levi and Judah, Issachar and Zebulun;
2 Dan, Joseph, Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad, and Asher.
Dan, Joseph and Benjamin, Naphtali, Gad and Asher.
3 Judah’s sons were Er, Onan, and Shelah. Their mother was the daughter of Shua from the Canaan people-group. [When] Judah’s oldest son Er [grew up, he] did something that Yahweh considered to be very wicked, so Yahweh caused him to die.
The sons of Judah: Er and Onan and Shelah; these three were his sons by Bathshua, the Canaanite woman. And Er, Judah's oldest son, did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and he put him to death.
4 Judah and his daughter-in-law Tamar had [twin boys named] Perez and Zerah. So altogether Judah had five sons.
And Tamar, his daughter-in-law, had Perez and Zerah by him. All the sons of Judah were five.
5 The sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul.
The sons of Perez: Hezron and Hamul.
6 Zerah had five sons: Zimri, Ethan, Heman, Calcol, and Darda (OR, Dara).
And the sons of Zerah: Zimri and Ethan and Heman and Calcol and Dara; five of them.
7 [One of the sons of Zimri was Carmi]. Carmi’s son Achan (OR, Achar) caused the people of Israel to experience much trouble, because he stole some of the things that had been devoted [to Yahweh to be destroyed].
And the sons of Carmi: Achan, the troubler of Israel, who did wrong about the cursed thing.
8 Ethan’s son was Azariah.
And the son of Ethan: Azariah.
9 Hezron’s sons were Jerahmeel, Ram, and Caleb (OR, Chelubai).
And the sons of Hezron, the offspring of his body: Jerahmeel and Ram and Chelubai.
10 Ram was the father of Amminadab, and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon. Nahshon was a leader of the tribe of Judah.
And Ram was the father of Amminadab; and Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, chief of the children of Judah;
11 Nahshon was the father of Salmon, who was the father of Boaz.
And Nahshon was the father of Salma, and Salma was the father of Boaz,
12 Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.
And Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse,
13 Jesse’s oldest son was Eliab. His other sons were Abinadab, Shimea,
And Jesse was the father of Eliab, his oldest son, and Abinadab, the second, and Shimea, the third,
14 Nethanel, Raddai,
Nethanel, the fourth, Raddai, the fifth,
15 Ozem, and the youngest was David.
Ozem, the sixth, David, the seventh;
16 Their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. Zeruiah’s three sons were Abishai, Joab, and Asahel.
And their sisters were Zeruiah and Abigail. And Zeruiah had three sons: Abishai and Joab and Asahel.
17 Abigail’s husband was Jether, a descendant of Ishmael, and their son was Amasa.
And Abigail was the mother of Amasa; and the father of Amasa was Jether the Ishmaelite.
18 Hezron’s younger son Caleb had two wives. One of them, Azubah, gave birth to [three] sons: Jesher, Shobab, and Ardon.
And Caleb, the son of Hezron, had children by Azubah his wife, the daughter of Jerioth; and these were her sons: Jesher and Shobab and Ardon.
19 When Azubah died, Caleb married Ephrath. Their son was Hur.
And after the death of Azubah, Caleb took as his wife Ephrath, who was the mother of Hur.
20 Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
And Hur was the father of Uri; and Uri was the father of Bezalel.
21 When Hezron was 60 years old, he married [EUP] Makir’s daughter, who was the sister of Gilead. The son of Hezron and Makir was Segub.
And after that, Hezron had connection with the daughter of Machir, the father of Gilead, whom he took as his wife when he was sixty years old; and she had Segub by him.
22 Segub was the father of Jair. Jair’s [army] controlled twenty-three cities in the region ruled by Gilead.
And Segub was the father of Jair, who had twenty-three towns in the land of Gilead.
23 But [the armies of] Geshur and Aram captured those towns controlled by Jair. They also captured Kenath [city] and the nearby towns; altogether they captured 60 towns. The people who lived there were all descendants of Makir, the father of Gilead.
And Geshur and Aram took the tent-towns of Jair from them, with Kenath and the small places round it, even sixty towns. All these were the sons of Machir, the father of Gilead.
24 Shortly after Hezron died in Caleb-Ephrath [town], his widow Abijah had a son Asshur; Asshur started Tekoa [town].
And after the death of Hezron, Caleb had connection with Ephrath, his father Hezron's wife, and she gave birth to his son Asshur, the father of Tekoa.
25 Hezron’s oldest son was Jerahmeel. His sons were Ram, Bunah, Oren, Ozem, and Ahijah. Jerahmeel’s oldest son was Ram.
And the sons of Jerahmeel, the oldest son of Hezron, were Ram, the oldest, and Bunah and Oren and Ozem and Ahijah.
26 Jerahmeel had another wife named Atarah. Their son was Onam.
And Jerahmeel had another wife, whose name was Atarah: she was the mother of Onam.
27 The sons of Ram, Jerahmeel’s oldest son, were Maaz, Jamin, and Eker.
And the sons of Ram, the oldest son of Jerahmeel, were Maaz and Jamin and Eker.
28 Onam’s sons were Shammai and Jada. Shammai’s sons were Nadab and Abishur.
And the sons of Onam were Shammai and Jada; and the sons of Shammai: Nadab and Abishur.
29 Abishur’s wife was Abihail. The sons of Abishur and Abihail were Ahban and Molid.
And the name of Abishur's wife was Abihail; and she had Ahban and Molid by him.
30 Nadab’s sons were Seled and Appaim. Seled did not have any children.
And the sons of Nadab: Seled and Appaim; but Seled came to his end without sons.
31 Appaim’s son was Ishi; Ishi’s son was Sheshan. One of Sheshan’s daughters was Ahlai.
And the sons of Appaim: Ishi. And the sons of Ishi: Sheshan. And the sons of Sheshan: Ahlai.
32 Shammai’s [younger] brother was Jada. Jada’s sons were Jether and Jonathan. Jether did not have any children.
And the sons of Jada, the brother of Shammai: Jether and Jonathan; and Jether came to his end without sons.
33 Jonathan’s sons were Peleth and Zaza. Those were the descendants of Jerahmeel.
And the sons of Jonathan: Peleth and Zaza. These were the sons of Jerahmeel.
34 Sheshan did not have any sons; he had only daughters. He had a servant from Egypt whose name was Jarha.
Now Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. And Sheshan had an Egyptian servant, whose name was Jarha.
35 Sheshan allowed his daughter to marry Jarha, and their son was Attai.
And Sheshan gave his daughter to Jarha, his servant, as a wife; and she had Attai by him.
36 Attai was the father of Nathan. Nathan was the father of Zabad.
And Attai was the father of Nathan, and Nathan was the father of Zabad,
37 Zabad was the father of Ephlal. Ephlal was the father of Obed.
And Zabad was the father of Ephlal, and Ephlal was the father of Obed,
38 Obed was the father of Jehu. Jehu was the father of Azariah.
And Obed was the father of Jehu, and Jehu was the father of Azariah,
39 Azariah was the father of Helez. Helez was the father of Eleasah.
And Azariah was the father of Helez, and Helez was the father of Eleasah,
40 Eleasah was the father of Sismai. Sismai was the father of Shallum.
And Eleasah was the father of Sismai, and Sismai was the father of Shallum,
41 Shallum was the father of Jekamiah. And Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
And Shallum was the father of Jekamiah, and Jekamiah was the father of Elishama.
42 Jerahmeel’s [younger] brother was Caleb. Caleb’s oldest son was Mesha. Mesha was the father of Ziph. Ziph was the father of Mareshah. Mareshah was the father of Hebron.
And the sons of Caleb, the brother of Jerahmeel, were Mareshah, his oldest son, who was the father of Ziph and Hebron.
43 Hebron’s sons were Korah, Tappuah, Rekem, and Shema.
And the sons of Hebron: Korah and Tappuah and Rekem and Shema.
44 Shema was the father of Raham. Raham was the father of Jorkeam. Rekem was the father of Shammai.
And Shema was the father of Raham, the father of Jorkeam, and Rekem was the father of Shammai.
45 Shammai was the father of Maon. Maon was the father of Beth-Zur.
And the son of Shammai was Maon; and Maon was the father of Beth-zur.
46 Caleb had a slave wife who was named Ephah. Caleb and Ephah’s sons were Haran, Moza, and Gazez. Haran had a son whom he also named Gazez.
And Ephah, Caleb's servant-wife, had Haran and Moza and Gazez; and Haran was the father of Gazez.
47 Ephah’s father was Jahdai. Jahdai was the father of [six sons: ] Regem, Jotham, Geshan, Pelet, Ephah, and Shaaph.
And the sons of Jahdai: Regem and Jotham and Geshan and Pelet and Ephah and Shaaph.
48 Caleb had another slave wife whose name was Maacah. Caleb and Maacah’s sons were Sheber, Tirhanah,
Maacah, Caleb's servant-wife, was the mother of Sheber and Tirhanah,
49 Shaaph, and Sheva. Shaaph was the father of Madmannah. Sheva was the father of Macbenah and Gibea. Caleb’s daughter was Acsah.
And Shaaph, the father of Madmannah, Sheva, the father of Machbena and the father of Gibea; and Caleb's daughter was Achsah. These were the sons of Caleb.
50 These people were also descendants of Caleb: [Caleb had another wife whose name was] Ephrathah. Their oldest son was Hur. Hur’s sons were Shobal, Salma, and Hareph. Shobal started Kiriath-Jearim [city]. Salma started Bethlehem [town]. Hareph started Beth-Gader [town].
The sons of Hur, the oldest son of Ephrathah; Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim,
Salma, the father of Beth-lehem, Hareph, the father of Beth-gader.
52 Shobal’s descendants were Haroeh, and half of the Manahath people-group.
And Shobal, the father of Kiriath-jearim, had sons: Haroeh, half of the Manahathites.
53 His descendants also included these clans that lived in Kiriath-Jearim: Ithri, Put, Shumath, and Mishra. The Zorath and Eshtaol clans were descendants of the Mishra clan.
And the families of Kiriath-jearim: the Ithrites and the Puthites and the Shumathites and the Mishraites; from them came the Zorathites and the Eshtaolites.
54 Salma’s descendants in Bethlehem were the Netophath clan, the Atroth-Beth-Joab clan, the other half of the Manahath clan, and the Zor clan.
The sons of Salma: Beth-lehem and the Netophathites, Atroth-beth-Joab and half of the Manahathites, the Zorites.
55 Salma’s descendants also included the families at Jabez [town] who wrote and copied important documents. These were the Tirath clan, the Shimeath clan, and the Sucath clan. They were all from the Ken people-group who came from Hammath [city], and who had married members of the family [MTY] of Rechab.
And the families of scribes who were living at Jabez: the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, the Sucathites. These are the Kenites, the offspring of Hammath, the father of the family of Rechab.
